19 October 2015
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 | Refrigerant manufacturer, Honeywell, announced that its production of low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerants has gone up by 36% in a year due to demand. |
Honeywell's VP and general manager of their Fluorine Products business said:
"In just the last year, Honeywell has started two production facilities in the U.S. to manufacture two of its new low-GWP Solstice® HFC replacements and completed 17 long-term supply agreements with a range of customers.We continue to see strong demand for these environmentally preferable technologies as we continue to invest in new production here in the U.S."
The company stated that it has 'shipped enough low-GWP Solstice [refrigerants] products to replace HFCs with 10 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent'.
Honeywell announced its 'climate ticker' to show how many tons of emissions it is eliminating with its low-GWP refrigerants. Also, the company published a table (below) to help air conditioning and refrigeration professionals to compare the GWP between HFO and HFC refrigerants.
Honeywell announced its 'climate ticker' to show how many tons of emissions it is eliminating with its low-GWP refrigerants. Also, the company published a table (below) to help air conditioning and refrigeration professionals to compare the GWP between HFO and HFC refrigerants.
Material |
Atmospheric Lifetime |
Global Warming Potential |
Hydrofluoro-olefins (HFOs) |
. |
. |
HFO-1234yf |
10.5 days |
Less than 1 |
HFO-1234ze |
16.4 days |
Less than 1 |
HFO-1233zd |
26 days |
Equal to 1 |
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) |
. |
. |
HFC-134a |
13.4 years |
1,300 |
HFC-152a |
1.5 years |
138 |
HFC-245fa |
7.7 years |
858 |
HFC-125 |
28.2 years |
3,170 |
Carbon dioxide |
. |
. |
CO2 |
Ranges from 5 to 200 years |
1 |
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