Coldstore Engineering in New Zealand

This document consists a new set of guidelines for the New Zealand coldstore industry, released by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Coldstore Working Party, a partnership of IPENZ Technical Interest Groups, design engineering companies, coldstore operators, and government regulators working in the field of coldstores in New Zealand. The group’s aim was to write design guidelines in the form of a practice note, with a scope wide enough to cover economics, insurance, structure, insulation, refrigeration, electrical, operations and maintenance of a coldstore.

The document predicts increasing potential for hydrocarbons if synthetic refrigerants are subject to carbon trading or taxes, and a widespread use of propane as the primary refrigerant in secondary systems.