
IIAR developing safety standard for CO2
Venturing beyond traditional ammonia systems, group is targeting CO2, low-charge ammonia and commercial applications.
Venturing beyond traditional ammonia systems, group is targeting CO2, low-charge ammonia and commercial applications.
The small chain is running a Hussmann system in a GreenChill-certified store, with two more installations slated for 2018.
Store cuts energy consumption by 33% and saves $74,640 over 13-month period, thanks to cascade system and other improvements.
A webinar hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership on November 1, reviewed 4 market-ready solutions to further improve efficiency in warm climates of CO2 booster systems.
Two U.S. supermarkets that use ammonia/CO2 cascade refrigeration systems – a Whole Foods Market and a Piggly Wiggly – received the GreenChill Award for “Best of the Best” certified stores from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership.
San Francisco-based EOS Climate has expanded its carbon-credits programme to allow supermarkets to earn carbon credits by installing newly manufactured, advanced refrigeration systems – such as natural refrigerant solutions – either as complete replacements of HCFC- or HFC-based equipment, or as installations in new facilities.
Roundy’s, which operates 154 stores under four banners in Wisconsin and Illinois, is fast becoming the leading user of transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems among U.S. supermarkets.
DeCicco & Sons, a six-store grocery store operation based in Pelham, N.Y., has received platinum-level certification for a new store in Larchmont, N.Y., from the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill partnership, the highest level bestowed by the programme.
Food Lion, a Salisbury, N.C.-based division of Delhaize America that runs more than 1,100 stores in the southeastern US, has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 platinum-level GreenChill Store Certification at a new store located in Southport, N.C.
Discount retailer Aldi continues to make waves in the United States as store numbers grow from year to year. This is boosting uptake of natural refrigerants in the US, with two Aldi stores in upstate New York gaining GreenChill Partnership Platinum Certification.