Consumer Goods Forum continues scale-up of low carbon refrigeration
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), Silver Spring, Md., announced the successful closing of its 2010 Board Resolution on Refrigeration, which installed low carbon refrigeration systems in over 4,000 supermarkets, 4 million ice cream and drinks chiller units worldwide and industrial plants with the majority being natural refrigerants. This work provides insight into low carbon technology options, deployment costs, energy demands, performance in hotter climates and the availability of skilled installers and maintenance engineers.
In 2010, the CGF made a commitment to tackle the growing climate impact of the refrigeration systems used by its members. The refrigerant gases used in the majority of systems, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are powerful greenhouse gases.