9:00 – 9:30
Welcome and Registration
9:30 – 9:45
Opening Remarks – EBRD – Cool Up
9:45 – 10:15
Section 1:
-      Environmental Impact and Sustainability Assessment of Refrigeration Systems and Cold Storage
-      Energy efficiency in cold supply chains of the food Sector: An exploration of conditions and perceptions
10:15 – 11:15
Section 2: Storage of Fruits and Vegetables
-      Pre-cooling and storage requirements
-      Estimation of Cooling time
-      Types of cooling: Pre-cooling by ventilation methods, forced air-cooling, hydro-cooling, evaporative cooling, vacuum cooling,
-      Handling and storage for fruits and vegetables
11:15 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Section 3: Design, Operation, Maintenance, and Energy Conservation in Cold Storages
-      What is Industrial Refrigeration?
-      Preliminaries for the Estimation of Cooling Loads
-      Types of Air-Conditioning Systems for the Cold Storages
-      Thermal and Vapor Insulation Materials
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30
Section 4: Sustainability in the Agri-Food and Cold Storage
-      Assessment of Energy usages in food and beverage process including Cold Storage
-      Passive cooling and active cooling system
-      Why does energy efficiency in the agri-food chain matter?
-      Unleashing the energy efficiency potential of the food chain including cold storage
-      Selected energy efficiency options of the food chain
-      Various options to integrate RES in the energy supply of refrigeration systems for food storage facilities
15:30 – 16:30
Wrap-up, Q&A, and Post-training Feedback Questionnaire