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Eco friendly operation and maintenance of supermarkets.

• Author(s) : SUPERSMART
• Publication date: 2019
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Supermarket, Maintenance, Ecology
• Formats : PDF

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How to build a new eco-friendly supermarket.

• Author(s) : SUPERSMART
• Publication date: 2019
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Supermarket, Energy saving
• Formats : PDF

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Thematic file: Integrated CO2 solutions for supermarkets.

• Author(s) : HAFNER A., NEKSÅ P.
• Publication date: 2018/06/18
• Languages : English
• Keywords : CO2, R744, Supermarket, Commercial application
• Formats : PowerPoint

IIR document

Integrated CO2 solutions for supermarkets.

• Author(s) : HAFNER A., NEKSÅ P.
• Publication date: 2018/06/18
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Commercial application, R744, Review, Supermarket, Energy saving, CO2
• Source: 13^th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2018). Proceedings. Valencia, Spain, June 18-20th 2018.
• Formats : PDF

Supermercati ad alta efficienza.

High-efficiency supermarkets.

• Author(s) : FERRARESE T., BAGARELLA G.
• Publication date: 2013
• Languages : Italian
• Keywords : TEWI, Supermarket, Model, Energy saving, Refrigerant charge
• Source: Industria & Formazione - vol. 37 - n. 370
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Failures of refrigeration systems in supermarkets.

• Author(s) : LARSSON K., ROLFSMAN L.
• Publication date: 2013/04/02
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Refrigerating system, Economy, Temperature, Monitoring, Supermarket, Failure, Survey, Compressor
• Source: 2^nd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Paris, France, April 2-4, 2013.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Integrated CO2 solutions for supermarkets.

• Author(s) : HAFNER A., NEKSÅ P.
• Publication date: 2018/06/18
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Technology, Commercial application, R744, Review, Supermarket, Energy saving, CO2
• Source: 13^th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2018). Proceedings. Valencia, Spain, June 18-20th 2018.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Performance indicators for energy efficient supermarket buildings.

• Author(s) : SLUIS S. van der, LINDBERG U., LANE A-L., et al.
• Publication date: 2015/08/16
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Building, Cooling, Supermarket, Performance, Netherlands, Energy efficiency, Heating
• Source: Proceedings of the 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Yokohama, Japan, August 16-22, 2015.
• Formats : PDF

Transcritical CO2 supermarket refrigeration.

• Author(s) : WEBER C., HORNING H.
• Publication date: 2015/10
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Refrigerating system, R744, Supermarket, Case study, USA, Energy efficiency, Transcritical cycle, Refrigerant, CO2, Climate
• Source: ASHRAE Journal - vol. 57 - n. 10

Supermarket energy use in the UK

• Author(s) : KOLOKOTRONI M., MYLONA Z., EVANS J., FOSTER A., LIDDIARD R.
• Publication date: 2019/03
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Supermarket, Energy consumption, United Kingdom, Modelling
• Source: Energy Procedia - vol. 161
• Formats : PDF

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Eco-friendly supermarkets - an overview.

• Author(s) : SUPERSMART
• Publication date: 2019
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Supermarket, Display cabinet, Energy saving, Europe, Case study
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Eco-efficiency comparison of supermarket architectures.

• Author(s) : ACHAICHIA N., WISNIK P., KEBBY R.
• Publication date: 2018/09
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Commercial application, Architecture, Supermarket, Simulation, HFO, Environment, Energy efficiency, Cost
• Source: 1^st IIR international conference on the application of HFO refrigerants, Birmingham, September 2-5 2018.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Eco-efficiency comparison of supermarket architectures.

• Author(s) : ACHAICHIA N., WISNIK P., KEBBY R.
• Publication date: 2018/09
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Commercial application, Architecture, Supermarket, Simulation, HFO, Environment, Energy efficiency, Cost
• Source: 1^st IIR international conference on the application of HFO refrigerants, Birmingham, September 2-5 2018.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Plant-wide dynamic and static optimisation of supermarket refrigeration systems.

• Author(s) : GREEN T., IZADI-ZAMANABADI R., RAZAVI-FAR R., et al.
• Publication date: 2014/02
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Refrigerating system, Supermarket, Performance, Optimization, Control (generic)
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 38
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Carbon reduction opportunities for supermarkets.

• Author(s) : EVANS J. A., MAIDMENT G. G., BROWN T., et al.
• Publication date: 2016/04/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Technology, Energy consumption, Reduction, Supermarket, Modelling, Carbon footprint, Leakage
• Source: 4^th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Auckland, New Zealand, April 7-9, 2016.
• Formats : PDF

CO2 Supermarkets

The journal Die Kälte und Klimatechnik has just produced an article on the opening of a supermarket using refrigeration installations for the first time running on direct expansion CO2 with both medium and low temperatures in Wettingen,...

• Publication date : 2005/10/26

CO2 supermarkets: Tesco

Designed as Tesco's first zero-carbon store, the new store at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, UK, is completely HFC-free. The supermarket is hence using natural refrigerants CO2 and hydrocarbons throughout its refrigerators, freezers, heating, ventilation...

• Publication date : 2010/05/27

CO2 supermarkets: CAREL

CAREL and the French hypermarket chain Carrefour have joined forces to develop the first subcritical CO2 plant in a supermarket in Turkey. The Istanbul installation uses a cascade system that supplies the low-temperature units with R744. To...

• Publication date : 2010/05/27

CO2 supermarkets: Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury's has doubled the size of its supermarket in Durham, UK, and has cut energy consumption by 10%. The store will be "carbon negative" thanks to a number or technologies including ground-breaking CO2 refrigeration technology and on-site...

• Publication date : 2010/05/27

Supermarket news

Tesco ( Thailand ) has almost completed a 5-year £18-million programme to replace all CFCs and HCFCs used in its stores and is replacing refrigerating equipment with highly energy-efficient systems. Energy consumption has dropped 30%, this being...

• Publication date : 2005/06/14

Briefs: US supermarkets: CO2 gains ground

Being already largely used in Europe, CO2 refrigeration systems might see important development in North American supermarkets. The medium-size retail chain Price Chopper Supermarkets has installed a cascade system using CO2 in the low-temperature...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

French supermarkets turn to ice slurries

- Carrefour 's Collégien, France, hypermarket is using indirect refrigeration for over 6100 m 2 out of a total 15 000 m 2 surface area: CO 2 (in a 4-loop system) for temperatures below 0°C (refrigerating capacity: 232 kW) and ice slurries...

• Publication date : 2005/02/11

Briefs: Britain’s greenest supermarket?

Tesco has opened its flagship environmental store in Wick in northern Scotland. The 4600 m2 store is expected to produce 50% less carbon emissions than a conventional supermarket of comparable size. Besides using wind turbines, solar cells and...

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

Briefs: UK supermarkets get poor HFC marks

The Environmental Investigation Agency recently published a survey revealing that UK supermarkets failed to meet their 2007 promises to replace HFCs in their retail refrigeration systems, as only 14 out of over 6000 supermarkets had switched to...

• Publication date : 2009/05/18

CO2 is gaining ground in North-American supermarkets

In Canada, according to the shecco “GUIDE 2013: Natural Refrigerants - Market Growth for North America,”over 65 food-retail stores use or have made a purchase order for CO2 secondary, cascade, or transcritical refrigeration systems. CO2 is also...

• Publication date : 2013/08/26

239 UK supermarkets are now using natural refrigerants

In its Chilling Facts latest report, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found that, in UK, 239 stores are now using natural refrigerants – mainly CO2 and hydrocarbons – up from 46 last year and 14 three years ago. EIA surveyed...

• Publication date : 2011/08/16

ICR2011 highlights: a refrigeration road map for supermarkets

A road map developed by a team from London South Bank University, Faculty of Engineering, Science and the Built Environment introduces the main saving opportunities for refrigeration in the retail sector

• Publication date : 2011/12/13

High efficiency, low carbon supermarket refrigeration

This paper was presented at the IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference in Glasgow (Sep. 2004). A new but simple high efficiency refrigeration system design suitable for use in supermarkets has been developed based on standard components so that...

• Publication date : 2004/11/24

Minimizing emissions in 3 Australian supermarkets by using R-290

AIRAH (Australian Institute for Refrigeration Air-conditioning and Heating) has published a case study on 3 Aldi supermarkets in Australia that are minimizing greenhouse gas emissions by using R-290 (propane) chest freezers in their retail frozen...

• Publication date : 2011/06/15

Briefs: Swiss supermarket chain COOP chooses CO2

COOP has implemented CO2 as refrigerant of choice for low-and medium-temperature applications and aims at becoming CO2 neutral by 2023. The first supermarket has been equipped with a CO2 booster system engineered by Frigo-Consulting AG. A central...

• Publication date : 2009/12/09

New IIR Informatory Note: Advancements in Supermarket Refrigeration

Download your copy of the latest IIR Informatory Note on “Advancements in Supermarket Refrigeration”

• Publication date : 2018/04/04

Workshop on Supermarkets during the 5th IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain

The workshop had the aim of presenting recent findings by the UK EUED joint project on supermarkets, the SuperSmart project and the HPT Annex44 project.

• Publication date : 2018/04/19

An article from the IJR on the state of the art of CO2

An article published by NTNU and SINTEF in the International Journal of Refrigeration summarises several researches on current and future "CO2 only" solutions for supermarket applications.

• Publication date : 2018/10/18

Member news: Latest news from Danfoss

Danfoss is improving its range of electric expansion valves and has started construction of an energy-efficient supermarket. 

• Publication date : 2022/04/29

News from IIR members: Alfa Laval

Two major Belgian supermarket chains have recently ordered Alfa Laval's air gas coolers, and three of them have already been installed. Both supermarkets were specifically searching for cooling systems compatible with CO2 to reduce their energy...

• Publication date : 2013/02/22

Member news : Danfoss launches thermostatic expansion valve for CO2

Danfoss has recently launched a thermostatic expansion valve for CO2, based on its TE2 valve. It is suitable for small to medium size remote refrigeration systems such as cold rooms and display...

• Publication date : 2022/10/27

Available - New IIR publication: Technological options for retail refrigeration

Written by several experts from the acclaimed London South Bank University (UK), the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is proud to present the “Technological options for retail refrigeration”.

• Publication date : 2018/11/22

The IIR worldwide

Focus on the latest IIR interventions around the world.

• Publication date : 2018/12/27
• Subjects: General information

IIR partner in INDEE+

The IIR takes part of the project INDEE+ which aims to support the Indian refrigeration and Air Conditioning sector in the transition towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly...

• Publication date : 2021/05/31
• Subjects: Developing country

EU project SuperSmart comes to a close: What have we learnt?

Funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, the EU SuperSmart project was launched in February 2016 and recently came to an end. Want to know how to reduce energy consumption in the food retail sector?… SuperSmart...

• Publication date : 2019/02/25

International events: GL2008

The 8th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2008) was held in Copenhagen on September 7-10, 2008. The event attracted 397 participants from 32 countries. The initial conferences in the series tended to attract participants...

• Publication date : 2008/10/25

The Norwegian Royal Ambassy visit to INDEE+ educational unit in IIT Madras

To acknowledge the efforts of INDEE+, the Norwegian Ambassador Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Arvind Gopinath (Honorary Consul), Ms. Marit Marie Strand (Advisor), Mr. Vivek (Senior Advisor) and other team members...

• Publication date : 2022/09/28

Brief: UK Institute of Refrigeration

The UK Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) held in November its annual conference entitled "The future of cooling - opportunities and threats". Topics covered: LCCP in supermarket refrigeration systems; environmentally acceptable cooling; the EU's...

• Publication date : 2006/01/28

News from IIR members: Tecumseh’s new quiet range

According to the French health authorities (DDASS), over 50% of complaints concerning air-cooled condensing units used in commercial refrigeration are noise-related. Tecumseh has developed a range of 45 Silensys® condensing unit models that have...

• Publication date : 2009/02/24

Conference reports: Sydney

The 9th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids was held in Sydney, Australia, on April 12-14, 2010. Almost 200 participants from 28 countries were able to gain an insight into this increasingly mature technology. The proceedings...

• Publication date : 2011/02/04