It was accepted that governance or control was going to be led by the US and no one doubted it. We had the tech, manpower and expertise needed to lead environmental sustainability initiatives and decreasing our environmental footprint. We also had big businesses working on...
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Last week the international market made what I think is a smart move in refrigerant management by completing the first round of training sessions for the Refrigerant Driving License (RDL). It's part of AHRI and UN Environment's Global Refrigerant Management Training Program....
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We enjoy exploring the complexities of HVAC, refrigerant management, refrigerant tracking, legislation, and climate action, but on occasion more basic questions cross our desk. So here is a bit of HVAC/R 101....
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It’s time to evaluate your compliance management system for refrigerant tracking: do you have one? If you don’t, are you still using Microsoft Excel? Many do-it-yourselfers have built complex elaborate and amazing spreadsheets; we get to see them all the time. Their can-do spirit tells...
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We regularly share information about how to better manage refrigerants and implement better refrigerant tracking. We talk about their impact, results from our work, and stories we hear from others. This week we’re reviewing a report by the EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)....
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Refrigerants have been identified as the Big Bad when it comes to climate change and environmental sustainability, and therefore the management of those refrigerants has been widely recognized as the No 1 solution. We need to embrace better refrigerant management to decrease our environmental footprint....
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The invoice is considered a critical piece of communication between service companies, their clients, and their clients’ internal teams. Its purpose is to get you paid and to explain charges or costs to the client. It’s supposed to be simple....
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Performance management (plan) isn’t some phrase reserved for late night TV ads but rather an important part of success to any business, especially in the HVAC/R industry since your job is tied to equipment performance. Compliance is a measurement of the success of your PMP....
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We began to focus solely on refrigerant leak tracking in 2014. The Internet of Things (IoT) was an existing trend that was supposed to help track refrigerant leaks and wind down 50 years of uncontrolled leaks. There were 15 BILLION IoT devices in 2015 and...
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Service providers, technicians, contractors, all of you are the front line soldiers on the emissions success issue. You are incredibly important and valued. Fixing the refrigerant leaks, spending late nights retrofitting equipment, reclaiming/destroying instead of venting no matter how small an amount. Thank you for...
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