Hannaford plans to open the first supermarket in the United States that relies solely on a transcritical CO2 refrigeration system. Carnot Refrigeration will be the supplier of this project. To find out more, follow this link.
At the beginning of June, the team at Carnot Refrigeration will go to London to take part in the 5th refrigeration summit of The Consumer Goods Forum. Tesco will be the host of this major event, which focuses on technological innovations in the refrigeration sector. The summit will focus on CO2 as the refrigerant of the future.
Carnot Réfrigération was invited to present two conferences to the event ATMOsphere America 2013 - THE BUSINESS CASE FOR NATURAL REFRIGERANTS IN NORTH AMERICA, 2nd annual which will be held next June in Washington. The meeting place for industry experts to discuss natural refrigerant trends, latest technologies and regulatory issues in the US and Canada is back for a second edition! This event targets around 200 decision makers from leading retailers, suppliers, associations and more. Topics of presentations and workshops will be looking at end-users (retailers and consumer brands) as well...
Many initiatives, both private and public, converge towards an almost systematic use of CO2 in refrigeration. The Consumer Goods Forum, an organization comprised of more than 600 companies, worth more than €3,000 bn, represented in 70 countries, agreed to ban HFCs in its applications as of 2015, in its statement of November 2010. CO2 is mentioned in its Installation Guide of New Systems. In the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified more than 40 US retailers using new refrigeration systems with GreenChill certification. The first certified platinum...
After being put aside for more than 80 years, CO2 is back in the Northern Hemisphere, and is in most applications that require Freon. In this conference, you will have the opportunity to understand the undeniable advantages of this new alternative, in this case in a refrigerated warehouse. Cost of acquisition and operations, reduced energy consumption, equipment safety and environmental protection, these are all benefits we will cover in detail in our presentation. You have everything to gain by coming to familiarize yourself with this new option now available on the market!