2. Environmental Responsibility

Concern about the environment as it relates to trailers largely deals with controlling emissions and fluorocarbon discharge into the air. For example, reefers from Carrier and others run on non-ozone depleting refrigerant called R4048.

Meanwhile, Thermo King has introduced new technologies and system enhancements in recent years to address environmental responsibility. Examples include EMI 3000 extended maintenance interval, which reduces the amount of disposable waste products such as used engine oil, filters and engine coolant, with the added advantage of lowering the maintenance costs.

Another example of environmental responsibility is the availability of electric standby systems for its truck and trailer refrigeration units. Electronic standby allows the operation of refrigeration units on electric power and eliminates all diesel emissions when units are stationary, such as during loading at distribution centers. Operators have the option to operate on either electric or diesel power to minimize emissions, lower operating costs, and reduce noise.

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