Competitiveness, innovation and sustainability: how to square the circle of the F-gas Regulation revision?

The European Commission unveiled its proposal for a new F-gas Regulation, with an eye at further reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as part of the set 2030 and 2050 EU’s climate ambitions.

The European Commission unveiled its proposal for a new F-gas Regulation, with an eye at further reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as part of the set 2030 and 2050 EU’s climate ambitions.

Since it first entered the scene in 2014, the home appliance industry has been supportive of the aims fostered by the F-gas Regulation and has actively invested in new technologies and innovations, as an integral part of its broader emission reduction efforts . In this sense, the sector continues to move away from high Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerants and firmly grounds its processes accordingly. However, it is crucial to understand that “F-gases are still essential for the use of a number of applications,” such as energy efficient heating and cooling of buildings, to mention one, and thus critical in enabling decarbonisation.

The drastic, ongoing phase-down of F-gases accelerates the process of reducing the availability of critical refrigerants for the industry and by doing so, it “would undermine manufacturers’ efforts in further innovating their production processes,” explained Paolo Falcioni, APPLiA Director General. Refrigerant choice by manufacturers relies on several factors that are inherent to specific applications. These include technical feasibility, safety and cost-effectiveness.

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