NGO comments on HFC alternatives in split air-conditioning systems
NGO stakeholder comments and questions on the March 2020 draft technical paper produced by Őko-Recherche.
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High Stakes: Implementing and strengthening climate and ozone commitments under the Montreal Protocol
A briefing to the 41st Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, July 2019, Bangkok
Doors wide open: Europe’s flourishing illegal trade in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
This report summarises information from surveys and presents an analysis of customs and HFC Registry data, which supports claims from prominent industry stakeholders that large quantities of illegal HFC refrigerants are entering the EU market.
Energy efficiency in HFC-free supermarket refrigeration
The global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), starting in January 2019 under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, could avoid 0.5°C of warming by 2100. By simultaneously improving the energy efficiency of cooling systems, this climate benefit could potentially be doubled
Tip of the Iceberg: Implications of Illegal CFC Production and Use
Update on China’s illegal CFC-11 emissions crisis, includes independent laboratory tests of polyurethane foam samples, provided by Chinese enterprises investigated by EIA, confirming the presence of CFC-11 as a blowing agent. CFC-11 is a potent ozone depleting substance that has been banned for almost a decade
EIA NRDC EE Document for MLF81
EIA and NRDC recommend the following guiding principles be considered by the Executive Committee as it formulates an approach to address energy efficiency and elaborates further on these recommendations in the following pages.