For the first time, R744.com is dedicating a whole week to feature one of the most promising applications for CO2: commercial refrigeration. Articles and interviews will shed light on developments in North America, Europe, and other world regions. A special highlight: the launch of a global CO2 supermarket map growing with your help into a living tool to visualize the R744 uptake in the retail sector year after year.
Over the next five days, R744.com is going to feature articles and interviews focusing on the use of the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide in commercial refrigeration applications. From the recent opening of Canada’s first supermarket refrigeration system running 100% on CO
2 while performing defrost by hot gas at low pressure, to a comprehensive summary of national movements as regards R744 – the first “theme week” will look at the prospects of CO
2 in the growing field of commercial refrigeration from different angles.
More specifically, the feature week will touch upon the following subjects:
- A global overview of CO2 installations & trends
- The national markets: North America, Europe (including UK)
- How energy efficiency drives component suppliers to invest in R744
- How switching to CO2 has moved up on retailers’ green agendas
- Interviewing Europe’s leading system manufacturer for CO2
A global map of CO2 supermarkets
To visualise the growing trend towards R744 in food stores, R744.com will launch a global map to show and describe existing CO
2 systems in all parts of the world. If you already have a concise list of commercial refrigeration installations, please send the following information to
info@r744.com:
- Name of the store
- Location (City, Country)
- Retailer / Supermarket chain
- Type of Installation (cascade, transcritical, secondary)
- System manufacturers involved
- Major component manufacturers involved
- Capacity
