AIR CONDITIONING, AIR MOVEMENT AND VENTILATION/ HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS SPECIAL FEATURES This month: Air cleaning technology, Covid-19 ventilation strategies, refrigerant-free aircon, AHU controls CFC ban averted climate catastrophe Refcom Elite celebrates 25th anniversary Worldwide treaty stopped global temperatures rising by 2.5C The 1987 ban on ozone-depleting chemicals averted a climate catastrophe, that remains The Montreal Protocol targeted Annan said it was perhaps the single forests, other vegetation and soils, and an WATERLOOS AIR PRODUCTS CHOSEN FOR THE SPINE Waterloos air distribution products have been building in Liverpools Knowledge Quarter. designed by architects AHR to meet the Well The Royal College of Physicians occupy The Spine The Refcom Elite scheme is celebrating a quarter of a century of helping refrigeration and air conditioning companies demonstrate their business and technical credentials, and promoting higher professional standards of refrigerant management. The scheme traces its origins back to the original Refcom, which was set up in 1996 by a group of contractors who wanted to demonstrate their commitment to responsible refrigerant handling. approached Refcom to help it set up a framework for a mandatory company with the new European F-Gas regulation. The Elite scheme was used as the framework on a low cost, light touch basis. After the establishment of the mandatory register in 2009, it remained a voluntary scheme for companies who wanted to go above and beyond simply achieving regulatory compliance, and demonstrate higher professional standards. The scheme was conceived and launched by members of the HVCA now the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) become the new northern from the Associations Refrigeration and Air Conditioning group. It now has more than 300 members and was extended in 2019 to include distributors and wholesalers. sessions with the design Ventilation and AC markets set to grow as a consistent visual Ciat chiller installed at Northern Ireland hospital The UK market for ventilation and air conditioning products is expected to grow to 1.33bn by 2025, according to the research organisation AMA. It grew steadily between 2016 and 2019, before a sharp decline in 2020 caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the UKs ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions will help the industry rebound, the AMA report said. The Future Homes Standard, due to be introduced by 2025, will require all newbuild homes to be future-proofed, which will increase demand for low carbon and energy the report. Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations will also have a positive impact on residential sales, it added. Regulation, which banned the use of R22 refrigerant to service or maintain existing air conditioning equipment, has already residential sector, the research concluded. www.cibsejournal.com September 2021 55 CIBSE Sep 21 pp55-56 Air Con News.indd 55 27/08/2021 16:19