refrigerants

Neither of these refrigerants is environmentally benign and both of them will be phased out after the year 2020 when provisions of the Montreal Protocol regarding HCFC usage is enacted.

Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Technology for Air Conditioning 2006

It is estimated that around 1. 8Mt of fluorspar was consumed in 2007 in the manufacture of fluorocarbons for applications such as refrigerants and foam blowing.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

The reason R-718 is not in your air conditioner and instead you have a toxic gas in your car and home instead is because R-718 needs to be pumped at pretty high volumes to get the same degree of air conditioning as most common refrigerants.

Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Energy Efficient Air Conditioning 2009

Still, it was a problem now being fixed not as a result of public outrage, but a UN treaty signed in Montreal, Canada, banning a class of chemical refrigerants called CFCs.

David Helvarg: Fish Don't Rebel (So We Should) David Helvarg 2011

It has agreed to give credit to auto makers that include advanced air-conditioning systems that use refrigerants that emit less greenhouse gases.

White House Offers Auto Makers Concession to Win Mileage Support Josh Mitchell 2011

Freons are commonly used as refrigerants and propellants in many types of aerosol products.

Freon Abuse 2010

Still, it was a problem now being fixed not as a result of public outrage, but a UN treaty signed in Montreal, Canada, banning a class of chemical refrigerants called CFCs.

David Helvarg: Fish Don't Rebel (So We Should) David Helvarg 2011

After his return to Britain and self-exile to Wiltshire, he invented a device capable of detecting tiny concentrations of substances in the atmosphere, including the CFCs then used as refrigerants and aerosol propellants.

James Lovelock wins Observer lifetime achievement at ethical awards 2011

Fuel-Saving Gadgetry Car shoppers soon may enjoy solar panels in the roof to power a cooling system, front grille louvers that automatically close to reduce drag when the car's driving at higher speeds and air conditioning systems that uses climate-friendly refrigerants.

Why Cars Are Getting Geekier Joseph B. White 2011

"DuPont and Honeywell developed HFO1234yf jointly in response to a May 2006 European Union directive requiring that all new vehicle types sold in the EU must be equipped with low global warming potential refrigerants as of January 1, 2011," said Janet E. Smith, a spokeswoman at DuPont

EU Probes Honeywell, DuPont in Refrigerant Case Laurence Norman 2011