NASRC Releases 2020 Annual Report

NASRC 2020 Annual Report
Rising To the Challenge Together

2020 was a year filled with new and unfamiliar challenges, but together with our members and partners, we rose to the occasion and ultimately made 2020 our most impactful year yet!

We're proud to share NASRC's 2020 Annual Report, which summarizes the progress we made towards accomplishing our mission to make natural refrigerants a feasible business choice for supermarkets, including:

• Developing and coordinating funding support to offset cost premiums

• Accelerating training for contractors and technicians

• Facilitating new pilot projects and field demonstrations 

• Creating new resources and educational opportunities

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Thank you to our members for making all of our work possible!
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Sprouts' Frank Davis Joins NASRC Board of Directors

NASRC is thrilled to welcome Frank Davis, Director of Facility Engineering for Sprouts Farmers Market, to the NASRC Board of Directors.

Frank has over 20 years’ experience with supermarket refrigeration and HVAC mechanical systems. Frank joined Sprouts Farmers Market when they only had 31 stores and help them design and grow their store footprint to 340 stores within 10 Years.  The direction was to grow responsible and find solutions and technologies that provide long term sustainable goals.

“I chose to join the Board of Directors to collaborate with the top leaders in the supermarket refrigeration industry to makes a different and help retailers with solutions on engineer refrigeration system with a sustainable approach,” said Davis. “My goal of joining the NASRC is to create a template with options that retailers or small business owners can use to be more sustainable with their refrigeration mechanical systems.”

Read more about Frank Davis and the rest of the NASRC Board of Directors here.

Walmart’s Jim McClendon Joins the NASRC Board of Directors

Jim McClendon, Director of Energy Efficiency for Walmart Stores Inc., has joined the Board of Directors for the NASRC.

“I’m really excited to be a part of this forward-thinking organization,” said Mr. McClendon. “As we navigate the uncertainties of the refrigeration landscape, it seems apparent that legacy approaches and technologies will not sustain the industry. Whether in terms of refrigerants, efficiency, or practice, we must be innovative and insist on new, lower-carbon solutions.”

Since 2005, Mr. McClendon has led Walmart’s initiatives to reduce their total energy consumption in new and existing stores, contributing to their greenhouse gas emissions goals.  

With over 20 years of diverse experience in the HVAC/R industry, Mr. McClendon can offer perspectives from a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, engineering and design firms, and service contractors.

 “We are thrilled to welcome Jim to our Board of Directors,” said Peter Dee, Chair of the NASRC Board, and Sales & Service Director for Danfoss Food Retail. “He is an outstanding addition to the industry leaders who currently sit on the Board, and his expertise will no doubt contribute to our mission of addressing the hurdles of natural refrigerants.”

Read more about Jim McClendon and the rest of the NASRC Board of Directors here.