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STEP 14How can natural refrigerants help to reduce yourenergy bills?There are a number of major companies who are backing the switch towards energyefficient natural refrigerants. All of them distribute point-of-sale refrigerant units tosmall retail outlets.The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Red Bull and Unilever have all joined forces to createthe ‘Refrigerants, Naturally!’ initiative. They have been getting strong results.The Coca-Cola Company: Since 2009, the Coca-Cola Company has rolled out 1.1 millionHFC-free refrigeration units – 75% of these are more energy efficient than their HFCcounterparts. 28Unilever: Unilever is the world’s largest producer of ice cream. They have purchased1.28 million freezer cabinets that use natural hydrocarbon refrigerants. These are about10% more energy efficient than the previous refrigerant. 29What’s in it for your business?If a small retailer gets one of these energy efficient point-of-sale units, their energy costswill go down.Get someone who knows what they’re doing!If your business uses refrigeration, try to find a refrigerationengineer who understands and uses natural refrigerant-basedtechnology or energy efficient synthetic refrigerants. It couldwell save you money.If your business is offered ice cream freezers and other point-of-sale refrigeration unitsby third parties, ask them if they are using energy efficient natural refrigerants. If theydo, it could result in lower energy bills for your business.As natural refrigerants make more headway in the marketplace, keep a look out for howthey can be used in your HVAC and refrigeration. It may help to bring down your energycosts in these areas.28 EnergyCut.info/nat-refrig29 Source: Unilever355 Back to Contents