Last Year for R22 Refrigerant

In past issues of our newsletter, we have talked about the R22 refrigerant phase out. Well, this is it - the end is here! Beginning this year, manufacturers can no longer produce heating and cooling equipment that uses R22 as the refrigerant. By 2020, no new refrigerant can be manufactured for any use at all....read more

The most common replacement for R22 is R410A. This newer refrigerant has been used in some equipment already for several years. R410A refrigerant does not affect the ozone layer of our earth's atmosphere as R22 has. In addition to being environmentally friendly, R410A has shown other benefits including higher efficiencies and warmer air temperatures delivered form geothermal units and air-source heat pumps. Given these facts, it may be wise to ensure that any new home comfort system that you purchase uses the new R410A refrigerant.

Of all the WaterFurnace geothermal systems that we have installed in the past few years, over 95% of them utilize R410A environmentally safe refrigerant. Most of our Trane air conditioners and heat pumps use it as well.

Contact us to see how you can be more comfortable in your home while helping the environment at the same time.

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