Small end-users have a significant role to play in instigating the transition to natural refrigerants, as evidenced by the Brazilian food retailer Verdemar, the first to adopt CO₂ refrigeration in South America. Blazing the CO₂ trail, Verdemar’s investment started a growing trend in CO₂ refrigeration in the region, presented at UNIDO ATMOsphere Technology Summit, in Vienna, Austria on 3 June 2013. + VIDEO

Carlos Arruda, Consultant and Foreign Representative at Verdemar Supermarket, Brazil, shared the retailer’s journey in adopting new technology with natural refrigerants.

Sustainability, a part of Verdemar’s philosophy, leads to CO₂ being adopted as standard…

With sustainable practices a company philosophy, in 2010 the retailer opened a “green” store, employing, among other “green” features, a CO₂ cascade refrigeration system. This was the first such installation in South America.

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