Common use of Early Phase-out of HFCs Clause in Contracts

Early Phase-out of HFCs. Since there is no current federal constraint on the continued manufacture of products containing HFCs, it would be expected that any decision to introduce a phase-down or phase-out in HFC use, even at State level, would need substantial consultation. It has therefore been assumed that any such measure could only commence in 2014 and would not be fully achieved before 2017. This is therefore the basis on which these scenarios have been assessed. The four sectors identified for analysis were: ▪ All appliances (domestic refrigerators, freezers and water heaters) ▪ Vending machines and commercial refrigeration equipment ▪ Extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) ▪ PU Spray Foam The following sections describe the various impacts of these mitigation scenarios by product type.

Early Phase-out of HFCs. Since there is no current federal constraint on the continued manufacture of products containing HFCs, it would be expected that any decision to introduce a phase-down or phase-out in HFC use, even at State level, would need substantial consultation. It has therefore been assumed that any such measure could only commence in 2014 and would not be fully achieved before 2017. This is therefore the basis on which these scenarios have been assessed. The four sectors identified for analysis were: ▪  All appliances (domestic refrigerators, freezers and water heaters) ▪  Vending machines and commercial refrigeration equipment ▪  Extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) ▪  PU Spray Foam The following sections describe the various impacts of these mitigation scenarios by product type.