A new interactive map gives online searchers easy reference to the regulatory status of mildly flammable refrigerants across Canadian jurisdictions. The joint project of the Air-conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) in the United States and Canada’s Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute (HRAI) provides pop-up information when users click on any of the provinces or territories.
That includes a simple yes/no indicator of whether jurisdictions have updated their building and fire codes to allow for the refrigerants, which are classified as A2L, and a list of the currently referenced standards for equipment containing refrigerants in each province or territory’s codes. It follows after AHRI produced a similar interactive map for the United States last year.
“The response to AHRI’s U.S. interactive map was overwhelmingly positive, so we were confident that providing this resource to our Canadian counterparts would be helpful to all stakeholders,” says Tom Deary, senior director of codes at AHRI. “Information on building codes and legislation will be updated as codes and laws change.”