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“ Our medical-grade refrigerators safeguard life-saving drugs and vaccines through partners like Thermo Fisher Scientific . Our merchandising solutions provide retailers fresh and frozen product options for grab-n-go customers proficiently using their time in the grocery store .” Unlike traditional cooling and refrigeration systems equipped with high Global Warming Potential ( GWP ) that reach the thousands due to their use of toxic hydrofluorocarbons ( HFCs ), Phononic ’ s solid-state solution has a GWP rating of only 1 – the lowest in the industry . Global use of traditional air conditioning units is projected to release 2.3 billion tons worth of CO2 into the atmosphere by 2050 .
Phononic ’ s solidstate technology does not use refrigerants such as toxic hydrofluorocarbons . Instead , it uses water and CO2 . The technology also uses 30-40 % less power compared to its traditional counterparts and reduces the need for a compressor , making refrigeration and cooling silent to reduce overall noise pollution , with the loudest sound produced being only 35 dB . " The historical refrigerants that had been used for vapour compression systems are both toxic and global warming contributors ," said Atti .
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