Case Studies

Life-C4R by Epta: the first pilot project gets underway

The Life C4R - Carbon for Retail Refrigeration - initiative is taking shape with the inauguration of the first pilot system, in Conad Centro Nord of Carpenedolo. At the heart of the project is the FTE Full Transcritical Efficiency system...

Italy / Commercial Supermarket

First METRO Transcritical CO₂ store in China

In December 2017, China opened its first transcritical CO2 store thanks to METRO, FUTE and CAREL. The store is equipped with SCM transcritical CO2 compressor racks, with the goal of ensuring system efficiency with natural refrigerants. The METRO Lishui bridge...

China / Commercial Supermarket

Roll out of R-290 Room air-conditioners across India and South East Asia

As of September 2018, Indian manufacturer Godrej had sold over 600,000 R-290 based (propane) room air-conditioning units across India. The ‘Green Balance’ units have received a five-star energy efficiency rating, the highest available rating award by India’s Bureau of Energy...

India / Residential

Unilever

By January 2012, Unilever had placed over 900,000 hydrocarbon ice cream freezers around the world, including South Africa, China, Europe, Brazil, and a trial in the United States. According to Unilever reports, these freezers contain less than 150g of hydrocarbons...

USA / Ice Cream Freezer

Study finds natural refrigerants more energy efficient than HFC and HCFCs in geothermal heat pumps

A study on refrigerants used in geothermal heat pumps in a 14-storey residential building in Iran, has shown that ammonia and hydrocarbon produce significantly better Coefficients of Performance (CoP) when compared to HFC-134a and HCFC-22. The researchers monitored performance of...

Iran / Residential

Pepsi Co go HFC-free

As of April 2012, PepsiCo had over 147,000 HFC-free units (coolers and vending machines) in the field worldwide. The majority of these units are hydrocarbon-based. The company has pioneered testing of CO2 and hydrocarbon equipment in the United States. Since...

USA / Bottle Cooler

McDonald’s

In 2003, McDonald's opened the world's first HFC- and HCFC-free restaurant in Vejla, Denmark. According to UNEP records, this pilot project realized CO2 emission reduction of approximately 27% to a comparable McDonald's restaurant. The test equipment included: R290 (propane) soda...

Denmark / Restaurant

Grenada Demonstration Project

Grenada received two 18,000 British Thermal Unit (BTU) R290 inverter air-conditioning units under a regional demonstration project for the introduction of low global warming potential flammable refrigerants in the region. The two hydrocarbon-based AC units were installed in Grenada's pilot...

Grenada / Training