Chillventa – the exhibition for energy efficiency, heat pumps and refrigeration

Just a few days ago the Environmental Protection Agency announced that they would be removing their rule that went in place back in September of 2016. This rule applied Section 608 CFC/HCFC leak controls and regulations to appliances using HFC refrigerants that contained over fifty pounds of refrigerant. Basically, it passed on the same regulations that we had on CFC/HCFC refrigerants over to HFCs. The EPA’s reason for overturning these regulations is that the EPA exceeded its own authority by issuing these laws back in 2016.

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Various States announcing their plans to phase out HFC refrigerants and the expectation of more States to follow it got me thinking about how these changes will end up affecting the pricing of HFC refrigerants across the country. The worse thing that can happen is for us to fall into the trap that the European Union finds itself in. Over there the prices on various HFC refrigerants have gone up hundreds of percent. These huge rises in price have caused many basic refrigerants to be out of reach for consumers and contractors

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The global company showcases an extended portfolio for food retail, food service, merchandiser applications at Chillventa

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