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Tag: R404A
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Cold Hard Facts 4 released
The much-anticipated Cold Hard Facts 4 report has been released, providing a bird’s-eye view of the local HVAC&R sector and highlighting the need for direct action to transition away from high-GWP refrigerants if Australia is to meet its international obligations under the Montreal Protocol.
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Eyes on commercial and industrial refrigeration
The federal government has opened public consultation on options to reduce the use of high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants in the commercial and industrial refrigeration sector.
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Living beyond our means: Australia’s refrigerant reckoning
Australia is using more refrigerant than it imports and will face a reckoning when stockpiles run out, according to Cold Hard Facts 4.
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Chemours discontinues US sales of R404A
Global chemistry company Chemours has announced its strategic decision to cease sales of R404A and R507 in the US.
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Australia to ban high-GWP refrigerants in small AC
The Australian federal government intends to implement restrictions on small air conditioning equipment with high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant. From July 1, 2024, Australia will ban the import and manufacture of small air conditioning equipment using refrigerant with a GWP over 750. This ban will apply to equipment with up to 2.6kg refrigerant charge […]
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Days of R404A are numbered
High-GWP refrigerants may soon be in short supply and rising in price as stockpiles dwindle, international pressures hit our shores, and the HFC phase-down quotas start to bite. And according to experts at AIRAH’s Refrigeration 2022 conference this week, that means it’s time for contractors to urgently switch away from R404A. When the HFC phase-down […]
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AIRAH backs further action on high-GWP refrigerants
AIRAH has backed a federal government proposal to ban the import and manufacture of small air conditioners with high-GWP refrigerants – and called for similar actions in other classes of equipment. The ban on small air conditioners with high-GWP refrigerants would complete the transition – already well under way – from R410A to R32 and […]
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Why is R404A still a go-to option in Australia?
Despite its tag as an “outgoing” refrigerant in the HFC phase-down, there are signs that R404A remains a go-to option for key sectors of Australia’s HVAC&R industry. According to experts, pressure from end-users for low first-cost and straightforward, low-risk solutions, and a lack of incentives to move to new technologies have made R404A an ongoing […]
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Chemours suspends supply of R404A and R507A
Chemours has suspended the supply of refrigerants with a high global warming potential (GWP) in the European Union, including R404A (GWP 3,922) and R507A (GWP 3,985). The move supports the European Union F-Gas Regulation to lower-GWP alternatives and prepare for the next quota phase-down in 2021. On January 1, 2020, a prohibition came into effect in […]