Coca-Cola to install 1,800 CO₂ coolers in North America

Soon after PepsiCo announced it was launching a pilot program in US capital Washington DC to test 30 CO₂ vending machines, Coca-Cola announced plans to install 4 CO₂ beverage coolers at the House of Representatives in the coming weeks as well as up to 1,800 CO₂ coolers and vending machines throughout the U.S. and Canada later this year.

The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises have announced that they will take a set of innovative measures to demonstrate their leadership in North America in reducing their environmental footprint. These efforts include the installation and testing of up to 1,800 CO₂ climate-friendly beverage coolers and vending machines. The move comes shortly after PepsiCo’s announcement that it was launching a pilot program in Washington DC to test 30 CO₂ vending machines.

The coolers' environmental credentials

The Coca-Cola CO₂ coolers eliminate 99 percent of the direct green house gas (GHG) emissions by means of using natural refrigerant R744, include an intelligent energy management system (EMS-55) that cuts energy use by an average of 26 percent and reduce indirect green house gas emissions by more than three tons over the lifetime of the machine.

CO₂ coolers at the US House of Representatives

Among the first locations in the US to test the new climate-friendly, HFC-free, energy-efficient Coca-Cola CO₂ coolers will be the House of Representatives in Washington DC, where four beverage coolers will be installed in the coming weeks.

1,800 CO₂ coolers and vending machines to be deployed in North America

Later this year up to 1,800 Coca-Cola coolers and vending machines will be deployed throughout the U.S. and Canada. Most of these coolers are destined for Vancouver, where 1,400 climate-friendly coolers and vending machines will be installed at the venues for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.