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STRENGHTS OF NATURAL REFRIGERANTS
Question: Rate the following factors as Strengths and Weaknesses that especially apply to NaturalRefrigerants. Select from ++ (very strong) to – – (very weak) as
compared to conventional refrigerants. O = same as conventional refrigerant systems.
… individual choices, “NR group”
… individual choices, “non-NR group”
Environmental
impact
44,5%
34,3% 15,1%
++
Refrigerants costs
37,8%
26,1%
21,6%
9,9%
++
Refrigerants costs
Efficiency,
performance
Return on
Investment
CSR, image, competitive
advantage
Capital cost
Safety
Financial support
Reliability,
compactness, weight
Availability of
technology
31,0%
28,6%
24,1%
23,3%
22,0%
22,0%
19,2%
15,5%
44,1%
24,9%
25,3%
29,0%
30,6%
33,9%
33,5% 12,7% 7,8%
40,4% 16,3% 11,4%
33,1% 19,2% 14,7%
47,3%
20,4% 6,1%
13,5%
22,9%
27,8%
21,2%
33,1%
25,7%
25,3%
17,1%
14,7%
17,6%
21,6%
+
0
–
– –
Environmental
impact
Efficiency,
performance
Capital cost
Safety
Return on
Investment
Reliability,
compactness, weight
Availability of
technology
CSR, image, competitive
advantage
Skilled personnel
21,6%
35,1% 34,2%
18,9% 25,2%
18,9%
23,4%
36,9%
29,7%
18,0%
29,7%
27,9%
16,2%
16,2%
25,2%
21,6%
34,2%
23,4%
16,2%
29,7%
33,3%
11,7% 18,9% 19,8% 27,0%
22,5%
24,3%
20,7%
13,5% 26,1% 16,2%
18,9%
14,4%
17,1%
16,2%
15,3%
22,5%
6,3%
9,0%
9,9%
14,4%
+
0
–
– –
Skilled personnel
Uniform standards
Information,
awareness
Compliance with
legislation
15,1%
14,7%
11,0%
10,2%
22,4%
21,2%
28,2%
24,1%
16,3%
26,5%
23,3%
38,0%
29,8%
28,2%
27,3%
22,0%
16,3%
9,4%
Demand &
composition 8,6% 30,6%
37,1%
18,4%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Financial support 11,7%
Compliance with 11,7%
legislation
Information,
awareness 9,0%
Uniform standards 8,1%
12,6%
16,2%
22,5%
39,6%
33,3%
27,9%
33,3%
21,6% 14,4%
14,4% 9,0%
27,0%
23,4%
14,4%
18,0%
Demand & 6,3% 18,9%
36,9%
24,3% 13,5%
composition
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
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NR GROUP
Total responses: 245 Total responses: 111
NON-NR GROUP
78% of those already using or offering natural refrigerant
technology believed that both environmental impacts
from reduced direct and indirect emissions and low
refrigerant costs were either “very strong” or “strong”
benefits of natural refrigerants. 71% thought that a
competitive advantage could be gained by using natural
refrigerants and that the performance and efficiency of
NR technology was on average, superior. On the other
hand, in the field of initial investment costs, more needs
to be done, to bring these down as in this category
respondents were rather divided in their opinions and
the highest share of “very weak” (17%) was recorded.
69% of respondents not yet using natural refrigerants
confirmed that the environmental aspect was a clear
benefit of natural refrigerants, followed by 64% for
refrigerant costs, and 59% for efficiency and performance.
42% believed capital costs were still a weakness, whereas
half of all “non-NR” respondents considered lack of
training a barrier (50%).