Launch of guides to Emissions‑Reducing Technologies

The Institute of Refrigeration’s Environmental Committee has published the first in a new series of Technology Briefs on the topic of Heat Recovery. This series of free resources is designed to provide an overview of technologies that will support sector decarbonisation that were highlighted by the TICR Project (Transport Industrial and Commercial Refrigeration).

Chris Griffiths MInstR, Chair of the IOR Environmental Committee, noted: “This technology brief looks to provide a clear introduction to implementing heat recovery, helping members understand and apply it effectively to support decarbonisation and communicate its benefits to customers. The Environmental Committee is working hard on multiple technology briefs, with topics including door retrofits for open-fronted cabinets, and demand-side response nearing completion and due to be published in the coming months.”

The publications are intended for a broad audience, including end‑users, designers, consultants, installers, and service and maintenance engineers.

The TICR Project technology recommendations were based on a series of real-world site investigations and modelling of carbon emissions across the various sectors.  The project then ranked the top ten technologies for emissions reduction in each sector. One of the key findings of these surveys was that there is often a missed opportunity to make use of waste heat. The TICR Commercial Refrigeration Guide stated that “Rejecting heat outside was the norm whilst at the same time other parts of the store were being heated with gas and electricity. Sites were literally throwing useable waste heat away.”  The TICR project estimates a significant potential energy saving per year by wider adoption of waste heat recovery in the commercial sector alone.

The IOR Environmental Committee Technology Brief on Heat Recovery is available at https://ior.org.uk/technical/rachp-publications

To learn more about the TICR project and the Guides for Equipment Owners to Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration see www.netzerorefrigeration.uk