ALDI Tops the EIA’s 2026 U.S. Climate-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard

Epta Focuses on Providing Integrated Sustainable Refrigeration Solutions

Commercial refrigeration manufacturer Epta [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/partner/epta/] is focused on providing integrated sustainable solutions, with its EptaTechnica brand offering modular CO2 (R744) systems, new Zenith cabinets compatible with CO2 or propane (R290) and Servitization equipment management. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/epta-focuses-on-integrated-sustainable-refrigeration-solutions/]

ATMO America: Buc-ee’s Opens Its First Travel Center with CO2 Refrigeration in Ohio

On April 6 Texas-based Buc-ee’s opened its first travel center featuring CO2 (R744) refrigeration in Huber Heights, Ohio, according to Scott Ray, the company’s Director of Design, Construction and Procurement. ⁠Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com⁠ [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/buc-ees-opens-first-travel-center-with-co2-refrigeration-in-ohio/]

Part 2: Inside Jaeggi’s Data Center Cooling Business and the Opportunity It Sees in Australia

In addition to the industry’s general growth, its acceptance of higher water temperatures and simultaneous concerns around excessive water use have stoked demand for Jaeggi’s hybrid dry cooler. Jeffrey Hargreaves, Business Development Director for Data Centers at Jaeggi, has been in the data center industry for more than a decade, and, since he started, acceptable water temperatures for cooling have climbed from 17°C (62°F) to as high as 28°C (82°F). Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/part-2-inside-jaeggis-data-center-cooling-business-and-the-opportunity-it-sees-in-australia/]

European Chemicals Agency Committee Finds TFA Should be Classified as Reproductively Toxic

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)’s Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has concluded that trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), formed in the atmosphere by the breakdown of certain f-gases, should be classified and labelled as toxic to reproduction. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/european-chemicals-agency-committee-finds-tfa-should-be-classified-as-reproductively-toxic/]

Weekly Wrap-up: SWEP’s New Stainless Steel BPHE, a GEA R717 Heat Pump in Türkiye, DTX Tape Is PFAS-Free and More

In addition to what we published this week, these stories caught our eye. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/weekly-wrap-up-sweps-new-stainless-steel-bphe-a-gea-r717-heat-pump-in-turkiye-dtx-tape-is-pfas-free-and-more/]