AHRI has been consistent in its support for an updated Process Rule, as the current version was created in 1996 as non-binding guidance, which resulted in its being inconsistently followed by DOE.

Yurek stressed that the phasedown structure created by the bill would not affect equipment currently installed in homes and businesses nor HFC availability for current or future necessary applications.

The coronavirus highlights the need for fully operational health, safety equipment.

HVACR industry leaders are calling on officials to exempt HVACR from restrictions being placed on travel and business operation during the epidemic.

"The department ignored a statutory requirement that it establish clear and convincing evidence that the rule results in significant energy savings that outweigh the costs imposed,” said Caroline Davidson-Hood, general counsel, AHRI.

According to AHRI, HR 5544 would bring about a phasedown of a class of refrigerants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and allow for a market- and consumer-friendly transition to new and better performing refrigerants and related products and equipment.

The awards were presented to 49 students, including seven military veterans, studying to become technicians in the HVACR and water heating industries.

Introduced by Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019 would authorize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national phasedown schedule for a group of refrigerants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) because of their high global warming potential.

The authors urged for proposed federal legislation to establish a national structure for the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants.