The GreenChill Partnership

What is the EPA GreenChill Partnership? GreenChill Partners GreenChill is an EPA partnership with food retailers to reduce Food Retailers refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone ACME Markets King Kullen layer and climate change. Albertsons Lucky /Albertsons Intermountain West Southern CA The 2010 phaseout of certain hydrochlorofluorocarbons Bel Air Markets McQuade’s Marketplace (HCFCs), especially HCFC-22, marked a major step in BJ’s Wholesale Club Nob Hill Foods the transition to alternative refrigerants and an opportunity Bloom Price Chopper to use improved technologies for supermarkets. Because Bottom Dollar many alternative refrigerants are greenhouse gases (e.g., Buehler’s Fresh Publix hydrofluorocarbons – HFCs), it is important during this Foods Raley’s transition to consider reducing emissions of all refrigerants, not Cub Foods Reid’s just ozone-depleting substances. Down to Earth Shaw’s/Star Farm Fresh Food & Markets Pharmacy Shop ‘n Save, What are the GreenChill Partnership Goals? Food Lion St. Louis Food Source Shoppers Food The goals of the GreenChill Partnership are to provide & Pharmacy supermarkets and other industry stakeholders with information Fresh & Easy Sprouts Farmers and assistance to: Giant Eagle Market Hannaford Stater Bros.  Transition to environmentally friendlier refrigerants; Hanover Co-op Supervalu Food Stores  Reduce the amount of refrigerant used by stores and Harris Teeter Sweetbay eliminate leaks; and Harvey’s Target  Adopt green refrigeration technologies and environmental Hornbacher’s Weis Markets best practices. Hy-Vee Whole Foods Jewel/Osco Wild by Nature Who can Join GreenChill? Advanced Refrigeration Systems Manufacturers GreenChill is a partnership with food retailers, including ARNEG Kysor/Warren supermarkets, grocery stores, supercenters, and wholesale Hill PHOENIX Zero Zone clubs. Food retailers sign a Partnership Agreement with EPA Hussmann and agree to work toward attaining the GreenChill goals. Chemical Manufacturers Arkema ICOR International Dow Chemical Mexichem Fluor DuPont National Honeywell Refrigerants Why Join the GreenChill Partnership? The majority of the approximately 36,000 supermarkets in the U.S. use HCFC-22, an ozone-depleting substance and greenhouse gas, as their primary refrigerant. Further, supermarkets often have high refrigerant leak rates. Leaks are harmful to the environment and costly to supermarkets. However, ozone-friendly alternative refrigerants and improved technology are available, and servicing practices exist that reduce refrigerant leak rates and emissions. In addition, under the current regulatory framework, a switch from ozone-depleting to non-ozone-depleting refrigerants is a logical consideration when remodeling or constructing a new store. While it is legal to run installed HCFC-22 equipment indefinitely, refrigerant production for servicing that equipment will stop by 2020. The GreenChill Partnership presents an opportunity to prepare for this and other deadlines, prepare for future leak repair regulations, and to be recognized for efforts above and beyond actions required under the Clean Air Act. Benefits of the GreenChill Partnership include:

Benefits of the GreenChill Environmental The Partnership helps the environment Partnership benefits by decreasing the impact of supermarket GreenChill Partners in the food refrigeration systems on the ozone layer and retail business have refrigerant climate change. emissions rates nearly 50% lower Benchmarking A benchmarking system allows Partners to than the EPA-estimated industry evaluate their progress toward environmental average. goals in relation to their peers. If supermarkets nationwide Recognition and Awards are given by EPA to recognize reduced emissions to the current awards outstanding achievements by Partners. GreenChill Partner average, they could generate annual Publicity, Partners have access to a variety of marketing cost savings of over $100 marketing, and materials to highlight their participation in the million across the industry, while outreach GreenChill Partnership. preventing the annual emission Assistance with GreenChill assists Partners in developing and of 22 million metric tons of carbon environmental attaining corporate environmental stewardship dioxide equivalent and 240 ozone strategies and and sustainability goals, with tools such as best depletion potential (ODP) tons. goals practice guidelines and information on improved technology and servicing practices that help reduce refrigerant charges and leak rates. For more information, visit our website at Opportunities GreenChill holds regular meetings to facilitate www.epa.gov/greenchill for information Partner information sharing on successful sharing among emissions reduction strategies and advances in Please contact: Partners refrigeration technology. Keilly Witman at (202) 343-9742 Research Partners have access to state-of-the-art [email protected] EPA research and EPA/industry field tests on substitute refrigerants and advanced refrigeration technologies.