Amazon is working with global consulting firm Effecterra and CIBSE experts to develop an addendum to the TM65 embodied carbon methodology for new commercial grocery refrigeration systems.
The global retailer, which owns the Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market grocery chains, is studying how CIBSE’s TM65 methodology, which quantifies and reduces embodied carbon in building services, can be applied to commercial refrigeration equipment and systems.
Development of the methodology for the addendum has already received approval from CIBSE’s Knowledge Management Committee technical council.
As the project moves into the data-collection phase, the team is seeking help from manufacturers and owners to gather the critical information needed to create baselines for materials and components that make up commercial refrigeration systems.
Amazon has previously supported the development of a TM65 addendum for logistics (TM65.3) and North America (TM65NA). See ‘Amazon’s Mission to measure more’, CIBSE Journal, May 2025. The new TM is due to be launched next year.
Please contact Tristam Coffin at tristam.coffin@effecterra.com to understand how you can support the programme.
