Zero Zone would like to congratulate the Whole Foods Market in Dublin, California for receiving the 2016 Platinum Certification through the EPA’s GreenChill Partnership. This award is given to one or more GreenChill-certified stores that show exemplary advancement in reducing emissions of environmentally harmful refrigerants. The refrigeration system they used was a Zero Zone ColdLoop™ Cascade Ammonia/CO2 with an Adiabatic Air-Cooled High Side Condenser. In addition to the Platinum Certification, Whole Foods Dublin tied with the Piggly Wiggly store in Columbus, GA for “the best GreenChill certified store of all stores certified in the past year” in 2016. Way to go Whole Foods Dublin! Zero Zone is extremely proud to have supplied the system that helped you achieve this highly regarded award.
2017 will be here before we know it, and with it, changing regulations for the retail food refrigeration industry that could potentially affect you.
The new regulations relate to which refrigerants are being phased out and which ones qualify to meet the new EPA guidelines.
All food retailers should click on the link below to see what the pending regulations are and what your new responsibilities entail. If you follow the four steps that are described, you will have a better understanding of what is changing and what you need to do to prepare.
2017 EPA Retail Food Refrigeration Regulations
The well-known Edge™ Distributed Refrigeration System line has a new family member! Introducing the Edge™ XT System – meant for outdoor applications that can be installed on a roof or on a concrete pad behind the store. It features a weather-tight control panel and a sturdy galvanized exterior.
Zero Zone, Inc. is pleased to introduce the Edge™ XT Distributed System, an outdoor version of our well-known Edge™ Distributed System line. Distributed refrigeration systems are used by small retail format stores that do not require a large refrigeration rack to cool the small number of refrigerated display cases and walk-ins in their facilities. Distributed systems are also very popular with larger supermarket chains, who prefer several smaller distributed systems rather than pumping all the refrigerant through one or two very large systems. The decreased refrigerant charge of smaller distributed systems minimizes environmental impact for the retailer.
Carl Petersen, Retired Marketing & Advertising Manager for Zero Zone, noted, “Since its introduction in 2008, the indoor Edge™ Distributed System has been a go-to work horse for food retailers who wanted to have the convenience of a compact
refrigeration system located in a back room of their stores. We now give them that same option, but for placement outdoors, either on the roof or on a concrete pad behind the store.”
Available with either scroll or reciprocating compressors, the Edge™ XT can be used to help optimize operating efficiency and conserve space within the store. Durable hinged doors allow for easy access and help protect the equipment. A weather-tight control panel and a sturdy galvanized exterior ensure that the Edge™ XT will deliver many years of reliable service. The Edge™ XT also features integrated condenser coils, available in either micro-channel or ‘fin & tube’ varieties. Easy access top-mount fans are available with single speed or variable speed ECM motors.
For more information about the entire Edge™ Distributed System line of products, visit Efficient Distributed Refrigeration Systems | Zero Zone
Established in 1961, Zero Zone is a leading manufacturer of refrigerated glass door display cases and commercial refrigeration systems for supermarkets, drug, dollar, and convenience stores. With display case plants in North Prairie, Mukwonago, and Waukesha, WI and refrigeration systems plants in Ramsey, MN and Dyersville, IA, Zero Zone also manufactures industrial refrigeration systems for cold storage, food processing, and ice arenas.
We’ve all heard about the contaminated drinking water supply in Flint, Michigan. Fortunately, here in Wisconsin, most of us at Zero Zone have never had to personally deal with a problem such as that.
One of our employees recently saw an opportunity to help the people of Flint in a small, but meaningful, way.
On Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, Zero Zone had a planned display case delivery to a dollar store in Flint, Michigan. Nancy Sadler, an account manager here at Zero Zone, was coordinating the shipment and thought, “Why not send a shipment of bottled water along with our display cases? There is plenty of room in the truck.” So, Nancy contacted a local bottled water company, Century Springs, and Mukwonago-based transportation company, Kezman Transportation. With only a short window of opportunity before our display case had to be shipped, all parties involved stepped up to assist with this endeavor. When all was said and done, 80 cases of donated bottled spring water were sent to the Catholic Charities–Center for Hope, which handled the distribution to those in need in the Flint community.
This act of kindness could not have been accomplished without the help of Century Springs, Kezman Transportation, the Red Cross in Flint, Catholic Charities–Center for Hope, and of course our employees here at Zero Zone. A big THANK YOU to everyone who made this possible! We sincerely hope this has helped the Flint community and are proud to have an employee like Nancy who was willing to take that extra step to find a creative way to help others.
The Flint Water Crisis was a result of lead contamination in the community’s municipal water and affected around 66% of households. Learn more about the Flint Water Crisis here.
Learn more about who Zero Zone is as a company here.
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