“While no facility should be forced to change equipment because of this transition while their equipment is still working, it is a good idea to plan for the future,” says Alex Ayers, director of government affairs for the Heating, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI). “This means it will be far easier to find lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants in the future. When looking at existing equipment that uses high-GWP refrigerants like R-404a in commercial refrigeration, facility managers should consider a retrofit plan to move to a lower-GWP refrigerant when possible as an alternative to trying to source a decreasing supply of their current refrigerants.”