Take a peak inside this ‘smart’ supermarket to find out how it became energy-self-sufficient

A supermarket in Nordborg, Denmark, is designed to optimise energy flow to save operational costs and to be climate-friendly.

A ‘Smart store’ system was set up in collaboration with a Danish engineering giant, Danfoss, and a Danish supermarket association, Brugsforeningen for Als and Sundeved (BALS).

At the back of the 750m2 shop is a 250m2 technology centre where gigantic machinery to control the temperatures of the supermarket can be seen through a glass window.

Danfoss says the shop functions as a "live" test centre for energy efficiency technology.

Shoppers can learn how the shop reuses energy through the glass and the facility allows engineers to experiment with an advanced compressor pack in a real environment.

“The beauty about this is that this is a real realistic test facility. There are not two stores that are the same because every day customers come in and some forget to close the close to cover… There are new foodstuffs put in,” Henry Steffensen, the director of strategic marketing at Danfoss Climate Solutions told Euronews Next. 

“So putting additional load on the refrigeration system and that's what makes it a realistic and a test facility for us”. 

Danfoss says the tech installed in this supermarket can help save operating costs while reducing food waste. Compared to a typical supermarket, this one is designed to be about 50 per cent more energy efficient.

Supermarkets produce and lose heat as they operate multiple refrigerators and cooling rooms.

Supermarket refrigerators use a closed-loop system with refrigerants that absorb heat from inside refrigerated display cases and transfer it through the condenser often located outside or on the building's roof.

Instead of venting this heat outside, this supermarket