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14 November 2022 News
EFCTC launches Regulatory Management Option Analysis (RMOA) on F-gases to provide information for PFAS restriction: Builds on Socio-Economic Analysis (SEA)
EFCTC has commissioned the independent consultant Ricardo Energy & Environment to undertake a Regulatory Management Option Analysis (RMOA) for a number of F-gases in the context of the upcoming PF...
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14 November 2022 News
Update on the F-gas proposal: a wide range of opinions and positions
Two significant events have highlighted the diverse opinions about the F-gas proposal. Following the publication of the European Commission’s proposal to revise the F-gas Regulation earlier this ye...
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17 October 2022 News
UPCOMING EVENTS
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OCTOBER 25-28,2022 – Eurovent Summit – Anatalya, Turkey
2022 Eurovent Summit #BuildingBridges (eurovent-summit.eu)
OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 4, 2022 – UNEP –34th Meetin...
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17 October 2022 News
State-of-the-art marine Waste Heat Recovery Organic Rankine Cycle
A new state-of-the-art binary power generation system based on Organic Rankine Cycle technology (WHR-ORC system) has been developed for marine waste heat recovery from sulphur free fuel burning engine...
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17 October 2022 News
Transport refrigeration goes electric with F-gas refrigerants
The rapid expansion in transport refrigeration units from leading suppliers, for a range of applications, using electric compressors and fully electric external electrical supply is reducing diesel em...
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17 October 2022 News
IEA report states heat pumps, district energy and building renovation crucial to achieving net zero
The International Energy Agency (IEA), has issued several analyses is part of a series from its new report, Technology and innovation pathways for zero-carbon-ready buildings by 2030. Heat pumps, dist...
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17 October 2022 News
Most experts agreed that “all PFAS” should not be grouped together
An expert panel was convened to provide insight and guidance on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) grouping for the purposes of protecting human health from drinking water exposures, and how r...
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17 October 2022 News
EFCTC commissioned socioeconomic assessment of PFAS restriction on F-gas sector submitted to ECHA
EFCTC commissioned an independent consultant, Ricardo Energy & Environment, to undertake an independent Socio-Economic Analysis (SEA) of the contribution of certain fluorinated gases (F-gases) to...
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12 September 2022 News
F-gas proposal concerns continue to generate trade association responses
Following the trade association responses with initial concerns about the Commission F-gas proposal, including the joint statement from AREA, EHPA, and EPEE (see EFCTC May newsletter), more detailed p...
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12 September 2022 News
Condensing Units for full range of A2L refrigerants, including ultra-low GWP R1234ze/yf, and lower GWP R455A and R454C
The condensing units, from a German manufacture, offer end users a future-proof solution since all these refrigerants, R1234ze/yf, and lower GWP R455A and R454C, have GWPs below 150, the critical thre...
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12 September 2022 News
HCFO-1233zd high-temperature heat pump used for district heating in Berlin
The project aims to prove that it is possible to use large-scale heat pumps for urban district heating in a way that not only helps to achieve Berlin’s net zero goal by 2050 but can also make econ...
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12 September 2022 News
Ozone Layer recovery reaches half-way milestone, and no ozone hole in the tropics
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists have announced that in early 2022, the overall concentration of ozone-depleting substances in the mid-latitude stratosphere had falle...
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12 September 2022 News
COMING EVENTS
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 - World Ozone Day: Global Cooperation Protecting Life on Earth
2022 World Ozone Day: Global Cooperation Protecting Life on Earth | Ozonaction (unep.org)
SEPTEMBER...
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12 September 2022 News
Measurement of longer chain PFAS in rainfall, surface water, soil and the Antarctic
The measurement and quantification of PFAS in the environment is critical to understanding their potential environmental and health effects. While there are already extensive studies on Trifluoroaceti...
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09 September 2022 News
TFA: what is it, how much is formed from F-gases, and what are its environmental effects
Image Reproduced from EEAP. 2019. Environmental Effects and Interactions of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion, UV Radiation, and Climate Change. 2018 Assessment Report. Nairobi: Environmental Effects Ass...
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13 July 2022 Press Release
Pressure to stop the smuggling of HFCs increases
As one response to the rapid emergence of the illegal traffic of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs - or refrigerants) across the European Union, the European Commission has included HFCs as a priority in the n...
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08 July 2022 News
Contribution of short-lived climate pollutants to global warming
The US NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) provides a simple accessible analysis of the contribution of a range of GHGs to global warming (see previous item). A more detailed recent study ‘Mitig...
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08 July 2022 News
2021: HFCs contribute 1.18% to climate warming influence of GHGs
The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2021 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), which follows the evolution of the radiative forcing (ability of a...
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08 July 2022 News
TEAP report on continued provision of information on energy efficient and low-global-warming-potential technologies
Parties to the Montreal Protocol requested the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) to prepare a report on energy efficient and lower-global-warming-potential technologies and on measures...
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08 July 2022 News
Reducing transport refrigeration emissions using HFC-410A and R-452A
Hermetic home delivery refrigeration unit reduces emissions: A transport refrigeration unit, for use on delivery vehicles for home delivery, has received a technology award in Japan. The hermetic unit...
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08 July 2022 News
COMING EVENTS
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JULY 11-16, 2022 - UNEP – 44th OEWG – Bangkok (Thailand)
Ozone Secretariat (unep.org)
SEPTEMBER 28, The Heat Pump Forum, Ambition requires action: The Heat Pump Accele...
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08 July 2022 News
Monitoring of short chain PFAS, including TFA in sources of German drinking water
PFASs are a highly diverse group of substances, and knowledge about this group in water sources is still scarce, beyond the well-studied substances which includes TFA (trifluoroacetic acid). A recent...
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10 June 2022 News
UPCOMING EVENTS
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JUNE 25-29, 2022 - ASHRAE Annual Conference – Toronto (Canada)
2022 ASHRAE Annual Conference
JUNE 26, 2022 - World Refrigeration Day - 2022 Theme is ‘Cooling Matters’
Co...
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10 June 2022 News
F-gases used in novel data centre free cooling systems
Data centres and telecoms are responsible for a significant environmental footprint but are becoming more energy-efficient, reusing waste energy, and using more renewable energy sources. This is drivi...
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