We have also employed the use of CO₂ beyond retail applications, developing sustainable solutions for transport refrigeration as well. In 2010, Carrier Transicold was the first to announce natural refrigerant container technology. Used to transport perishable, chilled and frozen goods, such as bananas, cookie dough, ice cream, meat and cheese, Carrier’s NaturaLINE® unit is the world’s first natural refrigerant container technology. By using naturally occurring, non-ozone-depleting CO₂, NaturaLINE represents an environmentally sound and sustainable technology. With updated system design and components, NaturaLINE maintains optimum performance and efficiency while delivering a global warming potential of one, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the system. In 2011, NaturaLINE technology won International Freighting Weekly’s prestigious 2011 Innovation Award – New Product, recognizing it as “a smart new product that answers a real market need.”
But Carrier hasn’t stopped there. We made news again in 2011 when we displayed a concept unit for over-the-road trailer refrigeration using CO₂.
As the natural leader, Carrier has integrated nature into new technologies to dramatically reduce the global warming potential, ozone depletion and carbon footprint of our products. We are committed to addressing the need for performance, efficiency and stability while offering the ultimate in sustainable solutions to customers around the world.
Our pioneering use of CO₂, a naturally occurring substance, is just one more example of how at Carrier, sustainability and innovation are always in the air.