Freon is an important part of the modern home environment. We often use this gas for cooling air or for keeping food products or perishable items cold. A home’s HVAC systems and refrigeration units ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A ship carrying thousands of pounds of freon caught fire in Tacoma over the weekend, prompting a shelter-in-place order over air quality concerns. For those who may not have heard of ...

Compare plans tailored to your home & budget. Freon is one of the key ingredients to making your older air conditioner blow cold air. If your AC isn’t as chilly as you’d like, it might be time to ...

The federal refrigerant phase down is already reshaping what contractors can sell, how long older systems can be supported, and which technologies will dominate the next decade. If you understand the ...

Beginning on January 1, 2020, producing or importing R22 freon will become illegal in the United States. Given the refigerant’s ozone-damaging properties, the move is the latest step in the EPA’s ...

Refrigerant reclaimers used to be the red-headed stepchild of the HVAC industry. That’s what Carl Grolle, owner of Golden Refrigerant, told The ACHR NEWS it felt like for decades. Then the HFC ...

The year 2020 will capture attention for being an election year and perhaps for the summer Olympics in Tokyo. On the homeownership side of things, however, it’s the year that an old ozone-eating ...

Air conditioning systems keep us nice and cool during the warmer months. But it's also making teenagers high. What many don't realize is inhaling Freon, can be fatal. "They kind of try to find a lot ...

With the U.S. phasing down the production of HFCs per the AIM Act, significant pressure is being put on the HVACR industry to properly manage these refrigerants in order to prevent shortages. In large ...