The GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership GREENCHILL GreenChill Store Certification Criteria The following document summarizes the criteria required for achieving both Gold- and Silver-Level Certification. Please see the GreenChill Store Certification Program Guidance for more information on each of these criteria. Gold-Level Store Certification: To qualify for GreenChill's Gold-Level Store Certification, a store must meet the requirements under either A or B: A. HFC-Based Refrigeration Systems • The store must only use refrigerants with zero ozone-depleting potential; • The store must only use refrigerants that have been found acceptable by EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy Program (SNAP) for use in retail food refrigeration end-uses; • The store must achieve an average HFC refrigerant charge equal to or less than 1.25 Ibs. of refrigerant per 1000 BTU/hr. total evaporator cooling load; • The store must achieve a store-wide annual refrigerant emissions rate of 15% or less; and • All newly constructed stores must be leak tested at installation according to the standards in GreenChill's Installation Leak Tightness Testing Guidelines B. Refrigeration Systems using Low-GWP Refrigerants • The store must only use refrigerants with zero ozone-depleting potential; • The store must only use refrigerants that have been found acceptable by EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy Program (SNAP) for use in retail food refrigeration end-uses; and • All refrigerants used in the store must have global warming potentials (GWP) lower than 150. Silver-Level Store Certification: To qualify for GreenChill's Silver-Level Store Certification, a store must meet the following requirements: • The store must only use refrigerants with zero ozone-depleting potential; • The store must only use refrigerants that have been found acceptable by EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy Program (SNAP) for use in retail food refrigeration end-uses; • The store must achieve an average HFC refrigerant charge equal to or less than 1.75 Ibs of refrigerant per 1000 BTU/hr. total evaporator cooling load; and • The store must achieve a store-wide annual refrigerant emissions rate of 15% or less. ------- |