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  1. 2023 Refrigerant Data

    Associated Project(s): 
    Refrigerants
    We've Got Data!

    Miriam Keep inquired with F&S Building Maintenance & Grounds to record the Refrigerant data for the University. The table below shows the data from 2023:

    2023 Purchased Refrigerant

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    R-404a

    432 lbs

     

     

     

    R-401a

    150 lbs

     

     

     

    R-134a

    540 lbs

     

     

     

    R-22

    1410 lbs

     

     

     

    R-410a

    825 lbs

     

     

     

    R-448a

    150 lbs

     

     

     

    R-502

    30 lbs

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Total

    3537 lbs

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    2023 Recovered Refrigerant

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    R-11

    1 oz

     

     

     

    R-12

    85 lbs

     

     

     

    R-23

    1 lbs

     

     

     

    R-22

    489 lbs

     

     

     

    R-32

    130 lbs

     

     

     

    R-134a

    163 lbs

     

     

     

    R-404a

    85 lbs

     

     

     

    R-407C

    5 lbs

     

     

     

    R-407a

    3 lbs

     

     

     

    R-410a

    353 lbs

     

     

     

    R-502

    5 lbs

     

     

     

    R-507a

    7 oz

     

     

     

    R-508b

    6 lbs

     

     

     

    R-503

    7 oz

     

     

     

    R-401a

    32 lbs

     

     

     

    R-448a

    18lbs

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Total

    1375 lbs 15oz

     

     

     

     

  2. Refrigerant Solutions with Tradewater

    Associated Project(s): 
    Refrigerants

    Message from Eli Etzinioi from Tradewater:

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    Hi Miriam,

    Eli from Tradewater here! It was great to meet you at the Higher Ed Climate Summit session on offsets, and to hear a bit about how you’re navigating climate action planning at UIUC.

    I’m looping in Ray Rieling, our lead on refrigerant inventories/quantification, safe destruction, and development of the resulting offsets in partnership with universities. His program is called Tradewater Refrigerant Solutions.

    As a reminder, Tradewater is headquartered in Chicago, with our main operations warehouse located in Elk Grove Village. Since you’re nearby, we could potentially arrange a visit to the warehouse which could be a great opportunity for you, colleagues, and sustainability-minded students to learn about how we test, store, and handle these high-GWP gases to prepare them for destruction.

    Would you like to set up a chat with Ray and I for some time after this long weekend? We can chat about logistics/timing of a UIUC visit to the warehouse, the opportunity for a refrigerant management inventory/project at UIUC, and any salient questions you have about offsets.

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    Miriam forwarded the message to Morgan White, Jen Fratterigo, and Stacey DeLorenzo:

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    Hi Jen, Morgan, and Stacey –

     

    I am sharing an email related to an opportunity to earn carbon offsets through the safe destruction of refrigerants. Second Nature is working with Tradewater to develop this opportunity to generate peer-reviewed carbon offsets that could be used to offset a portion of Scope 3 emissions. (This is quite different from third-party verified credits, and these credits could only be used to offset some of our own Scope 3 emissions and could not be sold on the VCM).

     

    Is this something you would be interested in learning more about? I really don’t know what we are currently doing with refrigerant waste – would it first be helpful to talk to someone who handles this directly?

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