Clock winds down for conversions: R-22 systems face supply crunch.(Conference Update / FMI)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, October, 2004 by Powell, Peter
DALLAS -- Decision-makers who still have a lot of systems running on HCFCs--or CFCs--may have gotten a wakeup call during seminars that were part of the 25th annual Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Energy and Technical Services Conference.
Ed Estberg, senior director of facilities for Raley's Supermarkets, North Highlands, Calif., stated that his company's 135 stores have been converting to HFC refrigerants for the last 11 years, noting that 71 percent of the 365,000 pounds of refrigerant used in various systems is R-404A. The goal for Raley's is to complete the conversions by 2010.
The big crunch in R-22 supplies is coming in 2015, Estberg said. Any stores still running on that refrigerant--or perhaps, any store decision-makers who have been approving...
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