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This page contains:

• Refrigerant Leak Prevention and Detection
• Sustainability Trends
• The Supermarket Industry
• Environmental Impact Studies
• Low GWP Refrigerants
• Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
• Other Useful Links

Refrigerant Leak Prevention and Detection:

• Emerson: Understanding Leak Detection and Implementing Effective Programs (PDF) (29pp, 1M) Exit
• Refrigeration Management at Giant Eagle
• RealZero (UK): Illustrated Guide to 13 Common Leaks
• RealZero (UK): Designing out Leaks: Design Standards and Practices
• RealZero (UK): Guide to Good Leak Testing
• The Institute of Refrigeration: Reducing refrigerant emissions and leakage

Sustainability Trends:

• GreenBiz: State of Green Business Exit
• CCRRC: Sustainability in Retailing (PDF)  (145pp, 6.6M) Exit
• Environmental Practices Inventory: 2009 Survey of Minnesota Grocers (PDF) (22pp, 2.5M) Exit
• ASHRAE’s Sustainability Roadmap: The approach to defining a leadership position in sustainability (PDF) (24pp, 373K) Exit
• GMA: Finding the green in today’s shoppers: Sustainability trends and new shopper insights (PDF) (28pp, 1.72K) Exit

The Supermarket Industry:

• EIA: HFC-Free Technologies are Available in the US Market for the Supermarket-Retail Refrigeration Sector Exit
• GTZ/Proklima International: Good Practices in Refrigeration Exit
• EPA: Transitioning to Low-GWP Alternatives in Commercial Refrigeration (PDF)  (5 pp, 1.8MB)
• Bohn/Heatcraft Refrigeration Products: Secondary Loop Systems for the Supermarket Industry
• EIA: Chilling Facts IV: HFC-free cooling goes mainstream Exit
• EIA: Chilling Facts II: The supermarket refrigeration scandal continues Exit
• EIA: Chilling Facts Exit
• EPA: U.S. Commercial Supermarket Refrigeration Systems

Environmental Impact Studies:

• RSES Journal: Understanding Refrigerant Blend Performance, Part 1
• RSES Journal: Refrigerant Blends: The impact of temperature Glide, Part 2
• RSES Journal: Refrigerant Blends: P-T Charts and System Troubleshooting, Part 3
• Carbon Trust: Refrigeration Roadmap (PDF)
• UBA Study: Comparative assessment of the climate relevance of supermarket refrigeration systems and equipment
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Study: Energy and Global Warming Impacts of HFC Refrigerants and Emerging Technologies

Low-GWP Refrigerants:

• Carrefour Group: Roll out and Experience with Natural Refrigerants (PDF) (36 pp, 3.97 MB) Exit
• Marks and Spencer: Experience with alternative refrigerants (PDF) (16 pp, 6.56 MB) Exit
• Coop Norway: Natural Refrigerants Strategy (PDF) (18 pp, 1.62 MB) Exit
• Migros: CO2 as a standard refrigerant: Obstacles and lessons learned (PDF)  (11 pp, 676 KB) Exit
• Fakta Supermarkets: Second Generation CO2 (PDF) (9 pp, 1.44 MB) Exit
• UL: Revisiting Flammable Refrigerants (PDF)
• 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference 2010: Ammonia and CO2 Combined Package Systems for Commercial and Industrial Applications EXIT
• Australian Green Cooling Council: Transcritical CO2 (R744) Supermarket Refrigeration in Australia(PDF) Exit
• Star Refrigeration Limited: New, Natural, and Alternative Refrigerants
• ASHRAE: Carbon Dioxide in North American Supermarkets
• AIRAH: Natural Refrigerants: Case Studies Exit
• ASHRAE Position Document on Natural Refrigerants
• ASHRAE: Position Paper on Ammonia as a Refrigerant
• Danfoss: CO2 is keeping Supermarkets Cool (PDF) (3pp, 3.47M) Exit

Ozone Depletion and Climate Change:

• NOAA: Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010
• UNEP: Out of the Maze: Montreal Protocol, Climate Benefits and the Green Economy (PDF)  (24pp, 5.5m) Exit
• National Climate Data Center: The State of the Climate: 2009 Highlights
• UNEP: New report highlights two-way link between ozone layer and climate change Exit
• EIA: Turning Up the Heat: Linkages between ozone layer depletion and climate change: The urgent case of HCFC and HFCs (PDF) (16pp, 2M) Exit
• PNAS: The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in protecting climate Exit
• Velders et al: The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing (PDF)  EXIT

Useful Links:

• Supermarket Industry Q&A on R-22 Use 
• Science of Ozone Depletion
• Health and Environmental Effects of Ozone Layer Depletion
• Lists of Ozone-Depleting Substances
• List of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants in Retail Food Refrigeration
• RealZero Exit
• Food Marketing Institute Exit
• California Grocers Association Exit