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Just when I thought I was getting in touch with the various industry-specific sustainability regulations, I’ve just been reading about another one: the GreenChill Partnership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
This particular certification initiative is focused on the emissions and chemical management associated with retail refrigeration systems. The EPA estimate is that the typical supermarket leaks 1,000 pounds of harmful refrigerant gas into the atmosphere. The GreenChill program focuses on decreasing that amount; like many certification efforts it can be earned at three different levels, silver, gold and platinum. Approximately 20 percent of all the supermarkets in the United States (about 7,300) participate in the GreenChill program. Hmm, that’s not a very high percentage, is it?
