
U.S. NGO Measures HFC Leaks in Grocery Aisles
Environmental Investigation Agency detects HFCs in more than half of 45 Washington, D.C.-area stores, reflecting current absence of regulations.
Environmental Investigation Agency detects HFCs in more than half of 45 Washington, D.C.-area stores, reflecting current absence of regulations.
Amman, Jordan, store is saving 40,000kWh per year in a high-temperature climate after leap-frogging from R22 to CO2, bypassing HFCs.
The transcritical CO2 system provides heat for snow melting, space, hot water, floor and warehouse heating.
The Canadian supermarket, which uses transcritical CO2 refrigeration and an absorption chiller, has cut its reliance on the grid by 70%.
The U.S. chain’s first transcritical system in a New Jersey store continues to outperform legacy systems.
Installed at its first Raley’s supermarket, the system is the California chain’s answer to impending state regulations capping the GWP of refrigerant at 150.
The EU-funded MultiPACK project is testing the performance of cooling/heating CO2 solutions in supermarkets and other buildings.
Retailer expects energy savings to yield a five-to-seven year ROI on premium paid for equipment, one of a small number of ammonia systems installed in stores worldwide.
Seed to Table’s refrigeration system helps the store deal with the substantial humidity of the Sunshine State while operating in high ambient temperatures.
The food retailer, which installed the first transcritical CO2 system in a U.S. supermarket, is now deploying one of the first in a U.S. retail warehouse.