EPA GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership

The EPA introduced the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership in 2007 to encourage the use of technologies, strategies, and practices that minimize refrigerant charges and emissions of ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases.

In cooperation with the EPA GreenChill Partners:

• Reduce refrigerant charges
• Shift to non-ozone-depleting refrigerants
• Minimize ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas refrigerant emissions
• Promote the adoption of advanced refrigeration technologies

Why should you become an EPA GreenChill Partner?

• Be seen as a sustainability leader in your community
• Reduce your carbon footprint and benefit the environment
• Have opportunities to receive recognition and awards for your achievements
• Reduce energy costs to positively impact your bottom line
• Be prepared to meet upcoming EPA regulation changes

GreenChill Partner Requirements

While voluntary, adhering to the partner requirements for the EPA GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership will help your store achieve sustainability.
A few of these requirements are:

• Establish base year and report on inventory of refrigeration stock and emissions
• Submit annual aggregate corporate-wide inventory of both ozone-depleting and
  non-ozone-depleting refrigerant stock and emissions
• Describe technologies and practices implemented to reduce emissions
• Develop and submit a Refrigeration Management Plan
• Commit to using approved non-ozone-depleting refrigerant substitutes in new construction and store remodels
• Provide detailed operational, leak and repair data on all installed advanced refrigeration systems to an independent third party

Want to become a GreenChill Partner, but don't know where to start? Source Refrigeration can help you meet the EPA GreenChill Partner Requirements. 

REA-GreenChill: Refrigeration

A joint initiative between the EPA and DOE was announced at the Food Marketing Institute’s Sustainability Conference in August 2009.

By Joining the REA-GreenChill initiative, members:

• Commit to a 50% energy savings on new refrigeration systems
• Commit to a 30% energy savings on retrofits
• Reduce refrigerant leak rates to less than 15%
• Reduce refrigerant loss to less than 1.25 lbs/system

The following retailers have already signed up:

• Target
• Whole Foods
• A&P
• BJ Wholesaler
• Giant Eagle
• Fresh And Easy
• Raleys
• Food Lion
• SUPERVALU