Martin Hadraba
Technical staff member
Billa
Performance
How has the system performed over the past year?
Impact report · 2025
EQUANS Kältetechnik
Based in Lauterach…
LINGEN, GERMANY
906k
Cumulative tonnes CO₂e emissions avoided
since 2022 · GWP 20
since 2022 · GWP 20
405k
tonnes CO₂e emissions avoided
in 2024 · GWP 20
in 2024 · GWP 20
600kg
Annual TFA emissions avoided
in 2024
in 2024
2nd
consecutive year
ATMO Approved
ATMO Approved
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Why this matters
Most refrigeration runs on chemicals that warm the planet, or quietly poison it.
HFCs warm the atmosphere up to 14,000× more than CO₂. Their HFO replacements break down into TFA, a forever chemical now detectable in rain, ice, and human blood.
The answer
CO₂, ammonia, hydrocarbons. Proven for over a century. They don't warm the planet, and they don't leave a forever chemical behind.
Natural refrigerants avoid both.
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Primary metric
A year of avoided emissions, made visible.
GHG emissions EQUANS Kältetechnik avoided over the lifetime of 2024's equipment placed in the market.
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In real-world terms
What it adds up to.
54k
homes / year
powered for a year on the same footprint
94.4k
petrol cars off the road
for one year of driving emissions avoided
1.6B
km not driven
distance equivalent never burned in a tank
3.3%
of Vienna Metropolitan Region's
annual city emissions
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Hidden pollutant
TFA: the forever chemical you haven't heard of.
Trifluoroacetic acid is an ultra-short-chain PFAS that forms as a breakdown product of synthetic refrigerants and accumulates in rainwater. Natural refrigerants don't break down into TFA.
Stage 1 · Emission
HFCs and HFOs leak from refrigeration systems.
Synthetic refrigerants escape over the lifetime of every system: installation, service, end-of-life. The leaks are small, but they add up across millions of installations worldwide.
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Growth
Cumulative avoided CO₂e emissions over the years.
EQUANS Kältetechnik has been ATMO Approved since 2023, now 2 consecutive years of independently verified impact.
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metric tons of CO₂e · GWP 20 years
0
metric tons of CO₂e · GWP 100 years
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Voices from the field
What operators say after a year on natural refrigerants.
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The company
EQUANS Kältetechnik: company profile.
Based in Lauterach, Austria, Equans Kältetechnik is part of Equans (a subsidiary of the Bouygues group), which also supports customers in electric, HVAC, mechanics and robotics, digital and IT, and facility management. Equans operates in key European markets (notably Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the U.K.) and is also positioned in the U.S. and Latin America.
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The ATMO Approved label is independently verified. Not self-declared, not marketing. If your equipment runs on CO₂, ammonia, hydrocarbons, or water, you may qualify.