This month’s report on the role the Building Regulations played in last June’s Grenfell Tower fire has stirred up plenty of controversy – and too many people are missing the point, says Andy Sneyd, managing director of ventilation services ...
In both technical and non-technical literature, fluorine-containing (HFC) refrigerants are increasingly referred to as ‘chemical’ or ‘synthetic’ refrigerants in contrast to the so-called ‘natural’ refrigerants. Generally ‘chemical’ is now seen by some as being ‘bad’ and is contrasted with ‘natural’, which implies ‘good’.