MAEEP - Refrigerant Emissions Reduction

Training Summary:
The Sponsors of Mass Save were recently approved to support refrigerant leak repair and swap out incentives in their 2025-2027 three-year plan. Join us in this training session to find out more about refrigerants and what these offers involve.

Tentative Outline:

Refrigerant Basics

• What are refrigerants?
• Where and why are they used?
• Refrigerant impacts
• Foundational history & past transitions

Commercial Refrigeration: Refrigerant Impacts and Emissions Reduction

• Refrigerant leaks
• Refrigerant retrofits

Emissions Reduction

• Opportunities
• How to Identify Them

Case Studies

Q&A

Coffee and light breakfast will be available starting about 8am. Class will start at 8:30am. Buffet lunch will be provided. Continuing education units (CEUs) will be available through UMass.

Instructor:

Melissa Stewart, Engineering Manager, VEIC - Melissa specializes in the implementation and analysis of energy efficiency and building decarbonization measures. A key member of VEIC’s Industrial Process Technology Solutions Group, she leads research and development on the use of industrial-scale heat pumps, high temperature heat pump modelling, heat recovery, and potential greenhouse gas savings in the industrial refrigeration sector. She is an expert in natural and low-GWP refrigerants and has consulted on ASHRAE refrigerant code standards for R32 technology and provided recommendations on the general applicability of R32 and natural refrigerant technology for systems in Vermont. An experienced and engaging technical communicator, Melissa has also developed training on refrigerant policy and installation considerations in the HVAC sector for both internal and external clients.