Low-GWP Alternatives in Commercial Refrigeration - case studies

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) is a unique global effort supporting fast actions to mitigate the impacts of short lived climate pollutants, such as black carbon, methane and many hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and addressing near-term climate change and air pollution at the same time.

In order to assist in planning and implementing ODS transitions that minimise climate impacts, the CCAC has developed this booklet of case studies on low-GWP energy-efficient technologies that have been adopted in the commercial refrigeration sector as alternatives to replace or avoid high-GWP HFCs. Given that the commercial refrigeration sector has a number of climate-friendly refrigerant alternatives that are already commercialised or near commercialisation in some countries and regions, the booklet presents lessons learned from real cases in commercial refrigeration and aims to stimulate further investigation to enable a smooth transition away from high-GWP refrigerants and assist in the selection of future refrigerants.