Commercial, professional and domestic refrigeration equipment efficiency in the UK: current and future trends

Alan Foster; Judith Evans

doi:10.18462/iir.iccc2024.1003

Commercial, professional and domestic refrigeration equipment efficiency in the UK: current and future trends

Alan Foster, Judith Evans

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In the UK food cold-chain refrigeration accounted for 28.6 TWh/a of electrical energy consumption in 2019, of which 24.4 TWh was from commercial, professional and household refrigeration. Using the most recent UK projections of energy consumption for domestic, professional and commercial refrigeration, this work found that UK Government projections for domestic refrigeration are not realistic and should be adjusted to reflect that current UK sales of domestic refrigerators have higher energy consumptions than currently assumed. To drive energy improvements in professional refrigeration will require removing the 3 worst performing classes from energy labelling. Banning open fronted supermarket cabinets and/or removing the last 3 tiers of the energy label, would bring supermarket commercial refrigeration in line with current projections, but only if it happened immediately. For other commercial refrigeration equipment (beverage coolers and ice cream freezers) a more gradual approach of removing labels is suggested to be appropriate.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.iccc2024.1003
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2024
Event	8th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Duration: 9 Jun 2024 → 11 Jun 2024 https://iifiir.org/en/events/8th-iir-conference-on-sustainability-and-the-cold-chain

Conference

Conference	8th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	9/06/24 → 11/06/24
Other	Scheduled to take place on June 9-11, 2024, at Waseda University in Tokyo (Japan), the 8th IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain (ICCC 2024) will provide a unique opportunity for experts to exchange on important topical subjects such as decarbonising the grid, sustainable food and cold chains, reducing energy use, and utilising heat recovery, among others, as part of the solution to the challenges facing the industry.
Internet address	https://iifiir.org/en/events/8th-iir-conference-on-sustainability-and-the-cold-chain

Keywords

greenhouse gas emissions, equipment efficiency, commercial, domestic, professional

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Commercial, professional and domestic refrigeration equipment efficiency in the UK: current and future trends

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