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Plan, specify and compare before you buy
Three practical, supplier-neutral guides for commercial and industrial cold-chain buyers. Start here, then test your figures in the free calculators or prepare an RFQ when you are ready.
Cold storage project planning: capacity, zones, throughput and site
A checklist and illustrative example for sizing rooms, separating temperature zones and preparing site data before quotes.
Read guideBid comparisonHow to compare industrial refrigeration bids
Normalise duty and scope, then compare energy use, lifecycle cost, controls and service scope with a worked example.
Read guideEquipment selectionChoosing cold-chain equipment for food and farm products
Product-to-equipment matrix, pre-cooling options and the questions to answer before requesting quotes.
Read guideFrom reading to a project decision
- Who this helps
- Commercial cold-storage owners, developers, food/pharma distribution and procurement teams.
- Decision supported
- Define product duty, site constraints and comparable scope before selecting equipment or requesting proposals.
- Review status
- A dated technical review is not recorded for every legacy guide. Confirm current product specifications and local requirements with the responsible specialists; no fresh review is implied.
- Free access
- Read, calculate and use checklists without an account, payment or lead submission. Requesting procurement support is optional.
Sizing, temperature and energy checklist
- Record product, packaging, incoming/target temperatures, humidity and permitted excursions from your product specification.
- Record peak stock, daily intake, dwell time, loading schedule and seasonal peaks from your own operating records.
- Confirm grid connection, usable site area, ambient conditions, water and transport interfaces.
- Use declared operating hours, load, tariff and system efficiency; preserve assumptions when comparing scenarios.
- Have the refrigeration engineer and responsible food/pharma quality lead verify the scope before equipment selection.
Destination, season & logistics checklist
A project evidence checklist, not a seasonal forecast. Complete it for each destination using dated operating records, product specifications and responsible local specialists.
- Destination & handoffs
- Record origin, destination, transport mode, loading/unloading points, planned transit and expected waiting time. Identify who monitors temperature and handles excursions at each handoff.
- Season & peak capacity
- Record actual peak months, daily intake, dispatch, dwell time and highest stock from dated records. Label forecasts separately; do not turn an annual national trade indicator into a monthly demand estimate.
- Temperature & energy duty
- Use the product's approved temperature range, incoming temperature, packaging and loading schedule. Record site ambient assumptions, door-opening frequency, power availability and tariff period for capacity and energy comparisons.
- Site & unresolved risks
- Confirm grid, water where required, vehicle access and dock interfaces. Record the evidence owner, source date and unresolved constraint; leave unknown inputs blank rather than presenting them as verified.
Related source material: FAO post-harvest handling manual for food handling context; existing distribution planning guide and site due diligence checklist. This checklist does not establish a food/pharma specification, legal approval or engineered capacity.
Reference library, not verification of every legacy claim: FAO post-harvest management · WHO pharmaceutical temperature mapping, May 2015 · Official regulatory sources. Calculators are preliminary scenarios, not engineering certification or guaranteed results.
Kühlhausbeschaffung steuern: Projektplan, Gantt und Gesamtkosten
Guide · Plan → Gantt → RFQ → Offers → Budget
Kältetechnik beschaffen: Von Spezifikation und Terminplan bis Vergabe und Abnahme
Playbook · Gates → Specification → Risk register → Scorecard → Delivery
Branchenleitfäden
GDP- und WHO-PQ-Lagerdesign: +2/+8 °C- und −20 °C-Zonen, N+1-Redundanz, 21-CFR-Part-11-Monitoring, Mapping und Validierung.
Read guideIQF-Tunnel, Schockfroster und −25 °C-Lager für Garnelen-, Lachs- und Weißfischexporteure — Durchsatz, Kältemittel und HACCP/BRCGS.
Read guideKühlkettendesign von Schlachtung bis Lager: Primärkühlung, Schockfrostung, Zerlegeraumklima, Halal-/EU-Trennung.
Read guideMulti-Temp-DCs für QSR, Retail und 3PL entwerfen: Zonen Umgebung/+2 °C/−18 °C/−25 °C, ASRS-Optionen und Energiestrategie.
Read guideVorkühlung mit Luft, Wasser, Vakuum und CA-Lagerung für Obst- und Gemüseexporteure — Nachernteverluste senken.
Read guideHafennahe Multi-Temp-Kühlhubs mit Reefer-Yards, Schockfrostern und DFI-Finanzierung für Seafood-, Obst- und Pharma-Exporteure.
Read guideBenchmarks für CAPEX pro Palette, kWh pro m³, Personalquoten und Kältemittel-TCO für Industriekühlhäuser — konkrete Hebel zur Senkung der Lebenszykluskosten um 15–30%.
Read guidePraktische kWh-Reduktionshebel für Kühlhäuser und Verarbeitungsanlagen: Gebäudehülle, FUs, Wärmerückgewinnung, thermische Speicher, PV und ISO 50001.
Read guideKältemittelwahl für Neubau und Retrofit: F-Gas-Verordnung, Kigali-Abbau, Naturkältemittel (NH₃, CO₂, R290) vs HFO-Gemische — TCO und Sicherheit.
Read guideWie Sie ein RFQ formulieren, das vergleichbare Angebote von Kälte-EPCs liefert: Scope, Temperatur, Durchsatz, Garantien, Pönalen und Incoterms.
Read guideEin revisionssicheres Temperaturüberwachungssystem entwerfen: Sensordichte, Kalibrierung, Audit-Trail, 21 CFR Part 11, HACCP-CCPs, IoT-Gateways und Alarmeskalation.
Read guideFinanzierungsstrukturen für Kühlketten-CAPEX: DFI/ECA-Linien, Leasing, EaaS, grüne Kredite, IFC/EIB/AfDB-Programme und Blended Finance.
Read guideLänderleitfäden
Kühlketten-Kaufleitfaden Nigeria: Nachernteverluste, DFI-Finanzierung, Netzengpässe, Solar-Hybrid-Architekturen und Exportkorridore.
Read guideKenia Kühlkettenleitfaden: Hortikultur-Exporte, Mombasa-Reefer-Terminal, GCF-Finanzierung und netzunabhängige Solar-Kühlräume.
Read guideMarokko-Leitfaden: Zitrus-/Beeren-/Seafood-Exporte in die EU, Häfen Agadir & Tanger-Med, Grüner Marokko-Plan und NH₃/CO₂-Hubs.
Read guideVAE-Leitfaden: Pharma-Reexport-Hub, Freizonen Jebel Ali/DAFZA, Auslegung für 50 °C, MOHAP-GDP-Validierung und Ernährungssicherheit.
Read guideSaudi-Arabien-Leitfaden: Vision 2030, Mega-DCs Riyadh/NEOM, SFDA-Validierung, Ramadan-Spitzen und Solar-Hybride.
Read guideIndien-Leitfaden: Pharma (WHO PQ), Fischerei-Exportkorridore, NHB/APEDA-Zuschüsse, MOFPI-Foodparks und Impfstoff-ULT.
Read guideBrasilien-Leitfaden: Fleisch-Mega-Exporte, NH₃-Dominanz, BNDES/Finep-Finanzierung, Frucht-Exporte, Hafenterminals Santos & Paranaguá.
Read guideVietnam-Leitfaden: Seafood-Mega-Exporte, EVFTA-Vorteile, JICA/ADB-Finanzierung, Hafeninfrastruktur, NH₃/CO₂-Umstellung.
Read guideSpanien-Kühlkette: Mercabarna/Mercamadrid-Hubs, Obst-/Gemüseexporte Murcia/Almería, Reefer-Häfen Algeciras/Valencia, F-Gas- und PV-getriebene Umstellung auf NH₃/CO₂.
Read guideMexiko-Kühlkette: USMCA-getriebene Beeren-/Avocado-/Rindfleischexporte, Nearshoring-3PL-Boom Bajío/Monterrey.
Read guideChile-Kühlkette: Lachs (Puerto Montt), Kirschen-/Heidelbeer-/Tafeltraubenexporte, Reefer-Häfen Valparaíso/San Antonio.
Read guideFrankreich-Kühlkette: nationale und regionale Kühllogistik-3PL, Rungis-Hub, Reefer-Häfen Le Havre/Marseille-Fos/Dunkerque, F-Gas-getriebene Umstellung auf NH₃/CO₂ und CEE-Förderung.
Read guideEin RFQ senden, vorqualifizierte Angebote geprüfter Kälte-EPCs erhalten.