To meet the growing demand for CO2, the sector must secure the supply of R744, address leak rates and come to a consensus on purity grades, says the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council.
A high-level panel discussion will examine challenges and strategies associated with securing the supply of CO2 refrigerant, including purity-level requirements and minimizing leak rates.
The end user and contractor panels will each feature multiple speakers from key organizations.
Jim McClendon of Walmart Stores will address the shortage of refrigerant-grade CO2 while Cindy Newberg of the EPA will provide an update on the U.S. Aim Act.
The U.S. supermarket sector continues to “inexcusably lag behind European counterparts,” says the Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIA), an international NGO, based on analysis conducted for its latest Climate-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard. The Supermarket Scorecard 2022 was published by the EIA on July 6 and assesses the largest U.S. supermarket chains on their adoption of HFC-free technology,…
But most of its systems across the U.S. still utilize high-GWP refrigerants.
Amazon Fresh CO2 store will try to become the first store to receive zero-carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute.
The nonprofit’s ‘Cool It’ campaign aims to get supermarkets to switch to ‘ultra-low GWP, natural refrigerants.’
The nonprofit is working with the Environmental Investigation Agency, which rates U.S. supermarkets on climate-friendly practices.
The 5.5% positive vote means that a proposal to accelerate an HFC phase down can be brought up again next year.
