GreenChill Partners commit to reducing refrigerant emissions and decreasing their impact on the environment. On average, GreenChill food retailers maintain emissions rates that are approximately half the industry average, resulting in a significant benefit to the environment. Over the past 16 years, GreenChill Partners have avoided emissions of around 599 metric tons of ozone-depleting substances and almost 110 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. This is roughly equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from consuming over 12 billion gallons of gasoline.

GreenChill Partners commit to reducing refrigerant emissions and decreasing their impact on the environment.

GreenChill Partners commit to reducing refrigerant emissions and decreasing their impact on the environment.

This year, EPA recognized the following GreenChill Partner companies:

Best Emissions Rate

• Ashland Food Co-Op (Ashland, Ore.)
• Meijer (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

 

Most Improved Emissions Rate

• Brookshire Grocery Company (Tyler, Texas)

 

Superior Goal Achievement

• Ashland Food Co-Op (Ashland, Ore.)
• Brookshire Grocery Company (Tyler, Texas)
• Food Lion (Salisbury, N.C.)
• The GIANT Company (Carlisle, Pa.)
• Hannaford (Scarborough, Maine)
• King Kullen (Bethpage, N.Y.)
• Weis Markets (Sunbury, Pa.)

 

Exceptional Goal Achievement

• Ashland Food Co-Op (Ashland, Ore.)
• Food Lion (Salisbury, N.C.)

 

GreenChill’s Store Certification Program recognized stores for meeting strict performance criteria, including refrigeration systems with minimal potential impacts on the ozone layer and climate system. This year’s GreenChill Store Certification recognitions honor:

Store Leadership

• Kwik Trip in La Crosse, Wis., is being honored as the first convenience store to receive a GreenChill Certification.

 

Store Certification Excellence

• ALDI (Batavia, Ill.) earned recognition for certifying 628 GreenChill-Certified stores over the past year, more stores than any supermarket chain has previously achieved, all of which were at the highest Platinum-Level Certification.
• Hillphoenix (Conyers, Ga.) achieved this recognition for the 11th consecutive year as the commercial systems manufacturer with the most systems installed in GreenChill Certified Stores in the last year.
• Store Recertification Excellence
• ALDI – A total of 109 locations across California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin achieved GreenChill Store Certification for five consecutive years.
• Hannaford – The Turner, Maine, store achieved GreenChill Store Certification for 10 consecutive years.
• Meijer – The Marysville, Ohio, store achieved GreenChill Store Certification for five consecutive years.
• Publix Super Markets – Five locations in Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina achieved five-year recertifications.
• Target – Two stores in Florida and Illinois achieved GreenChill Store Certification for five consecutive years.
• Weis Markets – The Danville, Pennsylvania, store achieved GreenChill Store Certification for five consecutive years.

 

This is the 12th consecutive GreenChill Store Certification Excellence recognition for Hillphoenix since it was created in 2011. This achievement recognizes the commercial refrigeration systems manufacturer that installed the most advanced refrigeration systems in GreenChill-Certified stores in the past year. Inclusive of the 2022-2023 cycle, Hillphoenix systems are now installed in over 80% of GreenChill-Certified stores.

“At Hillphoenix, we are guided by a purpose to invest in the future by developing sustainable technologies and refrigeration solutions,” said Scott Martin, senior director of industry relations and compliance at Hillphoenix. “We are proud to be a founding member of EPA’s GreenChill program and honored to be recognized for making an impact in the industry for our continuous efforts in developing future-focused sustainable products in partnership with customers who have the same commitment to low-GWP refrigerant solutions.”

 

About the GreenChill Program

GreenChill’s Partnership is a voluntary program for food retailers committed to leading the transition out of ozone-depleting refrigerants, reducing refrigerant emissions, and adopting improved refrigeration management practices and technologies. The goals of the GreenChill Partnership are to provide food retailers and other industry stakeholders with information and assistance to transition to environmentally friendlier refrigerants, lower refrigerant charge sizes, eliminate refrigerant leaks, implement best environmental practices, and adopt green refrigeration technologies.