Environmental guarantee for fire suppression

摘要

3M has recently announced that its Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid will come with a 20-year Blue Sky Warranty, said to guarantee that in the event of the product being banned from or restricted in use as a fire protection agent due to ozone depletion potential or global warming potential, 3M will refund the purchase price of the fluid. The liquid is based on sustainable technology, designed to balance the need for human safety and low environmental impact. Claimed to be a next-generation halon replacement with a zero ozone-depletion potential, meeting current and possible future halon replacement regulations, Novec 1230 has an atmospheric lifetime of five days and a global warming potential of only one day.