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Steadily growing interest in hydrocarbon training in the ...

13 May 2013

The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES), the US HVACR Training Authority, recently released its "Hydrocarbon Refrigerants” training material and certificate, available through RSES eLearning as a...

RAC Magazine’s Andrew Gaved shares his top three pr...

11 April 2013

hydrocarbons21.com met with Andrew Gaved, editor of RAC Magazine, to talk about the RAC Cooling Industry Awards and the status of training standards in the field of natural refrigerants. Mr. Gaved spoke about the prog...

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R441A: EPA approved for wine chillers, in residential units

6 March 2013

hydrocarbons21.com spoke to Richard Maruya, President of A.S. Trust & Holdings, and Steven Mella, Chief Executive Officer at ComStar International Inc., a few days after the R441A blend received its fourth SNAP ap...

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Cuban experience with LB12 – exclusive interview wi...

26 September 2012

After the collapse of the former USSR and the US embargo, Cuba suffered a shortage of refrigerants, a situation that led Cuban researchers to develop the hydrocarbon mixture LB-12. Over 700,000 domestic refrigerators ...

Innovative R290 swimming pool heat pump project - Jo...

14 September 2012

In this exclusive interview, hydrocarbons21.com community member John Cantor talks about the Lazonby open-air community Swimming Pool heat pump (Penrith, UK) system, which will be completely renovated/replaced fo...

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Fuelling market interest in solar-powered HC refrigeratio...

16 August 2012

Integrating the use of solar energy with direct drive, climate friendly “Greenfreeze” hydrocarbon refrigeration, SolarChill has significant market potential in vaccine and food refrigeration in areas witho...

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Interview with Ben & Jerry's: new HC freezers to be 1...

16 July 2012

Andrea Asch, Manager of Natural Resources at Ben & Jerry's talks to hydrocarbons21.com about the ice cream maker’s hydrocarbon (HC) freezer roll out plans in the US and energy efficiency goals. Unilever&rsqu...

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SNAP rulings will be key topic at ATMOsphere America 2012

1 March 2012

hydrocarbons21.com talked with Marc Chasserot, Managing Director of shecco and organiser of the upcoming ATMOsphere America 2012. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Chasserot explains why shecco, taking into considerati...

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2012 outlook: expectations by the hydrocarbons industry

6 January 2012

hydrocarbons21.com has talked to industry representatives from the US, Europe and Australia about their expectations in 2012 regarding natural refrigerants and hydrocarbons in particular. Read on for their insights re...

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SNAP ruling opens US market to hydrocarbons: EPA and end-...

19 December 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives its perspective on its recent approval opening the US market to three hydrocarbons in household and small commercial stand-alone refrigerators and freezers, outlining...

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SNAP ruling opens US market to hydrocarbons: the industry...

16 December 2011

This second article collects the views of some industry players on whether the US EPA approval of hydrocarbons in household and small commercial stand-alone refrigerators and freezers, could be seen as the beginning f...

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SNAP ruling opens US market to hydrocarbons: the industry...

15 December 2011

Industry players react to the US EPA approval of hydrocarbons in certain applications, describing it as “a step in the right direction” that could eventually have a global impact, as more companies start f...

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Exclusive interview Professor Roberto Peixoto, IMT, Brazi...

2 November 2011

In the second part of our interview, Professor Roberto Peixoto from the Instituto Maua de Tecnologia (IMT), Brazil, speaks about the possibility of replicating the Chinese Gree experience and developing a hydrocarbon ...

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Exclusive interview Professor Roberto Peixoto, IMT, Brazi...

31 October 2011

With the rapidly expanding Brazilian market for R600a domestic refrigerators, hydrocarbons21.com spoke to Roberto Peixoto, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Instituto Maua de Tecnologia – IMT (Maua Inst...

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UPDATED: Exclusive interview with A. Granger, Reymer Pty ...

25 October 2011

hydrocarbons21.com talked to Andy Granger, General Manager of Reymer Pty Ltd, the Australian manufacturer of the OKA on/off road vehicle that was the first OEM in the world to use hydrocarbon refrigerant in their air-...