A REFRIGERATION DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM ADDRESSING CANADIAN SUPERMARKETS, ICE AND CURLING RINKS TO REDUCE THEIR GHG EMISSIONS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION
A national deployment program in refrigeration aimed at reducing significantly greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in Canadian commercial and institutional buildings such as supermarkets, ice and curling rinks has been carried out by Natural Resources Canada. Savings are obtained with innovative designs that reduce drastically the refrigerant losses, recover the rejected heat and adapt operations to the Canadian climate. This set of technologies and practices is being promoted under the name CoolSolution. The program includes information, capacity building, demonstration and partnership activities. A labelling score has been developed and used to drive an incentive program in order to remove the first cost barrier of these innovative technologies.