The news can be overwhelming — don’t let your system overload. Get all the HVAC news you need in the latest globalFACT Forum Five:
1. Cooling Post: HVAC Engineers Should be Seen as an Emergency Service
“In the USA, as elsewhere in the world, millions of businesses are being forced to close. The Air Conditioning Contractors of America is demanding that HVACR contractors be exempt from any mandates that require businesses to temporarily close or individuals to self-isolate.”
2. ASHRAE: ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force Established
“The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems on disease transmission in healthcare facilities, the workplace, home, public and recreational environments.”
3. EFCTC: Average GWP Continues to Fall as HFOs and HFC-32 Consumption Increases in 2018
“[T]he steep reduction in the F-gas HFC cap in 2018 (about 40 % less than for 2017) and the increasing adoption of lower GWP HFCs, HFC/HFO blends and ultra-low HFO/HCFOs has resulted in the largest annual decrease in average GWP from about 1650 in 2017 to 1320 in 2018 for total reported supply to the EU market.”
4. ACHR News: Refrigerant Transition Is On Everyone’s Mind
“This year, [the AHR Expo] was completely different, with numerous manufacturers and industry organizations getting specific about the next generation of low-GWP refrigerants.”
5. Cooling Post: US Air Conditioning Energy Consumption to Accelerate
“The Energy Information Administration projects that the United States will gain more than 58 million people and 24 million households by 2050 and that total square footage of US residences will expand by 33%. By 2050, 71% of households will be in single-family homes, which typically have more air conditioned floor space than multifamily or mobile homes.”
