Colombian retail chain éxito switches to natural refrigerants
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FACTS
End-user: Grupo Éxito, Colombia
Contractor: Prime Refrigeración
Consultant: GreenYellow Colombia
Segment: Food Retail
Background: Switch from HFC to CO2
Products: 6 CuBig 3x2 and 2 ValuePack 3+1x2 and Emergency Cooling Unit with CO2
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGES
- 220 stores
- 180 - 3500 m2
- First CO2 adopter in Colombia as a complete solution
- Ambitious climate action goals with concrete actions
- Reduced their emissions by 32.000 tons of CO2eq in 2021 compared to 2020
- Invested in solar solutions and reduced their CO2eq emissions by 600 tons per year
Solution
- Highly energy efficient solution for cooling and freezing
- Environmentally friendly using natural refrigerant only