MASE AI Inc. · Refrigerant carbon credits

Get paid for the refrigeration upgrade you already did.

Canada’s federal offset program issues carbon credits when facilities switch from high-impact refrigerants like R-404A to low-impact ones like CO₂. We handle the paperwork. You get a share of the credits.

Check if you qualify How it works

The eligibility check is free. Send three things: your old refrigerant, your new refrigerant and the date the new system started running.

Climate impact of 1 kg leaked Measured in kg of CO₂, IPCC 100-year values

Common old refrigerants

R-507A3,985
R-404A3,922
R-134a1,430

Low-impact replacements

CO₂1
Ammonia0
One kilogram of leaked R-404A warms the climate about as much as 3,922 kg of CO₂. Switch to CO₂ and the same leak counts as 1 kg. The federal program credits the difference.
Why it’s worth money
3,922 GWP of R-404A Every kilogram that leaks counts as almost 4 tonnes of CO₂.
1 GWP of CO₂ The same leak from a CO₂ system counts as 1 kilogram.
10yrs Maximum crediting period Per project. The refrigeration protocol does not allow renewal.

The federal program credits the emissions you avoid by switching to a lower-GWP refrigerant. Each verified tonne becomes an offset credit that can be sold. What a credit sells for changes with the market, so we quote numbers only once we have looked at your site.

Who qualifies

If you switched refrigerants, check these boxes.

The rules come from the federal protocol for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration systems. Most commercial and industrial refrigeration upgrades in the last 18 months are worth a look.

Not sure about one of them? Send us what you have. Checking is free, and we will tell you which boxes you miss and whether it can be fixed.

Eligibility checklist

  • Commercial or industrial refrigerationGrocery stores, cold storage, food plants, chillers and commercial air conditioning.
  • Switched to a lower-GWP refrigerantFrom a high-GWP refrigerant like R-404A, R-507A or R-134a to a lower one like CO₂ or ammonia.
  • Old system ran on the same refrigerant for 3+ yearsAt the same site, before the switch.
  • New system started less than 18 months agoOr the upgrade is still being planned. Registration has to happen within 18 months of start-up.
  • You chose to switchThe switch was not required by a regulation or bylaw, and the facility’s emissions are not already covered by a carbon pricing system for large emitters.
  • Located in CanadaA province that runs its own offset program with a refrigeration protocol is excluded. We confirm this for your province in the check.
How it works

Four steps. Most of the work is ours.

STEP 01

Eligibility check

Send us your old refrigerant, your new refrigerant and the start date. We tell you whether the site qualifies.

Your part: one email. Free.

STEP 02

Registration

We register the project with the federal offset system and prepare the project documents.

Your part: sign an authorization that lets us register a project on your equipment.

STEP 03

Monitoring and verification

We track the data the protocol requires and arrange the independent third-party verification needed before credits are issued.

Your part: share service and refrigerant records.

STEP 04

Credits issued and sold

Credits are issued after each verified reporting period. We sell them and pay you your share.

Your part: nothing. You get paid.

What you don’t have to do

  • Buy new equipment
  • Manage consultants
  • Pay to check eligibility
FAQ

Straight answers.

No. The federal program issues carbon credits for verified emission reductions. Those credits are then sold, and you get a share of the proceeds.

Up to 10 years per project. Credits are issued after each verified reporting period, not as one lump sum. The refrigeration protocol does not allow the 10 years to be renewed.

Even better. We can make sure the paperwork is in place from day one. For example, the protocol requires records that track the old refrigerant from your system to an authorized reclamation or destruction facility. Those are much easier to collect during the job than after it.

No. The new refrigerant must have a lower GWP than the old one. Replacing ammonia with ammonia does not lower anything.

No. MASE AI Inc. is a private Ontario company. We prepare and manage projects under the federal offset program on your behalf.

Check eligibility

Find out if your site qualifies in one email.

Send your old refrigerant, your new refrigerant and the date the new system started running. We reply with whether the site qualifies and what happens next.

Email the three details
aaron@maseai.io 647-642-1970