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Ukrainian juice giant using energy-saving technologies
09:33 / 27.01.2011

MYKOAIV, JANUARY 27th, 2011, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — Since 2011 Sandora company, being a part of PepsiCo, has switches to purchasing energy-efficient refrigerators, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The agency has been informed about it today, 27 January, at the press service of the company.

According to their information, this project is an example of company key business principle “Performance with the Purpose”, in it’s part of environment and natural resources care.

«Green» eco-refrigerators run on ecologically safe and more efficient cold R-600 (isobutene) refrigerant agent instead of standard R-134 (is classified as greenhouse gases). Equipment run on R-600 refrigerant consumes 20% less energy than the same equipment run on R-134 refrigerant. Also new refrigerators are planned to be additionally equipped with the Energy-efficient Controllers that will help to save up to 40% of energy. These technical solutions are developed by PepsiCo in cooperation with Danfoss Dunish company for PepsiCo marketing equipment.

The press service added, the Energy-efficient Controller is unique because it switches refrigerator to sleep mode by turning off lighting and blowing of refrigerator box if it is not opened during 3 hours. Meanwhile inside temperature (+4 °Ñ–+8 °Ñ) required by the company standards is supported and refrigerating unit compressor operation is optimized as well.

Installation of 14 000 of eco-refrigerators for PepsiCo customers in 2011 will allow to save almost 8 Mega watt energy per year – impressive figure. This effect equals to disappearing of more than 1000 cars with their emissions, also this figure is equal to more than 5,5 metric tones of CO2 per year – huge volume of greenhouse gas that will be not emitted into the atmosphere.