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From producer to consumer - Natural refrigerants in the cold chain

The European Union is the world's second largest market for frozen food. The consumption of refrigerated and frozen goods grows here by more than ten percent every year. Managing large quantities of food is no easy task for producers, storage logistic experts and retailers responsible for bringing the goods to their destination – the final consumer. In addition, companies have to ensure that the cold chain remains uninterrupted for the easily perishable goods with only a limited shelf life.
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Climate change and its significance for refrigeration technology
Climate change, greenhouse effect and global warming – scarcely any other issue is so omnipresent and so controversially discussed in the 21st century. Those who are convinced in doubting that climate change is man-made refer to various eras in the history of our planet where the earth has heated up or cooled down drastically even without any contribution on our part. In future too, they see climate change as the result of natural causes, including among others a changed ellipsoid orbit of the earth around the sun.
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Supermarkets advocate sustainable refrigeration
The food retailing sector increasingly uses natural refrigerants
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Air-conditioning with natural refrigerants
Interview with Thomas Spänich, member of the Board at eurammon, the European initiative for natural refrigerants Mr.
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Cooling supermarkets the eco-friendly way
Background article by Georges Hoeterickx, board member of eurammon, the European initiative for natural refrigerants
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Environment-friendly heat supply with heat pumps using natural refrigerants

Large-scale heat pumps use industrial waste heat and waste water to generate new heat and hot water  
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German food industry gets cool with natural refrigerants
To ensure a consistent quality of foodstuffs, it is essential to ensure an uninterrupted cooling chain. More than 60 percent of all foods such as meat, milk and fruit would otherwise perish very quickly. Cooling these goods is a challenge for cold store operators: The method used needs to be safe. At the same time, economic pressures force them to minimise the energy needed to deliver the vast amount of cooling required.
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Natural refrigerants: current developments and trends
by Monika Witt, Chairwoman of eurammon, the European initiative for natural refrigerants  
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