Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee 2002
Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee 2002

Author: United Nations Environment Programme

Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 9280722883

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The 2002 assessment report, produced under the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances, finds that technical progress has been made by the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry to comply with requirements to phase out CFCs and in several applications, HCFCs as well. However, there is still a significant amount of installed refrigeration equipment still using CFCs and HCFCs, and so service demand remains high and is best minimised by preventive service, containment, retrofit, recovery and recycling.

Halon Critical Uses and Alternatives
Halon Critical Uses and Alternatives

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Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 9289312505

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Halons are the substances which are most harmful to the ozone layer, their potential to destroy ozone being three to ten times higher than that of CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons). Under the Montreal Protocol, halon production in the developed countries was banned from 1st. January 1994, since technically and economically feasible alternatives for the majority of uses of halons were available. EU Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer controlled marketing and use of halons (1211, 1301 and 2402). Exceptions were made for a list of uses of halons in areas defined in annex 7 as critical uses. This report contains information on current areas of use of halon in the Nordic countries, Denmark, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The information was gathered by using contacts in the fire, security and defence fields, together with communications by mail and e-mail to other contacts and potential contacts as well as extensive Internet searching.

2002 Report of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee
2002 Report of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee

Author: United Nations Environment Programme. Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee

Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9280722875

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The Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC) was established by parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to identify existing and potential alternatives to methyl bromide (MB). This 2002 Assessment reports on MB usage, the quantities produced and consumed, and existing and potential alternate treatments for its use as a fumigant.