The UK government is on a mission to reduce the country’s carbon emissions; one of the upshots of that mission is the introduction of EPCs to ensure that all buildings are as energy efficient as possible, another has to do with replacing HCFC refrigerants with more ozone-friendly alternatives. The UK, along with most of Europe, is already well on their way to completely phasing out HCFCs from industrial, commercial and domestic portable air conditioning units and refrigeration systems. For instance, the refrigerant R22 is in the final stages of being phased out and will be banned completely by the end of 2009.