SUPERMARKET giant Tesco is using Honeywell's Genetron Performax LT refrigerant in 75 of its stores in Poland.
Sixty of the Tesco stores using Genetron Performax LT are newly built. The remaining 15 stores were retrofit applications, where Genetron Performax LT replaced the high GWP refrigerant R404A.

Performax LT, a blend of R32, R125 and R134a, can be used for new commercial installations and also to retrofit existing R404A, R407A and R22 installations with minor adaptations.

Tesco installed Genetron Performax LT mainly in small format stores of up to 1,000m2, as well as some supermarkets (2,000 to 3,000m2) and large hypermarkets of more than 4,000m2.

'Tesco Poland decided to use Genetron Performax LT refrigerant to help us meet our aggressive carbon footprint reduction targets,' said Robert Hurley, group engineering standards & energy manager for Tesco Group Property. 'Compared to R-404A, the refrigerant we previously used, Genetron Performax LT offers 50% lower global warming impact.'