Carrier Refrigeration

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David Luque David.Luque@starcontainer.eu +34 (956) 571194 NEW CAREmAX SERVICE CENTERS The Carrier Refrigerant Management Excellence (CareMAX ™ ) program is gaining momentum, with seven more centers recently recognized for their efforts to fulfill its high standards. Developed in response to issues related to refrigerant contamination and counterfeiting in recent years, the CareMAX program sets high procedural standards, including documentation, focused on helping to prevent improper refrigerant from entering the service channel. The program addresses all post-production stages of refrigerant handling – procurement, testing, storage, decanting, maintenance of refrigerant handling tools, and especially training of service technicians who handle refrigerants. "The CareMAX program not only deals with new refrigerant handling but also places a great importance on handling refrigerant when working on units in the field. This includes recovery and recycling of refrigerant, as well as disposal of contaminated refrigerant," said Paul Gray, field service manager, Oceania, who recently had the opportunity to recognize the first three CareMAX service centers from his region. "Our participating service centers understand the importance of the program and that it's what sets them apart from others," added Shaun Bretherton, service engineering regional manager – EMEAR. "Maintaining the quality of the refrigerant supply is vital, and that is why we are seeing more service providers aiming high to achieve the CareMAX recognition." More Service Centers Achieve CareMAX ™ Recognition for Refrigerant Handling Excellence Thanks to its positive environmental attributes, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the natural refrigerant of choice in some of Carrier's most environmentally sustainable refrigeration solutions. For example, CO 2 refrigerant is being employed by more than 2,700 supermarkets using Carrier CO2OLtec ® commercial refrigeration systems, and of course the NaturaLINE ® system introduced natural refrigerants to marine shipping applications. With the confidence and conviction that this natural refrigerant offers tremendous potential for multiple applications, Carrier Transicold recently announced plans to develop CO 2-based systems for ground transport, too, and put a working prototype CO2 trailer refrigeration unit into service for a major supermarket chain. "Carrier Transicold offers customers some of the most environmentally sustainable refrigeration systems," said David Appel, president, Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems. "We are committed to expanding our proven, environmentally responsible natural refrigerant systems for road transport." Currently, the synthetic refrigerant R-404A is used in truck and trailer refrigeration systems and by one container system maker. Although Carrier Transicold and other equipment providers have begun offering R-452A, where permitted, as a lower-GWP substitute to R-404A, Carrier Transicold's long view is to use CO 2. "Carrier Transicold's greater goal for transport refrigeration significantly surpasses the benefits of R-452A," Appel said. "The natural refrigerant CO 2 is cost effective, readily available worldwide and has a GWP of only 1, which is roughly 2,000 times better than R-452A (GWP 2,140) and 4,000 times better than R-404A (GWP 3,922)." At least two grocery operations in Europe are using rigs hauling containers chilled with NaturaLINE units for landside operations, demonstrating interest and belief in sustainable CO 2-based solutions. One of those operations, Sainsbury's, added the aforementioned CO2- refrigerated trailer prototype in April, helping it to achieve its ambitious sustainability goals. In 2015 Carrier responded to inquiries from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the use of CO 2 in transport refrigeration. As a result of the EPA's work, the agency rated CO2 as "acceptable" for transport refrigeration applications. "With its GWP of 1, CO 2 is the basis for calculating the GWP of all other refrigerants," said Appel. "It serves as the benchmark for environmental sustainability, which is what Carrier Transicold continues to relentlessly pursue." In the not-too-distant future, regardless of whether perishable goods move by sea or land, we believe they will be refrigerated along the way by CO 2 systems. And that's pretty cool news for the environment! w Carrier Advances its Commitment to Natural Refrigerants for Transport Applications CAN BE REFRIGERATED BY CO2 13

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