Hisense will incorporate Honeywell's energy-efficient Solstice low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant into its residential air conditioning units.
Hisense units will use Honeywell Solstice 454B, which is in line with global efforts to phase out higher GWP refrigerants for air conditioners and heat pumps.
General manager of the supply chain management department at Hisense, Hao Wang, said the alliance with Honeywell is a formidable leap towards sustainability, integrating cutting-edge refrigerants into its air conditioning units.
The partnership between Hisense and Honeywell also follows the US Environmental Protection Agency's recent announcement of a 40 per cent quota cut in the production of HFC refrigerants as of 1 January, 2024.
Honeywell Advanced Materials president, Jeff Dormo, said the world is migrating away from refrigerants with high-global warming potential, but it is also accelerating innovation to create responsible replacements that lower carbon footprints and improve energy efficiency, all without sacrificing safety and end-product performance.
"Honeywell anticipated the need for these solutions more than a decade ago when we introduced our Solstice technology, and today we are pleased to be able to partner with manufacturers like Hisense that are leveraging our expertise to enhance their own sustainability efforts in alignment with the global energy transition,” he said.
Honeywell has invested more than $USD1 billion in research, development and the creation of new capacity for its Solstice technology, which currently has applications in refrigerants, blowing agents, aerosols and solvents, and is also being evaluated for expanded use in metered dose inhalers.
Since its introduction in 2011, the use of Honeywell Solstice technology has helped avoid the potential release of the equivalent of more than 326 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.