Under the federal American Innovation in Manufacturing (AIM) Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been given the authority to phase down the consumption and production of high-GWP HFC ...

Refrigerant, or Freon, poisoning can occur if a person inhales or consumes the chemicals from cooling appliances. Symptoms can include headache, coughing, and nausea. Accidental refrigerant poisoning ...

Refrigerants used in air conditioners are changing … again. The last round of changes took place between the mid-1990s through 2010, as CFC and HCFC refrigerants were phased out and largely replaced ...

Federal rules that took effect in 2025 quietly rewired how new home air conditioners and heat pumps are built, yet many ...

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are currently used as refrigerants in air-conditioning (AC) systems, are potent greenhouse gases, with high values of global warming potential (GWP). Although the ...

A group of scientists led by the Zhejiang University in China has developed a novel zeotropic refrigerant that can reportedly improve the performance of air-source heat pumps (ASHPs), while also ...

When a contractor pitches “older refrigerant” air conditioning or refrigeration equipment, the sales pitch often leans on ...

A/C starting to fail? Keep your cool with the help of these products. No matter how good your car, someday it will happen: your air conditioning system will make the dreaded switch from blowing cold ...