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AAON Products Now With Refrigerant 410A ® 2 to 230 Ton Unitary Rooftops 2 to 230 Ton Condensing Units 35 to 365 Ton Chillers Do You Know? % Production Cap R-22 Phase-Out Timeline 100 Don't Buy R-22 Equipment Today Make the right choice today! It is no longer necessary to buy equipment that will be obsolete before the end of its economic life. You should be specifying and purchasing R-410A equipment now. Refrigerant 22 belongs to the family of chlorine containing refrigerants referred to as HCFC. The U.S.A. has agreed to the terms of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion. This calls for two major actions. 1. The phase-out of all HCFC 80 GOING 60 production by the year 2020. 2. The termination of all equipment manufacture using R-22 by the year 2010. Refrigerant 22 – Here Today – Gone Tomorrow 40 GOING AAON® Is Experienced and Ready Now We have heard and responded to the requests of many customers and already delivered thousands of tons of our products utilizing R-410A. Now AAON products are available to you with R-410A. • 2 to 230 Ton Unitary Rooftops • 35 to 365 Ton Chillers • 2 to 230 Ton Condensing Units Make the wise selection today, for R-410A and AAON® – the leader in quality, innovative heating and cooling products. Your bottom line has always been our top priority. For more information, call your local AAON Representative today. 20 GOING GONE 1999 2004 2010 2015 0 2020 % Manufactured Equipment Starting in 2004, the limit was set at Equipment Manufacturing Using R-22 65% of the 1989 production rate. The 100 limit will continue to drop to 35% in 2010 and 10% in 2015, until all producGOING 80 tion of R-22 must end in 2020. No one can forecast the exact future 60 price of R-22, however, consider the rapid rise of the price of R-12 after it 40 was no longer used in new products and its manufacture was discontinued. 20 Definitely, an indicator of the future trend. The Long Term Winner Is Refrigerant 410A After over a decade of research into possible replacements, most major manufacturers of residential air conditioners and heat pumps have introduced R-410A systems. It is readily available 0 1999 2004 GONE 2010 and has unquestioned reliability and acceptance. It is the long-term solution and replacement for R-22. AAON • 2425 South Yukon Avenue • Tulsa, OK 74107 • 918-583-2266 • Fax 918-583-6094 • www.aaon.com F u n c t i o n a l i t y • F a c t o r y Te s t i n g • E a s e o f I n s t a l l a t i o n • E a s e o f M a i n t e n a n c e • E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y Input #210 at csemag.com/quickResponse http://www.aaon.com http://www.aaon.com http://csemag.com/quickResponse

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Consulting-Specifying Engineer - September 2007

Contents M/E Roundtable Cover Story: Airborne Superbugs Third-Party Liability Back to School Product Spotlight Codes & Standards Professional Practices How To New Products Jobs/Cliassifieds Specifier’s Notebook Pure Power Supplement New Technologies, Same Old Transmission Problems Wireless Battery Recharging Solar Concentration Renewables Tracking System A Mighty Wind The Importance of Load Bank Testing Quality Power for Security Systems

Consulting-Specifying Engineer - September 2007

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