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Comment 31 for Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy (slcpstrategy-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Keilly
Last Name: Witman
Email Address: keilly@kwrms.com
Affiliation: KW Refrigerant Management Strategy
Subject: LImit HFCs in Supermarkets
Comment:
Without action by the CA government, HFC emissions will increase dramatically over the next 15 years. The best way to prevent that from happening is to offer incentives for supermarket companies to transition away from HFCs to natural refrigerants, both in their commercial systems and in self-contained units. The natural refrigerant technologies exist, but they are new to the US and prices are higher than traditional leaky HFC technologies. An incentive program in CA for supermarkets would increase volume and allow equipment manufacturers to achieve economies of scale, thus bringing prices down to the point where they are at parity or better. The time to act is now, as supermarket systems have a lifespan of about 20 years. Every new HFC system that is installed will make it harder for CA to achieve it's 2030 goal. The average HFC supermarket emits 3,920,000 pounds of CO2eq per year.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-06-12 13:30:34
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