First national census on HFC italian alternative technologies
Aerosol, Air Conditioning, Fire Protection, Foams and Refrigeration sectors
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, aims to reduce production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), will have a significant impact on developing countries, where the shift from HCFCs to HFCs is still underway.
HFCs in their products need technological innovations and those countries/companies that own innovative technologies can support others in the shift to low climate impact solutions. This is the case of Italy where many companies have been developing advanced technological solutions aimed at mitigating the greenhouse effects and complying with EU Regulation 517/2014.
In this context, the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS) considered it appropriate to launch a survey to have the state of the art the major environmental priorities. Therefore, a technical collaboration agreement between the Italian technological excellence with low or no effects on climate change has been signed for the creation of "Book on alternatives to HFCs". The sectors investigated in the following sections of the document are: refrigeration, air conditioning, foams, fixed fire protection systems, aerosols.
The survey carried out was the first of its kind at national level.
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