MACS Podcast Episode 6: OEWG45 in Bangkok, Thailand (hosted by Peter Coll & Steve Schaeber)

Hi everyone, and welcome to the MACS Podcast, presented by the Mobile Air Climate Systems Association (MACS). We're glad you're here! ~~~~ Welcome to the sixth episode of the MACS Podcast! Hosted by Steve Schaeber, MACS technical editor & manager of service training, and Peter Coll, MACS president & coo. MACS Podcast Episode 6: OEWG45 in Bangkok, Thailand (hosted by Peter Coll & Steve Schaeber) In our sixth episode, Peter and Steve discuss Steve's recent trip to attend OEWG45 in Bangkok, Thailand. OEWG45 is a meeting of the UN United Nations. OEWG45 is the 45th meeting of the Open Ended Working Group of the parties to the Montreal Protocol. MACS and IGSD hosted a side event at this year's OEWG on Wednesday evening, July 5. Our joint presentation was titled: HFC Phasedown: Options and Opportunities in the Vehicle Sector. This project allowed us to work with long-time MACS colleagues from IGSD (the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development) and Tata Motors, as well as new ones from UNIDO (the United Nations Industrial Development Organization), Yale’s Carbon Containment Lab and the World Bank. We also had the opportunity to make new connections with MACS members from around the world, some of whom are also members of the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy. An associated field survey would bring our team in contact with several mobile A/C repair shops in the US, Canada, Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, culminating in a trip to the United Nations building in Bangkok in early July. ~~~ For more than 30 years, shops and technicians who service mobile A/C systems in the United States have been using EPA-certified RRR machines (recover, recycle and recharge equipment) to properly recover refrigerants from vehicle A/C systems, rather than release the refrigerant to the atmosphere. These machines are required to be used under the US Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and have played a major role in protecting the Ozone Layer. They have also helped to avoid countless emissions of HFCs and other CO2 and CO2-equivalent emissions from the mobile sector, by allowing shops to efficiently and effectively recover and recycle refrigerants (such as R-12, CFC-12, R-134a, HFC-134a and R-1234yf, HFO-1234yf) on-site at the shop level. "Recovery" is a process which is performed through the use of either a Recovery-Only machine (such as an SAE J2851 machine) or through the use of an RRR machine (such as an SAE J2788, J2843 or J3030 machine). The "recovery" procedure simply removes refrigerant from an A/C system and puts it into a "recovery cylinder" for storage. "Recycling" is a process which is performed through the use of an RRR machine (such as an SAE J2788, J2843 or J3030 machine), whereby refrigerant is "recycled" in the machine using filters, for eventual re-use in a mobile A/C system. MACS supports RECYCLING refrigerant on-site by certified technicians, at the shop level, through the use of certified RRR equipment which meets SAE Standards. Refrigerant recycling on-site provides for the lowest environmental impact, and the lowest cost for the shop and the consumer. ~~~~ Are you a member of MACS? Do you like MACS videos and want to see more? Please consider a MACS membership! You can learn more about MACS and the work of the association at our website www.macsmobileairclimate.org. Also, please SUBSCRIBE to our MACS YouTube Channel. Thanks! ~~~~ Since 1981, the Mobile Air Climate Systems Association (MACS) has been the advocate for service and repair owners, distributors, manufacturers, and educators making their living in the total vehicle climate and thermal management industry. Visit our website at www.macsmobileairclimate.org Email us at [email protected] Call us at 215-631-7020. Please post your questions and comments below, and Thanks for Watching. If you like our videos and want to see more, Please SUBSCRIBE. Thanks! Publish date: 8/15/2023 MACS Podcast Ep6 draft 3.mp4