Low global warming potential (GWR) refrigerants were the hot topic at this morning’s ‘Cool Talks’ breakfast briefing, jointly hosted by A-Gas and the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR), with a full attendance and packed agenda.
The conference, held at A-Gas’s UK headquarters in Bristol, outlined the latest movements towards implementing low GWP refrigerants across the sector, with the freshly-revised fluorinated gas (F-gas) regulation putting the refrigerant business under increasing pressure to switch to more environmentally-friendly alternatives.
As detailed by the British Refrigeration Association (BRA), the modified F-Gas regulation, which came into force in January 2015 across Europe, has signalled the beginning of a ‘cap and phase down’ stage and is restricting the distribution and use of these gases in two ways.
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