Emerson Climate Technologies has released a Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) Online Calculator for supermarket designers and engineers.
The LCCP calculator is a Web-based tool that allows users to compare different supermarket system architectures with various refrigerants.
It calculates annual power, total annual CO2 emissions and peak power, and is also able to provide recommendations to users.
The company's director of end user technical sales and support, Mike Saunders, said the LCCP software will be a valuable tool for supermarkets interested in limiting their CO2 footprint.
"It provides an apples-to-apples comparison on the environmental impact of a given supermarket system," he said.
Mike Saunders, director, end user technical sales and support, Emerson Climate Technologies.
The configurable tool allows the user to enter operating conditions in which to compare.
Multiple system types can be analyzed, including centralized direct expansion, distributed, cascade, secondary and booster CO2.
Refrigerant comparison can be made among R404A, R407A, R410A, R134a and CO2.
Emerson's sales in 2014 totalled $24.5 billion.