Nov 19, 2007 12:00 PM, By MICHAEL GARRY

Washington — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will officially launch the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership next week as it hopes to build on a growing relationship with the food retail industry aimed at curbing the effect of commercial refrigeration on the environment.

The GreenChill program, in which food retailers as well as refrigeration equipment and refrigerant manufacturers voluntarily provide data on refrigeration practices to the EPA in return for data analysis and consulting help, was informally unveiled at the Food Marketing Institute Energy & Technical Services Conference in September 2006. But it will be given an official stamp on Nov. 27, with the hope of driving further participation from food retailers, said Julius Banks, the EPA's acting branch chief, Alternatives and Emissions Reduction Branch.

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