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GreenChill Resources
GreenChill Reports and Guidelines:
- GreenChill ART Energy Theoretical Study (PDF) (86 pp, 1.2 MB)
- GreenChill Leak Tightness Guidelines (PDF) (6 pp, 197 KB)
- Leak Tightness Fact Sheet (2 pp, 5 MB)
- GreenChill Retrofit Guidelines (PDF) (37 pp, 494 KB) Updated 7/1/09
- Retrofits Fact Sheet (2 pp, 4 MB)
- GreenChill Store Certification Program Fact Sheet (2 pp, 5 MB)
Other Reports and Guidelines:
- UNEP: Ozone protection, climate change, energy efficiency (60 pp, 2.98 MB)
- Comparative Assessment of the Climate Relevance of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems and Equipment (9 pp, 145 KB)
- Trends and Perspectives in Supermarket Refrigeration (11 pp, 84 KB)
- ASHRAE Ozone Depleting Substances Position Document (6 pp, 100 KB)
- ASHRAE’s Sustainability Roadmap: The approach to defining a leadership position in sustainability (24 pp, 374 KB)
- Environmental Investigation Agency: Chilling Facts (8 pp, 64 KB)
- GMA: Finding the green in today’s shoppers: Sustainability trends and new shopper insights (PDF) (28 pp, 1.26 MB)
- UBA Study: Comparative assessment of the climate relevance of supermarket refrigeration systems and equipment (PDF) (270 pp, 2.6 MB)
- California Grocer’s Association: Sustainability Report (PDF) (55 pp, 602 KB)
- The Economist: Doing good: Business and the sustainability challenge
- RealZero (UK): Illustrated Guide to 13 Common Leaks (PDF) (9 pp, 359 KB)
- RealZero (UK): Designing out Leaks: Design Standards and Practices (PDF) (8 pp, 249 KB)
- RealZero (UK): Guide to Good Leak Testing (PDF) (106 pp, 290 KB)
- See www.realzero.org.uk for more information
- EPA Report: U.S. Commercial Supermarket Refrigeration Systems
Information about Natural Refrigerants
- International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration: Technical Papers (26 pp., 650 KB)
- Natural Refrigerants: Case Studies (26 pp., 2.1 MB)
- GTZ: Natural Refrigerants: Sustainable Ozone- and Climate-Friendly Alternatives to HCFCs (208 pp., 5.3 MB)
- ASHRAE Position Document on Natural Refrigerants (10 pp., 416 KB)
- ASHRAE: Ammonia as a Refrigerant (8 pp., 96 KB)
- CO2 Refrigeration Systems
- CO2 is keeping Supermarkets Cool (3 pp., 3.6 MB)
Information about the Partnership:
- The GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership Flyer (PDF) (2 pp., 5 MB)
- GreenChill In-Store Marketing Ideas (PDF) (17 pp, 1.2 MB)
- Partner Goals (PDF) (12 pp, 825 KB) Updated 2/10/09
- Reasons to Partner with EPA (PDF) (6 pp, 95 KB)
- GreenChill Program Information (PDF) (13 pp, 384 KB)
- GreenChill Projects (PDF) (10 pp, 103 KB)
- Podcast about the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (MP3) (18:27, 12.7 MB)
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Information about Ozone Depletion:
- EIA: Turning Up the Heat: Linkages between ozone layer depletion and climate change: The urgent case of HCFC and HFCs (16 pp, 2.1 MB)
- PNAS: The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in protecting climate
- Factsheet: The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing (PDF) (2 pp, 958 KB)
- Velders et al: The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing (PDF) (14 pp, 323 KB)
- 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
- NASA's Ozone Resource page
- NASA's Educational site