Mobile Air Conditioning Summit 2005

This page updated March 30, 2005

"Thank You" to all of our sponsors and attendees for making the
"
Mobile Air Conditioning Summit 2005"
a huge success!

The MACS 2005 Summit presentations are listed below in the order they were given. Please click on the links below to view the PDF versions of the presentations:

     

     
EPA Congratulates Global Progress On Mobile Air Conditioning Stephen O. Andersen, USEPA
     
California's Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation Tom Cackette, CARB
     
Phase-Out of HFC-134a in Mobile Air Conditioning in the Largest Car Market of the World Günter Hörmandinger, European Commission, Environment Directorate General
     
The Recovery of Fluorocarbons From the End -of -Life Vehicles (ELVs) In Japan Takuya Yano, Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
     
MAC Improvement Activities in Australia Steven Anderson, Australian Fluorocarbon Council
     
Canadian Situation Francois Lalond, Environment Canada
     
The Role of the Mobile Air Conditioning Industry in Solving Global Warming and Oil Dependency Roland Hwang, Natural Resources Defense Council
     
Reducing Refrigerant Emissions at Service and Vehicle End of Life Elvis Hoffpauir, MACS Worldwide
     
SAE Improved Mobile Air Conditioning Cooperative Research Program John Rugh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
     
Safety Issues of Alternative MAC Refrigerants in the United States Karen Thundiyil, USEPA
     
Treatment of Vehicle Air Conditioning Systems in CARB's Greenhouse Gas Regulation Alberto Ayala, CARB
     

     

Panel Presentations

Panel Title: Verification Testing for Direct and Indirect Emissions of Mobile Refrigerants - Developing Best Practices, Standards, and the Road to Implementation

Developing Procedures and Standards for Mobile Air Conditioning Systems Ward Atkinson, Suntest Engineering
     
Mobile Air Conditioning System Refrigerant Emissions Technology James A. Baker, Delphi Corporation
     
Measuring Indirect Emissions of MACS John Rugh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

     
An Industry in Transition - DuPont's Perspective of the Mobile Air Conditioning Industry Dave Bateman, DuPont Fluoroproducts
     
Flammable Refrigerants Dave Godwin, USEPA
     
CO2 (R744) Systems Technology Update Armin Hafner, SINTEF
     
Low Cost and High Efficiency CO2 MAC system for lower segment cars Roberto Monforte, Centro Ricerche Fiat
     
R-152a for Mobile Air Conditioning James A. Baker, Delphi Corporation
     
R-152a Off Highway Field Evaluation Project Gary Hansen, Red Dot Corp
Cabin Fire Safety Demo Video (.wmv)
(You may need to use Internet Explorer to view the .wmv file.)
 
     
The European Approach to Certifying Initial Leak Tightness Denis Clodic, ACEA/Ecole de Mines de Paris
     
Mobile Air Conditioning Aftermarket Parts and Service Equipment Partnership (MACAPSEP) Karen Thundiyil, USEPA
     

List of attendees


     
We would like to acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors:


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For further information, please contact Steve Church (schurch@arb.ca.gov)
or Stephen Andersen (
andersen.stephen@epa.gov)


MACS 2005 Summit page

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