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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 OLAB SRL avoided over the lifetime of 2024's equipment.

Stage 1 · Scale check

1 metric ton of CO₂e is an 8-meter cube.

A petrol car emits roughly that much in six months.

In real-world terms

What it adds up to.

134k
homes / year
powered for a year on the same footprint
232k
petrol cars off the road
for one year of driving emissions avoided
4.0B
km not driven
distance equivalent never burned in a tank
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Hidden pollutant

TFA: the forever chemical you haven't heard of.

Trifluoroacetic acid is an ultra-short-chain PFAS that leaks from synthetic refrigerants and accumulates in rainwater. Natural-refrigerant systems leak zero.

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.

Refrigerant gas leaking from cooling equipment
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Growth

Cumulative avoided CO₂e emissions over the years.

OLAB SRL has been ATMO Approved since —.

0
metric tons of CO₂e · GWP 20 years
2025
0
metric tons of CO₂e · GWP 100 years
2024
2025
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Voices from the field

What operators say after a year on natural refrigerants.

Micael Antonsson
Senior Adviser
CCR
Performance

Yes

Micael Antonsson
Senior Adviser
CCR
Quality & Reliability

High Quality

Micael Antonsson
Senior Adviser
CCR
Safety

Yes

Micael Antonsson
Senior Adviser
CCR
Service

Yes

Micael Antonsson
Senior Adviser
CCR
Satisfaction

Yes, high quality products.

Micael Antonsson
Senior Adviser
CCR
Training

No.

Aleksej Pavšukov
CEO
REFRA
Performance

Yes, the manifold and all components going alongside this manifold is helping us to achieve faster assembly and leak free pressure safety chain.

Aleksej Pavšukov
CEO
REFRA
Quality & Reliability

Product is in use for 9 months so in this period there was no abnormalities.

Aleksej Pavšukov
CEO
REFRA
Safety

Yes, the product is created for fast assembly and provides a leak-free solution with PFAS-free gaskets.

Aleksej Pavšukov
CEO
REFRA
Service

Battista and Alberto are super motivated so doing always their best to deliver solutions. All projects are going within the deadlines

Aleksej Pavšukov
CEO
REFRA
Satisfaction

So far, the experience has been very positive - especially due to the strong drive and dedication of the team at OLAB.

Aleksej Pavšukov
CEO
REFRA
Training

Yes, we had full day product design session in Italy.

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The company

OLAB SRL: company profile.

Founded in 1988 by Cesare Bottura in Torbole Casaglia, Italy, OLAB S.r.l. is a family-run company renowned for its innovative contributions to sustainable CO₂ refrigeration across industrial, commercial, transport, and civil sectors. Every component is 100% made in-house in Italy, following sustainable, DEKRA 14001-certified processes.

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Become ATMO Approved

Does your company use natural refrigerants?

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.

Apply for the labelLearn how the process works