Abstract
Supermarkets consume a relevant amount of predominantly electrical energy and still have a huge potential
for increasing energy efficiency.
TU Braunschweig and SINTEF Energy Research have been working on new concepts to reduce energy
consumption in supermarkets. Within the CREATIV project an energy benchmark tool for supermarkets,
called SuperSmart, is under development.
SuperSmart will enable the user to design and analyse supermarkets from an energetic point of view and
evaluate different design options. It addresses people with little previous knowledge in the field of
refrigeration technology and a so called design-assistant and a component database will assist the user
designing supermarkets with the tool.
The main concept of the tool, as well as the operational requirements, such as commercially available
products database creation, boundary conditions choice and definition of interfaces between models, will be
briefly described in this publication. Additionally, considerations regarding the simulation models will be
presented. Copyright © 2014 IIR/IIF. All rights reserved
for increasing energy efficiency.
TU Braunschweig and SINTEF Energy Research have been working on new concepts to reduce energy
consumption in supermarkets. Within the CREATIV project an energy benchmark tool for supermarkets,
called SuperSmart, is under development.
SuperSmart will enable the user to design and analyse supermarkets from an energetic point of view and
evaluate different design options. It addresses people with little previous knowledge in the field of
refrigeration technology and a so called design-assistant and a component database will assist the user
designing supermarkets with the tool.
The main concept of the tool, as well as the operational requirements, such as commercially available
products database creation, boundary conditions choice and definition of interfaces between models, will be
briefly described in this publication. Additionally, considerations regarding the simulation models will be
presented. Copyright © 2014 IIR/IIF. All rights reserved