R22 Refrigerant Phase Out- What happens next?
The EU Ozone Regulation EC2037/2000 highlights the following key points.
- January 2010 the use of virgin R22 is banned
- The use of recycled R22 is still permissible for maintenance purposes until the end of 2014
Although there are no guarantees on the quality and availability of the refrigerant and we along with other industry experts are predicting stocks of recycled R22 to be depleted well before the end of 2014 which will inevitably result in a vast increase in the price of the available refrigerant.
The R22 refrigerant that you may have in your current systems although they were efficient at the time of installation, this equipment does not compare with the new air conditioning plant that operates on the new gases R410A and R407C which will be a lot more efficient to run and will money save on running costs.
If you own air conditioning equipment that operates on R22 refrigerant we would advise you to consider investigating the options in order to minimise the impact on your organisation both operationally and financial
