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New Sprouts Store Gets Silver GreenChill Certification

CARMEL MOUNTAIN RANCH, Calif. — Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a store here that has received a silver certification from the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership, which works with supermarkets to reduce emissions of refrigerants.

CARMEL MOUNTAIN RANCH, Calif. — Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a store here that has received a silver certification from the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership, which works with supermarkets to reduce emissions of refrigerants.

To achieve silver certification, a store must use refrigerants that do not damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer; reduce the size of its refrigerant charge by at least 50% from the industry average; reduce annual refrigerant emissions to 15% or less of total store capacity; and test refrigeration systems for adherence to GreenChill’s leak tightness guidelines.

A Sprouts store in Round Rock, Texas, received a gold certification from GreenChill earlier this year. Both Sprouts certificates were achieved with help from Hussmann Refrigeration Equipment and Systems.

“Sprouts Farmers Market shares the EPA’s commitment in decreasing refrigerant emissions through innovative refrigeration design and leak tight practices in all existing and future stores,” said Jerry Stutler, Sprouts' vice president of construction and facility engineering.

Sprouts, which has 47 stores in four states, joined the GreenChill partnership last May.

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