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Sep 28

2026

FMI Energy & Store Development Conference | The Retailer Exchange

We invite you to engage with us at the FMI Energy & Store Development (ESD) Conference 2026, the only event in North America covering food retail energy, refrigeration, sustainability and store development.

Orlando, FL

Sep 28 - Sep 30, 2026

No matter the size of your store footprint, our Solstice® technology offers you the right refrigerant for low and medium applications for new systems and retrofits, including supermarket systems, condensing units, stand-alone refrigerators, and high side of cascade.

Connect with us at FMI ESD in Orlando to explore which Solstice refrigerant is right for your commercial refrigeration system.

JOIN US AT THE RETAILER EXCHANGE

Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Sept. 29  |  3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Solstice Advanced Materials has vast domain expertise with a wide installed base of low GWP refrigerants dating back more than a decade. Our refrigerants team is here to provide technical support at every stage in the installation and maintenance process.

Connect with us at the Retailer Exchange to learn more about our A2L portfolio.

ATTEND OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Tuesday, September 29 | 1:00 pm

Refrigeration Breakout: A Case Study on Implementing A2L Refrigerants at Walgreens

Discover how modern store cooling has been adopted by industry peers.

Featuring Nitin Karwa, Principal R&D Engineer

As food retailers evaluate the next generation of lower-GWP refrigeration solutions, real-world pilots can provide valuable insight into performance, implementation and scalability. Learn about the next-generation A2L refrigeration in a Walgreens retail environment.

Wednesday, September 30 | 11:00 a.m.

A2L Refrigerants in Food Retail: Navigating through Codes to Proven Economics, Safer Engineering, and Scalable Deployment

Featuring Susanna Hanson, Principal Engineer, Solstice Advanced Materials

Join the panel discussion as we explore how A2L refrigerants can help food retailers balance regulatory requirements, system performance, safety and economics—while creating a path to scalable deployment across diverse store architectures.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

Nitin Karwa, Principal R&D Engineer at Solstice Advanced Materials

Nitin Karwa

Principal R&D Engineer

Nitin Karwa has more than 10 years of experience working on applied R&D projects in the areas of electronics cooling, refrigeration and solar thermal utilization. His current work is focused on the development of cooling solutions for high power electronics using ultra-low GWP HFO fluids. Nitin earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in heat transfer from Technical University Darmstadt in Germany. He has worked as Research Fellow at universities in Germany and Australia.

Susanna Hanson, Principal Engineer at Solstice Advanced Materials

Susanna Hanson

Principal Engineer

Susanna Hanson is principal engineer for Solstice, where she is focused on codes and standards to enable the safe use of fluorine products, in HVACR and other applications.

She has 30 years of experience in the HVAC industry, in technical roles with broadly diverse responsibilities. She served ASHRAE Standards committee as chair and ex officio and as Director and Chair of Region VI. She is a consultant on the ASHRAE 90.1 energy standard, a member of the ASHRAE 15 refrigeration safety standard and on the team developing a transport refrigeration safety standard. She is on the U.S. National Committee for IEC 61C, which writes the international product safety standards for HVAC equipment, as well as the committee developing its US and Canada deviations for UL.

Susanna holds eleven patents in the areas of HVAC system design and control for chilled-water systems with thermal storage and geothermal features.