Monday, January 25, 2016: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Standards, Guidelines and Codes
Chair:
Eric Sturm, Trane
Technical Committee: 02.05 Global Climate Change
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were introduced as replacements for ozone-depleting substances. The use of HFCs and their replacements are critical to ASHRAE members because they are used as refrigerants in air-conditioning and refrigeration systems. A global effort is underway to manage HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, but several regional programs have emerged that will affect the way consumers and firms select, purchase, use and service HFCs. This seminar provides an introduction to new HFC requirements in the U.S., Canada and Japan occurring in 2016. The framework and implementation of each program and its impacts to ASHRAE members are discussed.
1 The U.S. and Australia: A Comparison of Two Fluorocarbon Control Mechanisms
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Julian de Bullet, deBullet Consulting LLC |
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Matthew Ritter, Arkema Inc |
The U.S., joined by Canada and Mexico, have offered proposals to revise the Montreal Protocol to include a phase down of HFC refrigerants. It is believed that such an amendment would allow the orderly reduction of high GWP materials which are potentially negatively impacting climate change. In addition, Australia has implemented a GWP control mechanism that has since been rescinded. We will discuss and compare these two concepts.
2 HFC Regulation North of the Pine Curtain: Understanding the Proposed Canadian HFC Regulation
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William McQuade, Johnson Controls, Inc. |
In response to the U.S. EPA SNAP “De-listing” rule and in support of the North American Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has released a proposed rule to gradually reduce HFC use in Canada over the next 20 years, and to disallow the use of specific HFCs for some applications that are important to the HVAC&R industry on a shorter term schedule. This presentation will provide a summary of the proposed rule, examine the implications to certain product sectors and to the availability of refrigerants in the market place, and make comparisons to other HFC reduction schemes.
3 Japan’s Implementation of “the Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons”
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Osami Kataoka, Daikin Industries, Ltd. |
The Japanese government is taking a bottom up approach to reduce HFC consumption in Japan that is opposite of the EU approach. This presentation will explain the merit of this approach. In addition, it introduces how Japanese HVAC&R related academia and industries are cooperating to respond to the new regulations. In Japan, implementation of lower GWP HFCs already started in mass production base from smaller products. The total sales of products with A2L refrigerants exceeded 5 million. The presentation will also include projected HFC consumption reduction impacts.