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DOES CO2

REFRIGERATIONDELIVER?

H A R R I S O NH O R N I N GH A N N A F O R D S U P E R M A R K E T S

M A G A Z I N EADVANCING HVAC&R NATURALLY

NORTH AMERICAN EDITION #1, NOVEMBER 2014

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Canada to align with the US on limiting the use of HFCs

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Roundy’s money-saving CO2 System

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2014 FMI Energy & Store Development Conference

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they would have correctly predicted that we would be using a century-old technology to preserve and

refrigerate food and other substances, as well as provide comfort heating and cooling.

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product you can rely on. As the market leader in CO2 reciprocating compressors,

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T he modest-sized Hannaford supermarket in Turner, a

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of fresh produce, above the entrance. To the left, an American

flag hangs from the top of a tall pole. Inside, the frozen food aisle

looks like any other, cabinets on either side stocked with product.

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Turner Maine

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2014 FMI ENERGY & STORE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

US RETAILERS ARE TESTING THE TEMPERATURE WHEN IT COMES TO CO2 TRANSCRITICAL REFRIGERATION

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St Louis Missouri

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F acing pressure

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environment and to

adopt climate friendly

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North American retailers

are investing more

and more in natural

refrigerant commercial

refrigeration systems.

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that are incentivizing

this change. On the one

hand members of the

Consumer Goods Forum

(CGF) have voluntarily

pledged to phase-out HFCs

(hydrofluorocarbons), a

pledge that was reaffirmed

in July 2014. On the other

hand, the EPA is proposing

to ban some high-GWP

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HFC refrigerants in new

and retrofit applications

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natural refrigerant-based

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Study shows natural refrigerants work for Europe. Could North America be next?

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refrigerant revolution fully under way in Europe, the question is, will North America also

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Europe in 2011 and 2013

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Source: shecco, European food retail research February 2014 | Data by country

Ireland

United Kingdom

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Estonia

PolandGermany

Czech Republic

Austria

Slovakia

Hungary

Bulgaria

Italy

Netherlands

Belgium

Luxembourg

SwitzerlandFrance

Spain

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Refrigeration – energy-efðFLent systems and the use of low-global warming refrigerants – has the highest priority among surveyed European food retailers, translating to “rather important / important” in their strategy to increase their stores’ energy efðFLency

German food retailers attach equal value to the different means of increasing a store’s energy efðFLency

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LightingLED Lighting and daylight harvesting, etc.

Overall energy managementWaste heat recovery; combined heat and power; integrated heating, cooling and refrigeration, etc.

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CO2 Hydrocarbons No use Don’t know

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83% of respondents already use CO2 as a natural refrigerant in centralized systems. This is a clear indication that CO2 centralised systems are becoming, or have already become, a standard option for the majority of respondents. This trend has rapidly evolved in the last few years.

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Report on Natural Refrigerant Market Growth for North America

The GUIDE 2015: Natural Refrigerants – North America’s Market Potential

gathers data from industry experts to address market trends and

the potential of sustainable refrigeration, cooling and heating.

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