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Press Releases from EPA:
- EPA Welcomes Eight New GreenChill Partners
- Price Chopper Helps Environment with Revolutionary Refrigeration Technology
- EPA’s GreenChill Dramatically Reduces Greenhouse Gases from Supermarket Industry
- EPA launches GreenChill program in ceremony to recognize the 10 founding partners of the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership.
- Two Major Supermarket Chains in New England Join EPA's GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
Press Releases from GreenChill Partners:
- Cub Foods Store Earns Gold From EPA’s GreenChill Partnership (PDF) (2 pp., 36 kb)
- King Kullen and Wild by Nature Join the EPA’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (PDF) (2 pp., 34 kb)
- Aldi Prototype Store Applies Hussmann Green Solution to Save Energy (2 pp., 22 kb)
- Hussmann Helps Whole Foods Build 'Green' Supermarket (PDF) (4 pp., 58 kb)
- Hussmann Green Program Reduces Emissions by 86 Million Pounds of CO2 (PDF) (1 page, 31 kb)
- Hussmann Contributes to Green Stores and LEED Certifications (PDF) (2 pp., 28 kb)
- Farm Fresh's Advanced 2-Stage Open-Drive System (PDF) (9 pp., 1.2 MB)
- Price Chopper: First CO2 Cascade System Installed in North America (PDF) (5 pp., 532 kb)
- Harris Teeter: Advanced Technology Reduces Refrigerant by 97%
- Food Lion Joins U.S. EPA's GreenChill Initiative To Advance Environmentally Friendly Refrigeration
- Hill Phoenix Joins EPA’s GreenChill Program
- DuPont Refrigerants Partners with EPA as Founding Member of GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Program
- Harris Teeter Continues to Advance its Sustainable Practices (PDF) (1 page, 36 kb)
- Kysor//Warren joins EPA GreenChill Partnership to reduce refrigerant emissions (PDF) (1 page, 22 kb)
- Zero Zone Joins GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (PDF) (3 pp., 278 kb)
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General News:
New Partner News
- Progressive Grocer: King Kullen, Wild by Nature Join EPA’s GreenChill Partnership (October 2008)
- Supermarket News: Weis Markets Joins EPA's GreenChill Partnership (August 2008)
- Progressive Grocer: Zero Zone Signs on to GreenChill (June 2008)
- Progressive Grocer: Supervalu Signs On as EPA GreenChill Partner (March 2008)
- Seacoastonline.com: Hannaford joins EPA's GreenChill program (January 2008)
- Portland Press Herald: Refrigerator plan should cut stores' harmful gas (January 2008)
- Boston Business Journal: Hannaford, Whole Foods to make changes to coolers (January 2008)
- Supermarket News: EPA Names Four New Companies in GreenChill Program (January 2008)
- SHarris Teeter Joins GreenChill; Partnership Officially Launches (December 2007)
- Progressive Grocer: Six Grocery Chains Become Founding Partners of EPA’s GreenChill Program (2007)
- Supermarket News: Hill Phoenix Joins EPA GreenChill Partnership with Food Retailers (October 2007)
- Supermarket News: Food Lion Joins EPA Initiative at Environmentally Friendly Store (January 2007)
Refrigeration Technology
- R744.com: Coca-Cola CEO calls for global use of CO2 (May 2008)
- ACHR News: Secondary Loop Details (March 2008)
- Split Refrigeration (PDF) (3 pp., 458 kb) (July 2007)
- Supermarket News: Green Refrigeration (February 2007)
- Supermarket News: Retooling Coolants (PDF) (4 pp., 494 kb) (September 2006)
Regulatory Information
- Supermarket News: EPA’s New Refrigeration Leak-Rate Rule Expected this Year (September 2008)
- ACHR News: Industry Seeks to Ease HFC Regs (June 2008)
GreenChill Achievements
- Greener Buildings: Cub Foods Bags EPA Gold Rating for New St. Paul Store (November 2008)
- Cub Foods Opens First State-of-the-Art “Green” Grocery Store (October 2008)
- The Hollywood Reporter: Cub Foods Store First to Earn GreenChill Gold Certification (October 2008)
- Progressive Grocer: Aldi Saves Green with New Refrigeration System (September 2008)
- Environmental Protection: Giant Eagle, Harris Teeter Win GreenChill Award (September 2008)
- ACHR News: Sept. 19, 2008: EPA Names First GreenChill Award Winners (September 2008)
- 7th Space Interaction: Grocery Stores Lead the Way in Ozone Layer Protection - EPA Welcomes Eight New GreenChill Partners, Tripling Membership in Less than a Year (September 2008)
- Ohio.com: Food Retailers Win EPA Award (September 2008)
- News 14 Charlotte: Harris Teeter Advanced Refrigeration System (MPG) (9 MB, 0:54) Transcript (July 2008)
- Daily Gazette: Price Chopper installs “green” cooling system (July 2008)
- Progressive Grocer: Food Lion LLC to Bow 3rd Store with Ozone-Friendly Refrigeration (May 2008)
- Progressive Grocer: Price Chopper Store Installs Cutting Edge Refrigeration System (May 2008)
- ACHR News: Supermarket Takes the LEED (March 2008)
- ACHR News: Price Chopper Tries New Technology (March 2008)
- Supermarket News: INITIATIVE 3:Energy Awareness (December 2007)
- Supermarket News: Food Lion Sees Less Energy Usage in Refrigeration System Test (November 2007)
- Supermarket News: EPA Supports New Refrigeration System Being Tested by Food Lion (February 2007)
- All Business: Food Lion Unveils Green Refrigeration Technology (January 2007)
- Supermarket News: Food Lion Tests Environmentally Friendly Cooling Technology (January 2007)
The Green Movement
- RFF Retailer: Got Sustainability? (October 2008)
- Progressive Grocer: 23 Green Moves in the Market (2008)
- Progressive Grocer: Green Issue Overview: Green in the new Black (April 2007)
The GreenChill Partnership
- Contracting Business: NATE Seeks Test Taker (October 2008)
- TheDenverChannel.com: Brighter Living – GreenChill (September 2008)
- Supermarket News Names Administrator Steve Johnson as One of the Supermarket Industry's Power 50 (July 2008)
- ACHR News: EPA's GreenChill Launched (March 2008)
- Supermarket News: Cooler Choices (December 2007)
- EPA, Supermarkets Want to Put the Chill on Fridge Emissions (November 2007)
- Environment News Service: GreenChill Refrigeration Partners Help Cool the Planet (November 2007)
- Supermarket News: EPA Hopes Launch of GreenChill Will Draw New Retailers (November 2007)
Additional GreenChill Partnership news and press releases will be posted here as they become available.