Independent Technical Review
The Expert Group is currently undertaking a series of economic, environmental and technical appraisals of energy efficient technologies, products and systems for Refrigerants Australia, using financial analysis, carbon accounting, life cycle analysis, industry modeling and benchmarking key industry measures such as operational efficiency, leak rates and refrigerant practices of primary applications in the HVAC&R industry. For more details see press release.
The first assignment involved a review of Best Practice technology in the Supermarket Industry. The review encompassed key drivers impacting on sustainability behavior, supermarket refrigeration technology alternatives, numbers of stores, sizes & opportunities for reducing emissions, market shares, industry banks & emissions (direct & indirect), ingredients of a "green store", review of industry leaders & key stakeholders, technology investment models, TEWI (Total Environmental Warming Impact) calculations and refrigerant leak rates.