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NASRC Top 10 Accomplishments

As 2022 comes to a close, we're celebrating a year of incredible support and engagement from our members, which allowed us to accelerate our mission more than ever before!

Here's a snapshot of our top 10 collective accomplishments from 2022:

1. New Educational Resources

Developed a suite of new educational resources, including but not limited to:

2. State Incentive Programs

Supported the development and implementation of state incentive programs, including:

Securing $65M in funding in California (2022-2024)
Supporting MassDEP's Commercial Ref. Grants (Applications due Feb 3!)
Working with other states to share lessons learned and inform future incentive programs.

3. Carbon Financing Pilot

Successfully implemented our Refrigerant Carbon Financing Pilot Program - which provided funding for 5 natural refrigerant projects - in partnership with Therm. Supported Therm's broader refrigerant carbon offset development program, which now has nearly 700 projects under development. Read more.

4. New York State Demonstration Project

Secured a $250K grant from the New York State (NYS) DEC to coordinate a full or partial remodel to a natural refrigerant system in an existing store serving a disadvantaged NYS community. The project will also include an M&V study, workforce training & development opportunities, and information sharing activities. Read more.

5. Sustainable Refrigeration Summit

Hosted our 2nd annual Sustainable Refrigeration Summit, which brought together over 1,000 stakeholders from the commercial refrigeration, policy, energy, and environmental sectors to solve the puzzle of sustainable refrigeration in supermarkets.

View our top 5 Summit takeaways and watch our Summit session recordings.

6. Policymaker Engagement

Facilitated industry engagement with state and federal policymakers to inform effective strategies to achieve HFC reduction goals. Strengthened relationships with policymakers, which was evidenced by the 70+ policymaker attendees at our Sustainable Refrigeration Summit.

View the latest HFC policies here.

7. Retailer Leak Reduction Initiative

Published a Leak Reduction Guide outlining the significant sources of refrigerant leaks in existing systems. The guide also proposes equipment specification measures for new refrigeration systems to minimize leaks and reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions, which were developed by NASRC retailer members. Read more.

8. Performance Validation Studies

Facilitated M&V studies at 10+ sites on natural refrigerant technologies to better understand energy performance and other ongoing costs. Published a CO2 Case Study comparing the costs, energy performance, and total emissions of a new CO2 transcritical system to an existing HFC system.

9. Strengthened Member Network

Grew our membership network to over 150 organizations representing more than 38,000 food retail locations. Experienced unprecedented member support for NASRC initiatives and engagement in member activities, such as Progress Group meetings and monthly End-User Roundtable meetings. Learn more about membership.

10. Workforce Development Assessment

Completed a workforce development assessment to evaluate challenges and opportunities to grow the technician workforce. Conducted interviews and surveys with 100+ stakeholders in the refrigeration workforce and training sectors to characterize challenges and identify solutions. Assessment report and next steps coming in 2023!

Thank you to our members, who are behind all of these achievements!
We look forward to building on the momentum we've created together in 2023.

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