Supermarket refrigeration systems are large contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which impose ever-increasing and global environmental concerns. It is important to quantify the GHG emissions that occur over the lifetime of supermarket refrigeration systems, for baseline refrigerants and systems, as well as for newer, low-global warming potential (low-GWP) refrigerants and systems. A commercially available simulation tool was used to model four refrigeration systems in a large supermarket, in two locations in California. GHG emissions from direct refrigerant release and indirect emissions due to energy consumption were considered.
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