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WHAT IS PURON ?
Puron is a brand name for the refrigerant R-410A, which was developed by Allied Signal, as an environmentally sound
alternative to the ozone depleting refrigerant most widely used in residential comfort systems today, R-22.
Ten years ago, the wheels were set in motion to begin phasing out ozone-depleting
refrigerants such as R-12 and R-22, creating the need for an environmentally sound refrigerant. Today, Puron offers
high efficiency and long term cost savings to homeowners. It is truly revolutionary in every sense of the word,
and its creation is essential to the future of the heating and cooling industry.
Puron refrigerant quickly is becoming the global choice to replace R-22, especially in Japan where the country's
top eight Air Conditioning manufacturers will introduce systems using Puron this year.
In 1987, scientists and government officials convened in Montreal in response to the growing pressure to preserve
the earth's ozone layer. What emerged was the Montreal Protocol - an internationally-binding action plan to eliminate
ozone-harming chemicals. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - such as R-12 - were targeted first since they caused the
most damage to the environment. A cap was placed on the production of CFC's and in 1996, by law, all manufacturing
was required to cease. The industry that suffered the greatest impact was the automotive industry, which accounted
for 64 percent of the CFC consumption. For consumers requiring R-12 refrigerant for their automobile air conditioning
units, the price of R-12 has been costly.
Their only cooling alternative has been an even more expensive system retrofit using R-134A.
Today, the Montreal Protocol's current phaseout targets.are hydrochlorofluorocarbons
(HCFCs), including R-22, the primary refrigerant in residential heating & air conditioning products. The 1990
Clean Air Act. in conjunction with the Montreal Protocol, established January 1, 2010 as the date when the U.S.
will ban the manufacturing of products using HCFCs. In addition, a production cap on HCFCs (on a country by country
consumption formula) was established for January 1, 1996. This production cap is intended to reduce the amount
of HCFCs that will be consumed in developed countries like the U.S. , Canada, the European Union and Japan. The
Europeans have since adopted an even more aggressive cap and have been urging the U.S. to do the same, but to date
the U.S. government has resisted.
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