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GUIDE 2014: NATURAL REFRIGERANTS CONTINUED GROWTH AND INNOVATION IN EUROPE This project was supported by 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME MESSAGE BY THE PUBLISHER ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 ABOUT THIS GUIDE............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ABOUT NATURAL REFRIGERANTS..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL REFRIGERANTS IN EUROPE........................................................................................................................................................... 14 CITY, BUILDINGS & TRANSPORT.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 INDUSTRY.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 SPORTS...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 NATURAL REFRIGERANTS IN THE EUROPEAN FOOD CHAIN: APPLICATION AREAS & END-USER VIEWS ........................................................................ 28 APPLICATION AREAS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Food Storage & Distribution...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Food Processing............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Beverages: Breweries & Wineries............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Fishing: Processing Plants, Vessels & Container Ships..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 END-USER VIEWS ON NATURAL REFRIGERANTS IN COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION............................................................................................................................................. 39 4 NATURAL REFRIGERANTS IN THE EUROPEAN FOOD CHAIN: MARKET & TECHNOLOGY MAPS.......................................................................................... 40 CO2 TRANSCRITICAL STORES IN EUROPE.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 CO2 CASCADE STORES IN EUROPE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 CO2 TRANSCRITICAL AND CO2/HFC STORES IN EUROPE < 2006 - 2013 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 54 HC PLUG-IN AND INDIRECT NH3 AND HC SUPERMARKETS IN EUROPE..................................................................................................................................................................... 56 CO2 AND HC LIGHT-COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION IN EUROPE ................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 NATURAL REFRIGERANTS IN STORES AROUND THE WORLD....................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 THE EUROPEAN MARKET TODAY & TOMORROW........................................................................................................................................................................... 70 NATURAL REFRIGERANT SUPPLIER MAP ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 NATURAL REFRIGERANT TECHNOLOGY - COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY 2013-2025............................................................................................................................................... 74 POLICY .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 EUROPEAN UNION POLICIES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 77 Natural Refrigerants, Vision & Enforceability...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 77 MAC Directive & F-Gas Regulation Review.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 HCFC Phase-out, Ecodesign & Ecolabel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 82 NATIONAL POLICIES............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85 CASE STUDIES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 87 ADVANSOR .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 88 ALFA LAVAL ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 90 CARRIER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92 DANFOSS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 94 DSI ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................