ASHRAE Winter Meeting CTTC

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ASHRAE Winter MeetingCTTC

• Thomas Werkema
• January 24, 2006

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Climate Change - International

• First Meeting of Kyoto Protocol Parties in
  Montreal
• US non Party
• Saudi Arabia held up consideration of Air
  Transport
• Wanted consideration of Impacts Funds
• Initiated future Commitments discussion under
  UNFCCC

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Climate Change - International

• Compliance procedures agreed by decision
• Rolled Forward 20 decision from previous COPs
• LULUCF
• Adverse impacts in developing countries
• National reporting system guidelines
• Information preparation formats by Parties
• Trading mechanisms
• CDM Guidance

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Climate Change - International

• Concern over Clean Development Mechanism
  credits for HFC-23
• Plants constructed since 2001
• perverse incentive
• HFC-23 has value of 1.5-3/kg of HCFC-22
• HCFC-22 value of 1-2/kg

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Climate Change - International

• Overall worlds largest traveling road show
• 8,600 registered
• No significant excitement
• 2006 drafting of AR4
• Acceptance in 2007
• Parties respond to Special HFC Report by Feb. 13

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Climate Change - International

• US Briefing
• 3b program
• Environmentalist attacks
• Accused Chief Negotiator of being appointed by
  Lee Raymond
• City Mayors, State Officials attacked wanted
  support
• Chief Negotiator said they were being supportive
• Industry noted fragmented implementation in the US

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Climate Change - Country

• Europe F Gas regulation amendments rejected
  by Parliament
• Many HFC market sector bans rejected
• Conciliation will be required 1st quarter,
  2006
• Austria in Presidency Jan. 1
• Expect implementation 1/1/07
• Will focus on recovery, recycle, certification

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Climate Change - Country

• Europe F Gas regulation amendments rejected
  by Parliament Cont
• One component foams banned
• Austria/Denmark wish to retain their bans
• Industry lobbied well BBC claimed
  scaremongering
• Contains review process
• EU proposal to bring aviation within ETS

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Climate Change - Countries

• Canada declared all ghg CEPA Toxic
• New Government?
• About half of delegation defected to other jobs
• NCEP hosted emissions trading workshops in
  Washington, DC
• ISO 14064 moving ahead GHG reporting standard
• Judge dismissed 8 State NY City lawsuit against
  5 utilities demanding CO2emissions reductions
• Lawsuit filed in New Orleans against oil
  companies alleging hurricane damage from oil
  consumption.

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Climate Change - US

• RGGI announced by 7 NE States
• CAP and Trade system CO2
• Begins 2009 w/current level CAP
• Frozen until 2015, then gradual reduction
• 10 reduction by 2019
• US District Court of Appeals ruled EPA has
  authority to decide to not rule on tail pipe
  emissions as ghgs.

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Climate Change - US

• California
• Auto tailpipe reduction lawsuit still pending.
• 7 additional states plan implementation
• Ban small cans HFCs
• Require low-GWP refrigerants in new vehicles
• Enforce Federal no-venting
• New commercial refrigeration new specifications
• Refrigerant leak inspection w/vehicle inspection

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Asia-Pacific Partnership

• Australia, China,India, Japan, South Korea
• Efficient technologies
• Meeting Jan. 11-13, Australia
• Key focus
• Energy efficiency
• Rural/village energy systems
• Advanced transportation
• Building and home construction/operation
• Methane, clean coal, nuclear, LNG, geothermal,
  bio-energy, hydropower-wind-solar

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Asia-Pacific Partnership

• Key Focus (cont)
• 2B people have no access to any form of modern
  energy
• We know the surface of the Earth is warmer and
  an increase in ghgs caused by human activity is
  contributing to the problem.
• US committed 70M in 2007
• Australia - 100M over 5 years

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Ozone - International

• MP met in Dakar, Senegal
• CFC for metered dose inhalers- 1,100 tons
  2006/1,0002007
• Minimizing developed country CFC production
• Critical uses for methyl bromide
• TEAP/IPCC report on HFCs
• New workshop in May
• Multilateral fund replenishment - 470M over
  2006-2008
• Illegal ODS trade
• Next meeting Delhi, India

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Ozone - Country

• US EPA confirmed the phase out of HCFC-142b on
  1/1/10 for new equipment foams
• Mexico CFC closure in 2007
• Responsible Use Guides
• Fire Suppression complete
• Foams survey complete
• HFC Producers survey
• ARI third draft complete
• AHAM completed and published 1/06
• Exploring tie with 147

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Other

• International
• SAICM was to meet first week Feb, Dubai
• Europe REACH lite passed
• Subject to conciliation
• Contains hazardous material substitution rules
• Waste Electrical and Electronic appliance
  recycling law in effect Aug. 13

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Other

• US
• Green Building Initiative (ANSI Accredited
  Standard Developer) submitted project to develop
  criteria practices for Green Buildings
• NAHB rolled back the IECC recommendation for R-15
  to R-13 in climate zones 3,4 from R-21 to -19
• SEER 13 commences in January, 2006
• EPA published latest Energy Star Spec for
  residential central a/c and heat pumps
• DOE revised 1605(b) guide expected first Quarter,
  2006 implement 6/1/06US GBC amended its bylaws
  to allow trade association members
• EPA published final Energy Star dehumidifier
  spec, effect 10/1/06
• Congress approved new Energy Bill