Petition · past parliament

Mandate doors on new supermarket fridges to reduce electricity use and emissions

Closed 101 signatures

What the petition asks

Require that all new fridges fitted in food retail locations have doors fitted (especially supermarkets with highest number of fridges) and give timeline for replacement or upgrade of all open-front fridges.
The food retail sector is responsible for approximately 3% of all electricity consumption and 1% of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and in-store refrigeration is responsible for around 50% of that consumption: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/197495/research-suggests-fridges-could-reducing-supermarket/

In-store refrigeration can be made 30%-50% more efficient by fitting fridge doors: https://eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/Chilling-Facts-VI1.pdf

This means fridge doors could save us around 0.6% of our total UK electricity requirement, and reduce UK GHG emissions.

Timeline

1 Feb 2023 Petition opened for signatures
1 Aug 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 101
Status Closed
Opened 1 Feb 2023
Closed 1 Aug 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.