Certified energy consultant for increasednumber of retail grocery stores with low energy use, safe operation and low environmental impact
2018 (English)In: Refrigeration Science and Technology, 2018, p. 376-384Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This paper describes the framework for a proposed certification for energy consultants targeting the grocery sector, i.e. supermarkets. Thecertificationshould cover necessary knowledge and requirements, with the overall aim of increasing energy efficiency and reducing related costs for the store at the system level. Within the retail sector, supermarkets are the most energy-intensive buildings. Buildings intended for food sector applications need to be of a special design, with requirements that differ from other premises. Half of the electricity used is employed to keep food cold. However, energy efficiency can be improved through efficient equipment and increased knowledge, sometimes by 30-50% or more. This paper presents different skills and requirements needed by a certified energy consultant, CEC, working with energy efficiency in supermarket, from the retailer's perspective. Thus, the specifications can be used to further develop the certification area; energy consulting for supermarkets and good practice approaches targeting this area.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. p. 376-384
Keywords [en]
Certification, Commercial, Energy, Energy efficiency, Refrigeration, Retail grocery store, Chains, Commercial refrigeration, Costs, Environmental impact, IIR filters, Retail stores, Sales, Sustainable development, Good practices, Grocery sector, Grocery stores, Safe operation, System levels
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-34479DOI: 10.18462/iir.iccc.2018.0049Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85046272801ISBN: 9782362150241 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-34479DiVA, id: diva2:1237705
Conference
5th IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain, ICCC 2018, 6 April 2018 through 8 April 2018
Note
Funding details: Energimyndigheten;
2018-08-092018-08-092020-01-22Bibliographically approved