4th Annual Accelerate America Awards, recognizing companies and individuals leading the transition to natural refrigerant­-based technologies.

2. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019

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BEST IN SECTOR:
FOOD RETAIL

4. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
•Pioneer of natural refrigerants
•First transcritical CO2 store in US
•One of the first retrofit transcritical CO2 stores in US
•Among the first supermarkets to explore large-scale in-
store use of R290 water-loop display cases
•One of the first and largest transcritical CO2 food retail
distribution centers

5. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
And the winner is…

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BEST IN SECTOR:
INDUSTRIAL END USER

7. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
•As of 2017, this cold-storage operator in Mexico used ammonia/CO2
systems in five of its facilities, including four new plants and one
extension.
•Since then, the company has added new ammonia/CO2 installations,
including a 700 TR plant in Tijuana and a 640 TR distribution center in
Lima, Peru, the first such plant in that country. In total, 10 of its 25
distribution centers now use NH3/CO2 systems.

8. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
And the winner is…

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BEST
CONTRACTOR

10. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
•A transcritical CO2 installation at a food processor
(Jack Link Beef Jerky)
•A transcritical CO2 installation at a supermarket
(Lund & Byerlys)
•A transcritical CO2 installation at an ice rink (first
such installation in the “lower 48” states.

11. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
And the winner is…

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PERSON
OF THE YEAR

13. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
• The US Climate Alliance, now with 24 state governors, is
spearheading state action on HFC reduction in the absence of federal
leadership.
•Last year, the Alliance issued an “SLCP Challenge”
•At the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the Alliance
issued its own SLCP “Challenge to Action” roadmap.
•Facilitated HFC-reduction action by California, Washington, New York,
Maryland, Connecticut and Vermont.

14. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
And the winner is…
Julie Cerqueira,
Executive director,
US Climate Alliance

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INNOVATION
OF THE YEAR

16. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
Hussmann microDS
R290 Micro-Distributed
Merchandiser Solution

17. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
GEA BluAstrum
Ammonia Chiller

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And the winner is…

19. ATMOsphere America / Atlanta / June 17-18, 2019
Hussmann microDS
R290 Micro-Distributed
Merchandiser Solution

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