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darkspirit 4y ago
Background on refrigerants: The EU bans water-polluting unnatural refrigerants with a high global warming potential, but water-polluting unnatural refrigerants with low global warming potential (e.g. R1234yf) are unfortunately still permitted for the time being. Refrigerants from split heatpumps (everything that isn't R290/R744: https://danfoss.com/media/ic5drwy5/gwp-graphic-visual-1120x747px.jpg https://danfoss.com/media/ic5drwy5/gwp-graphic-visual-1120x7... ) endanger water. Federal Environmental Agency therefore urgently recommends natural refrigerants (R290=propane (monobloc, A+++), R744=CO2): https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/1397461367716724736 https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/13974613677167247... Please only buy climate&water-protecting heat pumps with natural refrigerants: Vaillant aroTHERM plus Viessmann Vitocal 151-A,150-A,250-A,252-A =============== Also please don't burn wood, it's even more harmful to people & environment than gas (#StopFakeRenewables): https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/1491731154763923457 https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/14917311547639234... =============== Use cases of natural refrigerants: - R290 (climate&water-protecting natural refrigerant propane) is perfect for heat pumps and other household devices: https://www.vaillant.co.uk/homeowners/products/the-arotherm-plus-air-to-water-heat-pump-71360.html https://www.vaillant.co.uk/homeowners/products/the-arotherm-... https://live.viessmann.com/en/product-innovations/heat-pump-vitocal.html https://live.viessmann.com/en/product-innovations/heat-pump-... https://www.swegon.com/uk/products/cooling-and-heating/air-cooled-chillers-and-heat-pumps/bluebox-titan-sky-r0/ https://www.swegon.com/uk/products/cooling-and-heating/air-c... https://amazon.de/Royal-Catering-Slush-Eis-Maschine-Arbeitszyklus-LED-Beleuchtung/dp/B07FFRB9CY https://amazon.de/Royal-Catering-Slush-Eis-Maschine-Arbeitsz... - Fridges often have R600a (climate&water-protecting natural refrigerant isobutane). - Carmakers like Volkswagen have switched to R744 (climate&water-protecting natural refrigerant CO2) or intend to.

darkspirit 4y ago

Background on refrigerants: The EU bans water-polluting unnatural refrigerants with a high global warming potential, but water-polluting unnatural refrigerants with low global warming potential (e.g. R1234yf) are unfortunately still permitted for the time being. Refrigerants from split heatpumps (everything that isn't R290/R744: https://danfoss.com/media/ic5drwy5/gwp-graphic-visual-1120x747px.jpg https://danfoss.com/media/ic5drwy5/gwp-graphic-visual-1120x7... ) endanger water. Federal Environmental Agency therefore urgently recommends natural refrigerants (R290=propane (monobloc, A+++), R744=CO2): https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/1397461367716724736 https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/13974613677167247... Please only buy climate&water-protecting heat pumps with natural refrigerants: Vaillant aroTHERM plus Viessmann Vitocal 151-A,150-A,250-A,252-A =============== Also please don't burn wood, it's even more harmful to people & environment than gas (#StopFakeRenewables): https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/1491731154763923457 https://twitter.com/Umweltbundesamt/status/14917311547639234... =============== Use cases of natural refrigerants: - R290 (climate&water-protecting natural refrigerant propane) is perfect for heat pumps and other household devices: https://www.vaillant.co.uk/homeowners/products/the-arotherm-plus-air-to-water-heat-pump-71360.html https://www.vaillant.co.uk/homeowners/products/the-arotherm-... https://live.viessmann.com/en/product-innovations/heat-pump-vitocal.html https://live.viessmann.com/en/product-innovations/heat-pump-... https://www.swegon.com/uk/products/cooling-and-heating/air-cooled-chillers-and-heat-pumps/bluebox-titan-sky-r0/ https://www.swegon.com/uk/products/cooling-and-heating/air-c... https://amazon.de/Royal-Catering-Slush-Eis-Maschine-Arbeitszyklus-LED-Beleuchtung/dp/B07FFRB9CY https://amazon.de/Royal-Catering-Slush-Eis-Maschine-Arbeitsz... - Fridges often have R600a (climate&water-protecting natural refrigerant isobutane). - Carmakers like Volkswagen have switched to R744 (climate&water-protecting natural refrigerant CO2) or intend to.