Although it's possible to retrofit much of this equipment to be serviced with ozone-friendly alternatives, costs can run anywhere from a few hundred to thousands of dollars. |
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He would require federal agencies to use ozone-friendly products, energy-saving computers, fuel-efficient vehicles, and recycled products. |
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We have quickly adapted our products, and all Mitsubishi Refrigeration units now use ozone-friendly R404A refrigerant. |
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In the case of vehicles, an ozone-friendly compound known as R-134a took its place. |
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You see products that say they are ozone-friendly or don't contain CFCs, but the real impact is somewhere else in the life chain, like in the manufacturing step or end-of-life disposal. |
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The conversion within industry to ozone-friendly technologies and processes resulted, in some cases, in economic savings and improved product performance. |
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Sri Lanka is the fourth largest producer of tea in the world and has been given the tag of the most ozone-friendly tea in the world. |
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The programme has simplified the messages from the Protocol's Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to help countries make informed decisions about alternative technologies and ozone-friendly policies. |
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This would mean, ironically, that production of ozone-friendly chemicals is actually releasing some ozone-destroying gases into the atmosphere. |
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And concentrations of the newer, ozone-friendly gases are also rising meteorically, because industrialized countries began switching to them a decade ago. |
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The trouble is, there are currently no readily available commercial ozone-friendly alternatives for air-conditioners that do not also have a strong warming effect — though there are many on the horizon. |
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Based on a community's given situation, it may be more cost-efficient in the long term to replace the equipment with one that uses ozone-friendly refrigerant. |
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These schemes would result in lowering CO2 levels and other harmful gas emissions as well, including the reduction in usage of ozone-friendly refrigerant. |
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