Washington, D.C., has become the proving ground for a groundbreaking effort to curb harmful greenhouse gases.

According to a news release, the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU), in partnership with Hudson Technologies, Inc., has launched the nation’s first Refrigerant Recovery and Reclamation (RR&R) Pilot — a program designed to turn a costly climate challenge into an opportunity for local businesses .

Unlike traditional utility programs that only measure energy savings, this initiative targets greenhouse gas reductions by incentivizing contractors to properly recover refrigerants instead of venting them into the atmosphere.

Officials said hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the common refrigerants used in air conditioning and refrigeration, can have thousands of times the global warming

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