Heat pumps are highly energy-efficient and low-carbon heating equipment that play a key role in achieving carbon neutrality in the building sector. Their climate performance can however still be improved by using refrigerants with a lower Global Warming Potential than those that are currently used. The European Union aims to foster this movement with the recent revision of the “F-Gas” regulation. Following this new regulation, only refrigerants with very low direct greenhouse effects may be placed on the market.
Read the EdEnmag article below by François Deroche, President of the AFPAC, and Bernard Philippe, Delegated General of the AFCE, on the new refrigerant rules and how the industry adapts: