Assessing the environmental performance of optimized commercial refrigerators with alternative refrigerants and remote monitoring system: A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment.

ABSTRACT: Refrigerators, as other cooling systems, are responsible for a significant parcel of anthropogenic emissions since they are essential and heavy appliances that use energy during its lifespan and are loaded with refrigerant gases. Three types of commercial refrigerators and their new versions, with incorporated CO2 as refrigerant gas and an wireless system for maintenance monitoring (WSMM) were investigated to evaluate how optimization could impact on the environmental performance during their entire life cycle. This study conducted a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the refrigerators, from the production to their end-of-life. The findings revealed that the use phase and the raw materials were responsible for most of the environmental impact throughout the refrigerators' life cy

SUBMITTER: Barros Lovate Temporim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11063436 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature