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02 May 2014 News
HISTORIC UK BUILDING REFURBISHED WITH HFC UNDER FLOOR AIR CONDITIONING
An early 20th century historic building in London Soho has been refurbished with Under Floor Air Conditioning working with HFCs.
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01 May 2014 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG – MAY 2014
Update of the Page Review of the Regulation
Update of the Page Events
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14 April 2014 News
Council adopts regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases
Find here the text.
Accompanying documents:
PE-CONS 1/14 COR 1
7929/14ADD1
The final text will be published on the Official Journal soon.
It will enter into force twenty days after the publicati...
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02 April 2014 News
PARIS MUSEE DORSAY EQUIPPED WITH HFC AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
The prestigious Musée dOrsay in Paris has recently installed a new HFC-based Air Conditioning system for preserving its sensitive indoor environment, crucial to the works of art and providing comfort and safety to 3.5 million-plus visitors a year and its staff.
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01 April 2014 News
VERY SERIOUS AMMONIA ACCIDENTS
Since the publication of the Factsheet on refrigerant-related accidents, several serious ammonia refrigeration accidents have occurred unfortunatey.
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31 March 2014 News
IIR INFORMATION NOTE ON CONTAINMENT OF REFRIGERANTS
IIRs Informatory Note on Containment of Refrigerants within Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems focuses on the environmental impact of refrigerant leakage and also on the impact on system reliability, efficiency and economics of operation.
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30 March 2014 News
NEW EUROPEAN “REAL ALTERNATIVES” PROGRAMME ADDRESSES SKILLS SHORTAGES OVER LOW GWP REFRIGERANTS
REAL Alternatives is a new initiative to address skills shortages regarding low-GWP refrigerants (CO2, ammonia, hydrocarbon and HFO refrigerants), focusing on improving knowledge in the service and maintenance of these refrigerants in new systems from the point of view of safety, efficiency, reliability and containment.
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29 March 2014 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG – APRIL 2014
Update of the page Review of the Regulation
Update of the page Coming events
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03 March 2014 News
TRADING BETWEEN CO2 AND HFCS OR METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED
Having considered emission reduction strategies for CO2 and compared them with strategies for SLCP (note 1) a recent scientific paper concludes that the strategies should be pursued in parallel to mitigate future global temperature increase.
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02 March 2014 News
SAFETY FIRST WHEN CHOOSING A REFRIGERANT
As refrigerant use practices are constantly evolving, particularly to establish which refrigerants are suitable for which applications, EFCTC has published a factsheet presenting objective basic accident and incident statistics for all refrigerants types, including alternative refrigerants and Fluorocarbons.
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01 March 2014 News
HEAT PUMPS ENERGY USE REDUCTION IS KEY TO LOWERING THEIR TOTAL CLIMATE IMPACT
A Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) study of three different Residential Heat Pumps models, comparing R410A, HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf, has shown that the direct impact of refrigerant leakage and end-of-life loss is respectively only 7.6, 5.3 and
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28 February 2014 News
NEW HCFO WITH A HIGHER BOILING POINT PROPOSED AS POLYURETHANE BLOWING AGENT AND SOLVENT
HCFO-1233zdE, a chloro-fluorinated molecule (CHCl=CH-CF3 or trifluorochloropropene) has a boiling point of 18.6C, and has been developed to cover applications for which the boiling point of other HFOs is too low.
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27 February 2014 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG – MARCH 2014
Update of the Page Major HFO molecules
Update of the Page Events
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01 February 2014 News
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT/COUNCIL AGREEMENT ON THE REVISION OF THE F-GAS REGULATION
The final agreed text for the F-Gas Regulation review was approved by Member States Ambassadors on 17th December 2013. It will be sent to the Parliament and Council for final approval.
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31 January 2014 News
MOST USED HFOS HAVE A GWP BELOW OR EQUAL TO CO2, ACCORDING TO IPCC NEW REPORT
Having reviewed the published scientific information, in particular the recent publication by Hodnebrog and al, IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Working Group I - The Physical Science Basis has revised the GWP (Global Warming Potential) of Fluorocarbons.
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30 January 2014 News
SF6 INSULATED SUBSTATIONS HAVE A BETTER LIFE CYCLE IMPACT THAN AIR INSULATED ONES
Having evaluated the Life Cycle Characteristics (cost, reliability, environmental impact) of electrical substations, a recent study concludes that SF6 insulated substations (GIS) perform better than air insulated ones (AIS).
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29 January 2014 News
NEW SUPERCRITICAL HFC-134A ORC SYSTEM WITH INCREASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY
A new two-stage supercritical HFC-134a ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) technology has been demonstrated to be 15-20 % more efficient than commonly installed single stage subcritical turbines.
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28 January 2014 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG – FEBRUARY 2014
Update of the Page Review of the Regulation after the EU Parliament/Council Agreement on the Revision
Factsheets on published refrigerant-related accidents
New link added: IIR Working Party on LCCP Evaluation
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