Objective The total EU stock of beverage coolers is currently 6.3 million, which is nearly 50% of the total number of commercial display refrigerators in use. So far commercial refrigerators have remained outside EC legislation. However, this is likely to change as it is now generally accepted that commercial refrigerators offer significant potential for energy savings. A recent working document for the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive outlines several legislative options that will encourage and mandate significant energy efficiency improvements for beverage coolers. Compared to similar sized domestic refrigerators, the energy consumption of commercial beverage coolers can be over 3 times higher, even after allowing for increased heat loads, due to use of glass doors, for example. This is the result of a combination of factors such as: i) lack of legislation and standardization; ii) user requirements in relation to pull down (cooling rate of products within a set time frame), which means that the refrigeration system of most coolers is significantly oversized; iii) the fact that the large majority of equipment owners do not operate the beverage coolers and hence do not pay for operating cost. This means that cost and design are the most important drivers and not efficiency. We aim to overcome these barriers by development of unique technology that makes effective use of phase change materials (PCM) within beverage coolers. This will allow downsizing of the cooling system, thereby significantly increasing energy efficiency. It is our aim to achieve a 75% saving compared to a base case cooler. The market opportunity will be worth at least €700 million per annum in Europe alone. In order to exploit our development we will introduce a radically new business model that will allow equipment owners and users to share the benefits of energy savings. This will motivate equipment owners to make the additional investment required for more energy efficient equipment Fields of science engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator NEW WAVE INNOVATION LIMITED Address High street 1 evington LE5 6FH Leicester United Kingdom See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roger Poeth (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SATURN ENGINEERING LIMITED Bulgaria EU contribution € 175 194,00 Address Tsvetan lazarov blvd 152 1582 Sofia See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Spas Spasov (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FRIGOCON INDUSTRIA DE FRIO E CONGELACAO SA Portugal EU contribution € 232 203,00 Address Rua das calcadas 568 4480 492 Touguinha See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paula Gonçalves (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data AFM BVBA Belgium EU contribution € 243 538,00 Address Singel 4 a 2550 Kontich See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Koen De Bie (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data Re/gent B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 27 600,00 Address Lagedijk 22 5705BZ Helmond See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Martien Janssen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data BAYERISCHES ZENTRUM FUR ANGEWANDTEENERGIEFORSCHUNG ZAE EV Germany EU contribution € 19 453,00 Address Magdalene schoch strasse 3 97074 Wurzburg See on map Region Bayern Unterfranken Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Harald Mehling (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V Netherlands EU contribution € 32 370,00 Address Tweede weteringplantsoen 21 1017 ZD Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Harold Vlooswijk (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data
