Project Details
| Title Refrigerant Management Canada Ozone-Depleting Substance Destruction Project |
Project Identifier R-AAA-0086 |
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| Project Description Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were once widely used in residential and commercial refrigeration systems until the 1980s when their deleterious effects on atmospheric ozone were discovered. Since then, the production and consumption of CFCs have become increasingly regulated in an effort to limit their harmful effects on the ozone layer. Refrigerants with the potential to deplete atmospheric ozone such as CFCs and HCFCs, are now commonly referred to as ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Although the volume of these gases is relatively small compared to other sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs), they can have a large impact because of their high global warming potential (GWP) values. For this reason, projects that collect and destroy ODS also have the effect of eliminating a source of GHG emissions. Refrigerant Management Canada (RMC) administers a voluntary program to fund and facilitate the collection and destruction of surplus ODS from stationary refrigeration and air conditioning sources in Canada and transfers them to the Swan Hills Treatment Centre (SHTC), located near Swan Hills, Alberta or the Veolia Port Arthur Facility in Port Arthur, Texas for destruction. In the absence of the project, the alternative would have been the continued reclamation and reuse of these substances, which would have resulted in their gradual release to atmosphere through equipment leaks and servicing. |
Project Files GHG Report Plan (2011) GHG Report (2011) - english Verification Report (2011) - english GHG Report (2011-2012) Verification Report (2011-2012) GHG Report (2012 - 2013) Verification Report (2012 - 2013) GHG Report (2013 - 2014) Verification Report (2013 - 2014) GHG Report (2014 - 2015) Verification Report (2014-2015) RED – GHG Report (2015 - 2016) RED – Verification Report (2015 - 2016) RED – GHG Report (2017) RED – Verification Report (2017) |
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| Registry: GHG Reductions Registry | |||
| Type: Ozone-Depleting Substance Destruction | Status: Active | ||
| Authorized Project Contact:
Blue Source Canada ULC |
Latitude: 29.857056 Map | ||
| Validator: None defined | Longitude: -94.094639 | ||
| Verifier:
ICF International |
Project Proponent:
Refrigerant Management Canada |
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| Start Date: 2005-01-01 | End Date: 2017-01-01 | ||
| Estimated potential lifetime emission reductions-removals: 3,000,000 t CO2e | Estimated potential annual emission reductions-removals:
2011 - 211,737 t CO2 e 2012 - 43,058 t CO2 e 2013 - 141,495 t CO2 e 2014 - 149,925 t CO2 e 2015 - 36,759 t CO2 e 2016 - 53,393 t CO2 e 2017 - 25,570 t CO2 e |
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