The ATMOsphere Podcast Network

ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com , will host a webinar to discuss the findings of a recently published report by Hanon Systems estimating the amount of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) generated in Europe by emissions of refrigerants HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf from car cooling and heating systems. The webinar will be held on June 18 at 3 pm CEST. You can register for the event here . Read t...

ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com, estimated that ⁠there were just 10⁠ transcritical CO2 (R744) refrigeration systems installed in South Korea as of December 2025. In this nascent market the leading player is Arneg Korea, which was ⁠founded in 1999⁠ and has been developing CO2 refrigeration technology for the food retail sector since 2008, according to CEO SungKyu Lee.  ⁠Read the fu...

New Jersey-based Saker Shoprite opened its first CO2 (R744) supermarket in 2024, and, according to Michael J. Marotta, VP of Technical Services, the biggest takeaway from the project wasn’t that the technology worked but “how our people adapted faster than expected.” Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

The articles in the podcast are as follows: Hanon Systems Estimates TFA Levels Generated by Automotive F-Gas Emissions Sanden Is Developing a Propane-Based MAC System for EVs with a ‘Major’ Chinese Automaker Aldi Opens the U.K.’s ‘Largest Supermarket Distribution Center,’ Which Is Equipped with an 8.2MW CO2 Refrigeration System Caverion Commissions 12MW of Fenagy’s 30MW Hydrocarbon Heat Pump Syste...

Bluu unit, a European alliance of HVAC&R contractors dedicated to promoting the use of natural refrigerants, has appointed Patrick Peters as its Co-CEO. Peters will be responsible for operational strategy development for organic growth, with a focus on sales, business development, procurement, marketing and technical advancement. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Finnish contractor Caverion is commissioning two hydrocarbon heat pump modules in Kajaani, representing 12MW (3,412TR) of a planned 30MW (8,5230TR) system. The units, manufactured by Fenagy , support the city’s district heating network using data center waste heat. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Engineering startup Nusku aims to replace gas boilers in U.K. homes with an air-to-water propane (R290) heat pump featuring an integrated storage tank, according to CEO Russell Murchie. The startup designed the heat pump for use in retrofit applications in existing U.K. housing with hydronic radiator systems. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Hanon Systems , a major South Korean provider of automotive thermal management systems, has released a report estimating the amount of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) generated in Europe by emissions of refrigerants HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf from car cooling and heating systems. The report also describes the opportunity to limit TFA creation via the use of CO2 (R744) and propane (R290) as alternative ref...

Aldi has announced the opening of what it said is the U.K.’s largest supermarket distribution center , a 120,000m2 (1.2 millionft2) facility in Bardon, England, equipped with an 8.6MW (2,445TR) CO2 (R744) refrigeration system. Details about the site’s refrigeration system were shared in a LinkedIn post by Ed Whinyates, Business Development Manager at Space Engineering Services , which designed and...

Sanden has announced that it is co-developing a propane (R290)-based integrated thermal management system (ITMS) for electric vehicles (EVs) with a “major” Chinese automaker . Sanden’s system uses an indirect setup with separate coolant and refrigerant circuits. The design is popular in mobile air-conditioning (MAC) systems for electric vehicles as it keeps propane out of the cabin. Read the full...

The articles in the podcast are as follows: ATMO America to Feature Funding Opportunities for Natural Refrigerant Installations Carly’s CEO and Technical Director Detail the Design of the TURBOIL-R-P 14 Oil Separator for Transcritical CO2 Refrigeration Systems Kroger Agrees to $100M Refrigeration Overhaul at 600 Stores to Settle Clean Air Act Violations Johnson Controls Completes Expansion of Dani...

The National Ozone Unit of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has introduced new voluntary “green” refrigerant labels to help consumers and end users identify natural refrigerant cooling equipment for residential and commercial applications Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

U.S. supermarket operator the Kroger Company has agreed to spend an estimated $100 million (€86 million) to retrofit or replace large commercial refrigeration systems at 600 stores as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged Clean Air Act violations. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Supermarkets and other end users, particularly those operating in the New York area, will have an opportunity to tap potential funding resources to support installations of transcritical CO2 (R744) refrigeration and other natural refrigerant-based equipment at the ATMOsphere (ATMO) America Summit 2026 next week. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Johnson Controls (JC) has completed the expansion of its Aarhus, Denmark, heat pump and chiller facility, which includes 2,300m2 (24,560ft2) of new production space and a 1,800m2 (19,375ft2) customer experience and test center. The new facilities are set to strengthen the company’s ability to design, build and validate high-capacity heat pumps for district heating, public infrastructure and indust...

Cyrille Berthet, CEO of component manufacturer Carly , and the company’s Technical Director Jean-Français Bouteille, detailed the design of the TURBOIL-R-P 14 oil separator for transcritical CO2 (R744) refrigeration systems in a new video. “The story of this oil separator is already old,” said Berthet. “The TURBOIL was created in 1998. This product is unique because we combined four different para...

A panel of stakeholders ‒ representing German data center operators, energy utilities and municipality leadership ‒ shared insights into reusing data center waste heat to decarbonize district heating at Tech Show Frankfurt 2026 . Positioning themselves as pioneers in data center heat-reuse schemes, the panel emphasized that successful projects rely on early municipal planning that aligns power, he...

Italian researchers have found that trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), an atmospheric byproduct of certain f-gases, reduced antibody production in human-relevant in vitro (outside the body) tests at levels similar to those caused by perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), which has well-documented immunotoxic effects. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

The articles in the podcast are as follows: U.S. EPA Announces Final Revision of Technology Transitions Rule, Delaying Use of Low-GWP Refrigerants New Data on Natural Refrigerants in Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration in Asia Systemair Slovenia’s CEO Details the Next Step for Its AHU with an Integrated CO2 Heat Pump and Stance on PFAS Danfoss Targeting 150°C Heat Pump Using Hydrocarbons for I...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 21 announced a final rule revising its 2023 Technology Transitions Rule,  extending compliance deadlines by several  years for the use of refrigerants with a GWP of less than 150 or 300 in supermarket systems, remote condensing units, cold storage warehouses, among other changes.  Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Members of the Chinese and the Italian national ozone units recently met in Rome to discuss training technicians to work with natural refrigerants and China’s refrigerant transition in the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump sectors (RACHP). Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Uzbekistan-based supermarket chain Korzinka has opened a distribution center in Surum using a CO2 (R744) rack with a total capacity of 1.8MW (511.8TR) . The 49,000m2 (527,4311ft2) warehouse is the largest Class A distribution center in Central Asia and is one of the most technologically advanced and reliable logistics facilities in the country, according to Korzinka. Class  Read the full story on...

The market penetration of natural refrigerants in commercial and industrial applications across parts of Asia, including China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, is outlined in ATMOsphere’s new report “Refrigeration: Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration with Natural Refrigerants.” Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Systemair made a splash at ISH 2025 in Frankfurt with the debut of the CO2mpass, an air-handling unit (AHU) with an integrated CO2 (R744) heat pump designed to dehumidify and heat public pools. The unit was developed by Menerga, which is owned by Systemair, and was described as a prototype at the time. That label has since been ripped off, according to Anton Zupančič, CEO of Systemair Slovenia. Re...

Danfoss’s compressor technologies are supporting the development of hydrocarbon high-temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) for industrial process heat applications, targeting future output temperatures of up to 150°C (302°F) using hydrocarbons in cascade, including propane (R290), isobutane (R600a), butane (R600) and isopentane (R601a). Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com .