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Ahold’s global perspective on CO<sub>2</sub> systems: 100% CO<sub>2</sub>...

Ahold’s global perspective on CO₂ systems: 100% CO₂...

21 May 2013

At ATMOsphere Europe R744.com had the chance to interview the international supermarket retailer Ahold, which has strong local consumer brands in Europe and the United States and over 3000 stores. Emma Coles, Vice Pre...

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Sanden aims to sell 30,000 CO<sub>2</sub> heat pumps per year by 2015

Sanden aims to sell 30,000 CO₂ heat pumps per year by 2015

10 May 2013

At the ATMOsphere Europe 2012 conference in November 2012, R744.com interviewed Sylvain Gillaux, Sales and Marketing Manager at Sanden, about the company’s new CO₂ heat pump project for space heating. Sharing wi...

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Exclusive interview with Jeff Newel of Hillphoenix

23 April 2013

An exclusive interview with Jeff Newel, Director of Research and Development at Hillphoenix Systems Division, reveals the company’s view of the natural refrigerant market in North America. He speaks about the po...

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Exclusive interview with R. Haseman, UL Standards - CO<sub>2</sub> u...

Exclusive interview with R. Haseman, UL Standards - CO₂ u...

22 February 2013

Following the December 2012 announcement by one US-based company that its CO₂ booster refrigeration system had received UL listing under a special submission, R744.com talked to Randall Haseman of Underwriters Laborat...

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Knut Lutnæs from Coop, Norway on transcritical CO<sub>2</sub> ...

Knut Lutnæs from Coop, Norway on transcritical CO₂ ...

15 February 2013

R744.com had the chance to interview one of the leading retailers in Norway about their existing CO₂ installations and future plans at the latest ATMOsphere Europe conference. Knut Lutnæs, Environmental Manager ...

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“CO<sub>2</sub> is best economical solution in Canada” -...

“CO₂ is best economical solution in Canada” -...

25 January 2013

CO₂ installations are picking up in Canada, with Carnot Refrigeration currently working on 18 CO₂ construction sites in parallel. Marc-André Lesmerises, co-founder and President of the company, talked to R744.c...

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Japan: investing in all-electric smart houses

24 August 2012

The Japanese government is subsidising a selection of smart appliances in order to promote the uptake of home energy management systems (HEMS). The Eco Cute type CO₂ heat pump water heater is one of the standard featu...

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Coca-Cola to approve 9 models of CO<sub>2</sub> vending machine - ex...

Coca-Cola to approve 9 models of CO₂ vending machine - ex...

21 August 2012

R744.com interviewed Steven Cousins, Director - Immediate Consumption Equipment Governance, The Coca-Cola Company, at ATMOsphere America 2012, about the Company's commitment to using the natural refrigerant CO₂ i...

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“Explosion of interest” in CO<sub>2</sub> in Brazil - ex...

“Explosion of interest” in CO₂ in Brazil - ex...

14 August 2012

With over 20 CO₂ installations across the country, BITZER Brazil engineer Alessandro da Silva spoke to R744.com about the rapid increase in interest in CO₂ refrigeration by retailers in Brazil at the 10th Gustav ...

Up to 50,000 CO₂ heat pumps in China – Shandong Mel...

9 August 2012

This week, R744.com talked with Li Gang, the Chief Engineer of Shandong Melinda, one of the first Chinese domestic CO₂ heat pump manufacturers about the latest CO₂ heat pump market trends in China. According to Li Gan...

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'Transcritical the thing we want to shoot for" - Int...

25 July 2012

The Delhaize Group is committed to significantly reducing refrigerant emissions, investing in low GWP CO₂ refrigeration in its stores in Belgium, Greece and the US, where the Food Lion store in Conyers, Georgia, earne...

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Making CO<sub>2</sub> competitive with HFC systems - exclusive ...

Making CO₂ competitive with HFC systems - exclusive ...

19 July 2012

R744.com spoke to Janos Winter and Gabor Tasnadi, from Qplan, Hungary, at the 10th Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants about future plans for the rollout of CO₂ transcritical installations, making the ...

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CO<sub>2</sub> quickly becoming the refrigerant of choice - Exclusiv...

CO₂ quickly becoming the refrigerant of choice - Exclusiv...

11 July 2012

R744.com caught up with Trey Cown, Vice President & General Manager at Hill PHOENIX during ATMOsphere America 2012 to find out about latest CO₂ refrigeration trends in the US, key drivers for CO₂ uptake by US reta...

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Customers save money with CO<sub>2</sub> systems – Exclusive i...

Customers save money with CO₂ systems – Exclusive i...

9 July 2012

enEX, the Italian company specialised in design and manufacturing of environmentally friendly air-conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heat pumps, has just brought a new model range of CO₂ refrigeration units...

HFC tax: What can Australia take from Danish experience? ...

4 July 2012

In this second part of the interview we talked to Klaas Visser, Principal consultant at KAV Consulting Pty Ltd about the anticipated impact of the Australian carbon equivalent tax on the refrigeration industry and opp...

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