| At an EC Environment Council meeting held in late
December 1998 agreement was reached on a new regulation on ozone
depleting substances that will soon ban the continued use of CFCs and
HCFCs in building refrigeration and air conditioning systems. However,
there are also environmental concerns about some replacement
refrigerants which has led to interest in more innovative and
potentially less environmentally damaging forms of cooling. BRE has been
investigating and reviewing some of these technologies as part of a
DETR
funded research project. |
NEW
AND IMPROVED COOLING
