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The role of refrigeration towards life cycle sustainability assessment of food retail stores buildings.

Number: pap. 1217

Author(s) : GIMENO-FRONTERA B., ZAMBRANA-VASQUEZ D., MILLÁN G., et al.

Summary

This paper presents a comprehensive comparison analysis of the significance of six selected refrigerants most used for commercial refrigeration, as part of a food retail store building environmental impact throughout its complete life cycle. Thus, a stand-alone, single story supermarket located in Zaragoza, Spain, is studied as a case study. The aim of the case study is to compare the environmental impacts, in terms of kg CO2-eq of the scenarios proposed including direct and indirect emissions. Results show that refrigerant can represent more than 50% of life cycle building’s environmental impact in terms of kgCO2-eq/m2year. In addition, variations on the electricity mix of the country where the food retail store building is located can have significant influence on the final results when the complete buildings´ life cycle is considered.

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  • Original title: The role of refrigeration towards life cycle sustainability assessment of food retail stores buildings.
  • Record ID : 30024185
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: HFCs alternatives
  • Source: CYTEF 2018. IX Congreso Ibérico y VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, Valencia, España, 19-21 junio 2018.
  • Publication date: 2018/06/19

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