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# US industry announces $5 billion refrigerant research plan
16 septembe r 2014 

### 1 B y Julian t- iltnes 

### The A!r+ C oodtdONnQ , Heating, and R efrlQeration lnstJtvte (AHRJ) president and CEO**~ephen** Yurek annoonces 

### American HVACR Industry '-\ill Invest S S bn In r <:SC.lrch and development fu nds 

## aver the 

### next decade for new· generation refriger<'lnts and tquipmcnt 

### The announcement took pi.;Jce at ;,n C \' en t, sponsorect 

## tr,. lhc**Wl'll~c** House coundl on**rw!ronmct~t.ll** 

### Qu.llitv. 

# w Yurek told 

### those In attendance, wh ic h lnduded Energy Secretary Ernest Monlt, EJ1\ 1rcoment.J I Protection Agency 

### Admi nlstriltor Gin.) t-1 cc.arthy, .lnd 

### State OCpartment Sped.a l 

### £nvov for 

### 0 1 mate Change Todd Stern, tNt 

### the HV ACR I ndUStry 

### has been 

### pcoac:ti\'e i n d e \' e;oping refrige r ants v oi. lh IO'NCr GWP
. 

## ·ooS(! t o S2 bl.llion has 

### been 

### spent 

### bv the industry since 2009 researching enervv · e fn dent equip ment and the ublisation of low· GWP refrigerants," Yurek !.tatcd, "' and 

### o..'C r the 

### next 1 0 \'CJI'S, 

### the HVACR I ndustry vAll I nvest an add 1t10nal $5 bi lli on 

### for 

### R&D and capita l expend.tures to <l eve loo and com merclan.te 1 0\.v • GWP technologi es." Yurek identified 

### the positi·.•e, proactive etforts by the HVACR and w a ter heating I ndustry In ene rg y conse rvation and en't'iroomcnut l .s.tcwardship. He sa ! d 

### that In 

### the late 19805, 

### the lndll$l ry supported lntcrnaUona l efforts to protect 

### the ozone lave r by deveiop ! ng non · ch!Orine--contalnlng rclrigcrants, and agreeing to an aggresSive ti met.lble 10 phase · out ozone depleting chem i ca ls while steaclily I mproving the cnerg·,. cftldency of Its eq u:ptnent. ·eunng the past decode , 

### the lndusuy has wor1<e<:l**i~ Uv**  ;o rccrucc the potenua l impaa on 

### the Earth ' s c limate of refrigeran ts used in ou r equipment.· Y urek sa i d

. H

e said 

### that AHRJ and 

### its member**compan!~** l auncl'\ed 

### the Low·GWP tJtemative R efrige r :mts E va l uatlon Progra m In 201 1 , 

### the first phase of whic h was co m pleted at tnc end 

### of 20 1 3. 

### lhe second phase of 

### IJie program Is wrrentty undcrw<Jy. T1 1c I ntent of 

### the program i s to evaluate d iffere nt rclrigcr.lnts In 

### SC'v'Cra.l app hcaUons

. 

### "The industry is committed to 'N O

r king 

### w 1 th the In t ernationa l community In t ransitiOntng :.way from**hlgh~G\ JP**  refrige r ants 1n a managed and 

### orderlv process, and th i s research i s a tanglb!e 

### part or that oo m mitmQl t , .. he !Hlld. The Al l iance(()( Responsible Atmospheric Policy, .)Jl ioctus.try coot.Uon repcesenting tn()(e 

### th.an 95 per cent 

### o4 U

. S

. H FC production 

### ;,nd i'J signiftC.lnt majority 

### o4 the w..er ind ustries, announced acuons that suppo rt a H ontrcal Protoco l

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a m end m ent to phase down 

### the J)(oduction a nd c onsumption of H fCs. 

### The Al liance a l so announced 

### that i t co m mits to take actions and support polldes w i th a goo l 

### to reduce gklba l HFC g reenhouse gas c ontn bu tiOO by SO 

### per cent by 2050 

### relative t o 

### current e mi -ssions. Th i s w ill be accompl i shed by advancing tectwl oklg ! es; i m proving servicing practices; I ncreaSing 

### r CCO\<ery , redamauor., llr'ld 

### reuse; llnd cOOduetlng 

### tOO'Ino l og·,. assessments and**V~.'O kshops.**  O

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### com merd .ll commitments i ndvde: R

etrlgerant l)(oducet Arkem.a, com m i tted to red uc e GUG emissions from i ts o pe:ratlons by an add. 1J onal 30 % by 2020 , .lS w cU M its net energy purchases by l
. S % on average 

### each y ear through t he 

## v eM 2020

. 

### Coca--cola has 

### set a goal 

### f or 100 

### per cent of 

### I ts new cold 

### drink equi pment to be HFC · free. 

### To date, Coca<ola has mo re than 1 mtlbon u nits 

### or HFC ·tree refrigerated equipmen l i n use lhroughOut u.s g!Ob\! 1 system, adlleving 30% use of H FC · fr ee r e f rigeration equ i pment this year . H anufact u re r 

### QrriC:r Mnoooced tod.)y its 

### com mitment to 

### pursue the c::ommercia ! is.'ltion 

### ot H FC ·frcc 

### refrigerants I n road transpo rt ation refrigera ti on by 2020, bu i l d i ng on I ts expertise v.tth HFC· t ree ca.rbon <f10xlde refri gera nt in marine container and f ood 

### retail rclrigcraUOn. Da nfos.s 

### announced it iS pa rt nering \'li th 

### the**All ~ncc**  

### to r Responsib l e Atm ospheric Policy t o establish a stakeholder ta:!.k 

### force to acteler(lte adoption o f standards and bUilding codes fo r next generation, l cr .v · GW P**rerng~ants.** 

### DuPont a nno unced that rts 

### ne-.., products 

### are anbdpated t o r edu c e 

### gteenhouse 9as content 

### of 

### r efrigerants by 

### some 90 mdh on t on ne s catbo o d l o )(l de equivalen t In the 

## us, and 245 

## mmon t onnes woclct.v!de by 2025. Emerson Qln'lo:) ! C Technologi es said i t w illlaundl a f lt l li ne o f compreswrs, next year contro l $ appro·. ·ed wi th ttvcc non ·flarnmable l ow·G'N P HFCs, wh1!e I n July 201S, 1 t w 1U 

### offer I ts comple te li ne 

### ot compressors w 'l th C02

. Hi lfphoenlx announced th.lt d I s comme r <i3!1S1 ng a c::trbon dioxide boo s.te r system 1'10\V cornrnerc).') l ty v!3ble 

### fo r a!l dii'Y"'I!l t e regions

. tioneyvlel l said 

### it w lfl cu t annual produCtion of h,;gh· GWP H FC5 by**~rty** SO per cen t by 2020 on il ""'rbon diOxide equrvaten t bas i s . pr' IOc' to 2020, s:penc;fi ng a mo r e than SSSO mi ll ion f rx r esea rch and de..,eklpment and new capaci ty
. J ohnson COntrol s committed to spen d SSO mdll oo O'.'er the 

### next th ree yea rs t o**cvcl ~**  new products and i m pc-a;c 

### and expand i ts existing IOt\'·G WP portfolkt. 

### Peps! Co anoounctd a gO.)I that all of 

### its fu ture po in t of sale eq 1.1pment bo ught In the US, wil l be HfC·f rec 

### b',. 2020

. 

### Red Bull, the**crea~or** 

### ot the ene rg y drin k catC9Qf'Y, sa!d that I t v.tll orde r an esti mated 32,000 d imate-ftlend!·,. hydrocarbon coo lers for 2015. 

### Ta rget , an upsca!e discoun t rcta ll cr v 11 L

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# ns stores in 

### the 

# us, sa i d It has five stores that use carbon d l oXK!e refrigeratiOn systems and co m mits to expanding this t echnoklgy to two addlt:>on.l l sites i n 2015

. It sa!d I t I s also p.lrtnering w ith chem ica l pr oduce rs 

### to t est UF O rctrlgc r ..,nts. Thermo IG09 announced 

### that it be u Sing il refr!Qe r ant with 

### a.bo\lt half 

### the G W P compared t o 

### what i s currently used

. 

### These new 

## orrcnng s w ill 

### be ava i la b l e i n 2015·2016 In E urope, 

### the N )(!dle Ea st , and 

### Afrk:.l, and t o the United Statc:s upo n E P

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