WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chemours Company
(Chemours) announced today the successful installation of
Opteon™ refrigerant at Pepsi Center, home of the
Colorado Avalanche®. Opteon™, the official refrigerant
solution of the NHL®, is a sustainable, reliable and cost-effective
refrigerant offering for ice refrigeration chiller systems. Trane,
one of the world's leading heating, ventilation, air conditioning
and cooling (HVAC) equipment manufacturers, provided the turn-key
chiller solution for the arena's rink operators.
Opteon™ refrigerants provide an optimal balance of performance,
safety, and cost efficiency compared to other alternatives, while
providing sustainable solutions for ice rinks. Opteon™ XP10
(R-513A) refrigerant is a non-ozone depleting potential, low global
warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for new equipment and retrofit
of existing systems. As demonstrated by the successful chiller
conversion at Pepsi Center, Opteon™ XP10 offers an excellent
cooling capacity and energy efficiency match for R-134a that is
easy serviced and environmentally sustainable.
"KSE and Pepsi Center are committed to creating a superb gameday
experience for players and fans, alike," said, Doug Ackerman, Senior Vice President, Venues at
Kroenke Sports Enterprises. "From puck movement to the traction of
skate blades, ice quality can have a significant impact on the
quality of play, and I am pleased that the recent transition of
Pepsi Center to an Opteon™ based refrigerant system has met that
challenge and demonstrated top quality ice production."
"We share our customers' commitment to sustainability by
providing environmentally responsible products without compromising
safety, performance or efficiency," said David Gauvin, Strategic Manager, Ice Rinks North
America, Trane. "Pepsi Center has set a leading example for the
sports community with its forward-thinking innovative approach in
their operations."
As part of the Montreal Protocol, production of broadly-used
HCFC refrigerants has been phased out. HFCs are expected to be
phased down over the next several years due to proposed state and
federal regulation of high GWP refrigerants. As many of the
rinks in North America,
particularly in the USA, currently
use these refrigerants, the NHL and Chemours are committed to
working with ice rinks owners and operators across North America to help them navigate the
refrigerant landscape and identify cost-effective, safe,
environmentally-preferable alternatives that make sense for
them.
For more information, please visit
https://pages.chemours.com/optforbetter-nhl.
About The Chemours Company
The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) is a global leader in titanium
technologies, fluoroproducts, and chemical solutions, providing its
customers with solutions in a wide range of industries with
market-defining products, application expertise and chemistry-based
innovations. Chemours ingredients are found in plastics and
coatings, refrigeration and air conditioning, mining, and general
industrial manufacturing. Our flagship products include prominent
brands such as Teflon™, Ti-Pure™, Krytox™, Viton™, Opteon™, Freon™
and Nafion™. In 2019, Chemours was named to Newsweek's list of
America's Most Responsible Companies. The company has approximately
7,000 employees and 28 manufacturing sites serving approximately
3,700 customers in over 120 countries. Chemours is headquartered in
Wilmington, Delaware and is listed
on the NYSE under the symbol CC.
For more information, we invite you to
visit chemours.com or follow us on
Twitter @Chemours or LinkedIn.
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Lock
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