replacing HFCs with natural refrigerants worldwide today

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Why go beyond HFCs?


By 2050, HFCs could equal nine gigatonnes, equivalent to around 45% of total CO2 emissions.
(see Velders et al 2009, www.pnas.org)

HFCs threfore represent a significant threat to the world's efforts to stabilise climate emissions.

 


Why am I concerned?
Because we are ALL daily consumers of HFCs. Your fridge, you car, your air-conditioning at home and at work, your retail shop and your favorite drink dispenser are FULL of HFCs.

What is the alternative?
Environmentally-friendly natural refrigerants can replace HFCs in ANY cooling or heating application. With very low GWP and ODP, they are a safe, efficient and sustainable alternative to global warming HFCs.

How can I stop being an HFC consumer?
As a consumer you DO have a say in what home appliances you buy: choose environmentally-friendly natural refrigerants systems.

As a consumer, you have no choice TODAY in the refrigerant used in your car air-conditioning: make sure you use it reasonably until natural refrigerants are finally given their due chance.

What is the solution?
By calling for an international PHASE OUT of HFCs to significantly curtail production and use of HFCs and encourage the use of environmentally-sound and proven alternatives that natural refrigerants represent.

Latest news


added 26 January, 2012
« A new study appearing beginning of January in the Environmental Science & Technology scientific journal confirms that the proposed switch from HFC134a to next generation HFC1234yf in vehicle air-conditioners in EU countries would result in a tenfold increase in the deposition of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the region. Adding to existing concerns regarding safety, the results are alarming given that TFA contributes to the acidification of waters and has a phytotoxic effect. »

added 23 January, 2012
« What is the most environmentally destructive industry?
After oil and gas, a strong contender has to be ‘Big Fluorine’, a collection of chemical companies that have profited, and continue to profit, from some of the most environmentally damaging technologies on the planet. From ozone destruction and climate change to toxic waste and dodgy carbon credits, this business has quietly made billions by harming some of the Earth’s most fundamental processes. »

added 19 January, 2012
« On 17 January 2012, the French Member of the European Parliament, Michèle Rivasi, organised a press conference to warn of the dangers of a new refrigerant, HFC-1234yf that is foreseen to be used in the cooling systems of vehicles in the EU and globally. The MEP has tabled a question for a written answer to the European Commission asking whether it can be proved that the refrigerant is safe for human health. »

added 4 January, 2012
« New Zealand's Climate Change Minister Nick Smith has announced that Certified Emission Reduction units (CERs) from HFC-23 and N2O industrial gas destruction projects are now banned from New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (effective 23 December 2011). »

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