Future of Refrigerants in Residential and Light Commercial

The Kigali Amendment and climate change are bringing another generation of refrigerants to comfort cooling applications, specifically residential and light commercial (direct expansion – DX) systems. This session will briefly touch on the driving forces for the changes in refrigerants, characteristics of some of the next generation refrigerants, and changes the industry faces as a result. Changes addressed will include safety standards, building codes, installation, operation and maintenance differences.

Speaker:

• Rusty Tharp, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.