Impact Assessment for Walk in Cold Rooms
Report for European Commission AEA/R/ED[Category] Issue Number 1.2c Date 9/12/2012
Impact Assessment for Walk in Cold Rooms
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Impact Assessment for Walk in cold rooms
Executive summary Market situation A ‘walk-in cold room’ is a refrigerated enclosure intended for the storage of chilled and/or frozen foodstuff or other perishable items, accessible via at least one door, and which is large enough to let somebody walk into it. The market can be segmented as in Table S1 and Figure S2. Above 400m3 are only major industrial installations. The estimates for stock are extrapolated to EU 27 from UK national estimates. Table S1. Segmentation of EU27 WICR market (based on 2009 data). Size of Estimated cold stock – room Chilled >5°C (% of units)
Estimated stock – Frozen
