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GREEN-MAC-LCCP - Hear both sides |
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Key members of the GREEN-MAC-LCCP development team in the U.S. have reacted to Dr. Armin Hafner’s interview about the model’s still existing drawbacks, published on R744.com last week. Find here different views on the strengths and weaknesses of the global analysis tool.
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2008-04-09
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Last week, R744.com published an interview with Dr. Armin Hafner, member of the GREEN-MAC-LCCP working group and R744 expert at SINTEF, about the challenges connected with the development of this tool. According to Hafner said, to offer a transparent life cycle emissions analysis model for car air conditioning, the tool needs to integrate more real-life testing data, realistic emission values, and an enhanced usability of data output.
Interview Armin Hafner - 1 April 2008
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Today, Dr. Stephen O. Andersen (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Dr. Stella Papasavva (General Motors), and Ward Atkinson (Chair SAE Interior Climate Control Committee) – members of the GREEN-MAC-LCCP development team – have issued an extensive response, where they contest some of Dr. Hafner’s key arguments by defending the methodology the tool follows:
Joint Statement EPA, General Motors, SAE - 9 April 2008
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R744.com welcomes any comment you might want to add below, and will keep its readers up to date with any reaction that might follow this exchange of ideas. The GREEN-MAC-LCCP model will be one of the key topics to be discussed in our new technical forum, starting in May.
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