Out of the 6,960 commercial and industrial facilities using transcritical CO2 systems in Japan, over 72% are convenience stores operated by Lawson.
With dramatically improved technology, there is ‘no longer an excuse’ not to adopt CO2 refrigeration in hotter climates, according to Panasonic’s Benjamin Tissot.
The refrigeration and air-conditioning contractor has been a pioneer of transcritical CO2 in Israel and the Middle East and is R744.com’s first Israeli partner.
The systems were installed at the 31,000m2 (333,700ft2) cold storage and logistics facility in Sendai.
The units employ two-stage rotary compressors to operate efficiently in temperatures up to and beyond 43°C (109.4°F).
The ‘Service Checker’ device enables end users to access the performance data of commercial refrigeration units.
The in-person event is scheduled for November 15-16 in Brussels.
By the end of 2022, the Japanese manufacturer expects to have sold around 100 condensing units across Australia and New Zealand in partnership with McAlpine Hussmann.
Day one on June 27 will be an in-person event in Tokyo, in Japanese.
The CO2 Business Development Manager will discuss the growth of the CO2 condensing unit market for food retail and foodservice on June 21, 2pm CEST/8am EDT.
