Increasingly stringent regulations regarding the use of working substances worldwide have brought about enormous changes in refrigeration and air conditioning technology. As of January 1, 2015, a regulation came into force that brought significant changes to the market for refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, leading to the abandonment of most working substances used in refrigeration technology. However, the measures coming into effect in 2020 from the F-Gas regulation are even stricter and could have consequences especially for the food supply chain, given that the entire chain, from food production and distribution to logistics, depends on refrigeration technology.
The implementation of the F-Gas regulation, or the measures coming into effect in 2020, brings a series of novelties. Thus, most devices and equipment that have been used until now will no longer be allowed on the market. More precisely, as of 2020, working substances (freons) with a global warming potential greater than 2500, such as R404A in the refrigeration industry (supermarkets), will be banned.
Who the changes affect, what businesses and individuals can expect, and what the alternatives to freons are can be read in the new issue of the printed or digital Lider.
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