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residential or light commercial air-conditioning or heat pump systems

For residential or light commercial air-conditioning or heat pump systems, restriction type is installation; maximum gwp is 700; effective date is January 1, 2025; conditions is may continue to be installed where all specified components of that system are manufactured or imported prior to January 1, 2025; exemptions is except for variable refrigerant flow air-conditioning and heat pump systems, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

Sector/subsector
residential or light commercial air-conditioning or heat pump systems verified
Restriction type
installation our reading
Maximum GWP
700 verified
Effective date
January 1, 2025 verified
Conditions
may continue to be installed where all specified components of that system are manufactured or imported prior to January 1, 2025 verified
Exemptions
except for variable refrigerant flow air-conditioning and heat pump systems verified
CFR paragraph
§ 84.54(c)(1) our reading
Sourceecfr.gov
Verified2026-08-06
Review by2027-02-02
DatasetUS AIM Act sector-specific refrigerant GWP limits and compliance dates (40 CFR 84.54)

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

( 1 ) Effective January 1, 2025, residential or light commercial air-conditioning or heat pump systems using a regulated substance, or a blend containing a regulated substance, with a global warming potential of 700 or greater, except for variable refrigerant flow air-conditioning and heat pump systems. New residential and light commercial air-conditioning and heat pump systems using a regulated substance, or a blend containing a regulated substance, with a global warming potential of 700 or greater may continue to be installed where all specified components of that system are manufactured or imported prior to January 1, 2025.

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-06

Source

Last verified against source: 2026-08-06. Due for re-check by 2027-02-02. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.