Pioneers in HVAC sustainable measures
- Hudson is widely regarded as experts in reclamation
- Among the first companies to participate in the Chicago Climate Exchange and the first ozone depleting substances (ODS) destruction protocol
- Member of the 2009 Climate Action Reserve working group to develop two comprehensive protocols for quantifying the emissions reductions from destruction of obsolete refrigerants
- Key stakeholder in the 2015 American Carbon Registry protocol allowing for the development of carbon offsets through the recycling of HFC refrigerants rather than the purchase and use of virgin HFCs
Ongoing momentum for refrigerant phaseout
2006
Global Warming Act of 2006 requires 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
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2015
UN Conference on Climate Change sets forth additional ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets
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2016
Murphy Amendment
Paris Accord
The Montreal Protocol establishes timetables to reduce virgin HFCs beginning in 2019
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2019
The Montreal Protocol adopts the Kigali Amendment to phase down production and consumption of HFCs worldwide
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2020
Congress adopts the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act requiring the phasedown of production of virgin HFCs
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Global Warming Act of 2006 requires 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
UN Conference on Climate Change sets forth additional ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets
Murphy Amendment
Paris Accord
The Montreal Protocol establishes timetables to reduce virgin HFCs beginning in 2019
The Montreal Protocol adopts the Kigali Amendment to phase down production and consumption of HFCs worldwide
Congress adopts the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act requiring the phasedown of production of virgin HFCs
A phase down of virgin HFC production, supported by use of reclaimed refrigerants, will avoid releasing the equivalent of 100 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and prevent more than 0.5˚ C of warming by 2050.
A phase down of virgin HFC production, supported by use of reclaimed refrigerants, will avoid releasing the equivalent of 100 billion tons of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere and prevent more than 0.5˚ C of warming by 2050.
THE DESTRUCTION OF JUST 1 LB OF R-12 REFRIGERANT HAS THE SAME GHG EMISSION REDUCTION
AS TAKING 1 CAR OFF THE ROAD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR
THE DESTRUCTION OF JUST 1 LB OF R-12 REFRIGERANT HAS THE SAME GHG EMISSION REDUCTION AS TAKING 1 CAR OFF THE ROAD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR
Leading carbon offset project developer
Through a partnership with Bluesource, the nation’s leading carbon offset developer and retailer, Hudson and Bluesource work together initiating carbon projects to develop and market high quality, voluntary carbon offsets resulting from the reclamation of HFC refrigerants. We work across the country using the American Carbon Registry’s Certified Reclaimed HFC Refrigerants protocol.
Due to the availability of inexpensive virgin HFCs from overseas, HFC refrigerants have historically had a low level of reclamation when compared to other refrigerant types. Hudson believes there is an opportunity to quickly and cost-effectively reclaim HFC refrigerants far beyond current reclaim levels.
Executed in advance of any regulatory requirements, these projects encourage the acceleration of GHG emission reductions from the refrigerant industry, which Project Drawdown (a leading Climate Change Solutions Non-profit) identified as one of the top solutions to address global climate change.
