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CARB is Coming to Your Industrial Cleaning Equipment

Are You Planning Ahead For Your Equipment Needs?

You may still be using existing in-house gas or diesel-powered equipment that is grandfathered into CARB policies (California Air Resources Board). But you should be planning and budgeting for replacement equipment.

Why?

Because CARB now regulates small off-road engines under 25 horsepower—including leaf blowers, mowers, and pressure washers—and starting in 2024, has required new models to be zero-emission.

• This effectively has banned the sale of new gas-powered, spark-ignition equipment, though existing equipment can still be used, and repaired – until it wears out.

CARB Parameters

CARB regulates sources of air pollution to protect public health and fight climate change, with a focus on reducing greenhouse gases, toxic air contaminants, and smog-forming emissions from mobile sources (vehicles, engines) and industrial sources.

As CARB continues to implement and expand these  emissions-management policies, one of the challenges national manufacturers that produce gas-powered machines are facing is compliance with the State’s CARB regulations.

New Technologies

Manufacturers are rising to this challenge and developing new technologies and cost-effective products that meet these requirements.

• New smart technologies – Battery and electric-powered equipment technologies are rapidly evolving, and manufacturers are offering more equipment options in response to not only state regulations, but customer demand.
• Cost-effective alternatives – As gas prices are forecasted to remain high, demand for battery and electric-powered pressure washers and floor care equipment are surging.

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