❌MYTH: “Natural” refrigerants are a more popular option for operators transitioning to lower-GWP options.
✅FACT: It is up to the end-user to determine the refrigerant that works best for their situation.
Which refrigerant will replace R-404A? Our latest one-pager, The Cold Truth: A look at what is real, what is speculation, and what is hype in the HVACR industry, explains:
“No single refrigerant category, so-called ‘natural’ or otherwise, is the heir apparent to incumbent refrigerants, such as R-404A or R-22.
It is up to the end-user to determine the refrigerant that works best for their situation. This is made clear in shecco’s 2018 market trends update, which reports that ‘CO2 TC stores account for less than 10% of total stores in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA.’”
You can read The Cold Truth: A look at what is real, what is speculation, and what is hype in the HVACR industry directly on our website.
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