What is GWP?

GWP (Global Warming Potential) is a measure of how much heat a refrigerant traps in the atmosphere over a 100-year period, relative to CO₂.

CO₂ serves as the baseline with a GWP of 1. To put this into perspective: If the environmental impact of releasing 1 kg of CO₂ is represented by a single balloon, releasing 1 kg of a refrigerant with a GWP of 1,000 has the impact of 1,000 balloons. It's the same mass, but with a thousandfold effect.

Across global heating and cooling infrastructure – including supermarkets, cold storage, food processing, logistics and industrial plants – unintentional refrigerant leaks are a daily reality. When these leaks involve high‑GWP synthetic refrigerants, the cumulative climate impact escalates rapidly.

Many synthetic refrigerants have a GWP of 1,000, 2,000 or even 3,000+. In the real world, this means:

• A system leaking just 1 kg of a high‑GWP refrigerant can have the same climate impact as driving a car for months.

• The higher the GWP, the longer those emissions will stay in the atmosphere, quietly accumulating.