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GreenChill: A Cooperative Alliance of the Supermarket Sector

Michael Forlini | Nov 13, 2009

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The GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership is an EPA cooperative alliance with the supermarket industry and other stakeholders. The partnership was established to promote advanced technologies, strategies and practices that reduce refrigerant charges and emissions of ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases. The program is designed to reduce the negative environmental impacts of commercial supermarket refrigeration systems on the ozone layer and climate change.

Partners must comply with the above rules.

Partners include:

· Supermarkets

· Manufacturers of Advanced Refrigeration Systems

· Manufacturers of Refrigerants

The Goals of GreenChill are:

· Support the transition of partners’ commitment to use non ozone depleting substances

· Reduce ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas emissions

· Promote the advancement of greener refrigeration technologies

· Reduce the supermarket industry’s impact on the ozone layer and climate change

By signing a partnership agreement, partners promote the use of greener technologies, strategies and practices associated with the commercial supermarket refrigeration. More information on GreenChill and joining the program can be found here.

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