News Release
5th June 2017
Climate Center first and only to stock R448A nationwide
Climate Center, the UK’s leading supplier of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, is now stocking R448A, the industry’s leading alternative to R404A, in every branch.
Climate Center has invested heavily to respond quickly and effectively ahead of the upcoming changes to the F-Gas Regulations, by ensuring the lower GWP R448A refrigerant is readily available for customers in all of its 55 branches nationwide.
The race is on ahead of the R404A ban in 2020 to find alternatives for refrigeration, Climate Center’s significant stock investment aims to make it easy for customers to access this alternative before demand for R404A outstrips supply.
The merchant was also the first to stock R32 for Air Conditioning Contractors Nationwide as air conditioning started to move towards this new refrigerant last year.
The changes to the F-Gas Regulations came into force on 1 January 2015 with the aim of encouraging users to use refrigerants with a lower global warming potential (GWP).
From 2020 a ban on using new refrigerants with a GWP higher than 2500 for servicing most commercial refrigeration systems and in new stationery refrigeration systems comes into effect.
Robert Franklin, sales director at Climate Center, said: “Climate Center is committed to stocking and distributing lower GWP refrigerants to help the UK reduce its carbon footprint, we have been working extensively to assist customers through these changes. If companies don’t act now, they run the risk of not being able to access the higher GWP refrigerants as quota reductions limit availability of High GWP blends.”
Climate Center’s technical team are on-hand to assist with selections and options available to customers. For more information, contact 0344 2927272 or visit www.climatecenter.co.uk
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Natalie Hunt, Senior PR Account Manager, Wyatt International
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Notes
· Climate Center is the UK's largest distributor of refrigeration and air conditioning products, supplying an extensive range of equipment, components, spares accessories and tools to professional contractors via a nationwide network of branches. For further information, go to: www.climatecenter.co.uk.
· Climate Center is part of Wolseley UK which supplies 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Its market-leading brands, which operate from more than 900 trade counters across the UK, include Plumb and Parts Center, Pipe Center, Climate Center and Burdens.
· Wolseley UK is the UK operating company of Ferguson plc, the world’s largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products. It supplies 1.1 million customers with 1 million products carefully sourced from approximately 52,000 suppliers. Group revenue for the year ended 31 July 2016 was £14,430 million and trading profit was £917 million.