At a White House event recently, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) President and CEO Stephen Yurek announced that the nation’s HVACR industry will invest $5 billion in research and development (R&D) funds over the next decade to develop the next generation of refrigerants and the air conditioning and refrigeration equipment in which they will be used. The event, sponsored by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, highlighted the positive work by the private sector in developing alternatives to high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants. (Source: AHRI)