Quick diagnostic
HUF 135,000 + VAT
list price: HUF 190,000 and up + VAT
- Exterior and interior thermal imaging
- Annotated thermal image catalogue
- A–B–C findings list with HUF/season estimates
- 10–15 page PDF, 45-minute walkthrough
Cold store · fruit storage
Cold store: how much does your compressor work for nothing?
Every gap, weak door seal and panel joint lets heat into the cooled space, and the compressor has to take it out again. A thermal camera shows where heat gets in, where ice forms, and what to repair to cut cooling cost and keep the temperature stable.
Illustrative example – not real measurement data.
01 / The situation
Where does cooling turn into loss?
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Doors and loading vestibule
Weak door seals and a door left open let in heat and moisture, which ends up as ice.
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Panel joints
Joints, corners and connections of the sandwich panels are the biggest leakage points of a cold store. Moisture in a panel further damages its insulation.
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Plant room and evaporator
Compressor running time shows the sum of the losses. Uninsulated pipes, faulty defrost and a dirty condenser add to it separately.
02 / What we typically find
What we typically find
Typical items in this type of facility. Which of them exist in your building is what the survey shows: we do not promise defects.
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Door seals, door frames
Worn seals, doors that do not close properly, warm-cold streaks around the door.
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Panel joints, corners
Leaking or soaked panel joints where outside heat gets in.
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Ice and frost
Ice forming under the door, at the floor or along panels marks the leak location.
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Floor, underfloor heating
Condition of the anti-frost floor heating and of thresholds.
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Evaporator, defrost
Observations on fans, defrost heaters and evaporator pipes.
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Plant room, condenser, cabinets
Heating up of the compressor, condenser, pipework and electrical cabinets.
03 / Worked example
What can an item like this be worth? Example, October 2026 prices
The example: Warehouse / logistics hall. 60 x 40 m, 9 m high, sandwich-panel walls and roof (older, U ~ 0.35), 16 C, gas radiant-tube heating, 4 dock doors + 2 sectional doors, Nyiregyhaza area. Medium case: 3 dock seals faulty, 2 sectional doors with worn seals, 35 m of failed wall-panel joint, 35 m2 wet roof insulation, 45 m eaves / slab-edge thermal-bridge run.
- Estimated loss per season, medium case
- 620,000 HUF
- Cost of fixing all items
- 2,700,000 HUF
- Payback if only the quick (A) items are fixed
- 7 mo
- Survey price at the pilot rate, + VAT
- 275,000 HUF
Prio.ItemLossFixPayback
A Wall-panel joints open (35 m x 2 mm) ≈ HUF 270,000/season ≈ HUF 160,000 ≈7 mo
B Sectional door 1: worn perimeter seals (17 m x 8 mm) ≈ HUF 43,000/season ≈ HUF 90,000 ≈25 mo
B Sectional door 2: worn perimeter seals (17 m x 8 mm) ≈ HUF 43,000/season ≈ HUF 90,000 ≈25 mo
B Wet roof insulation (35 m2) ≈ HUF 190,000/season ≈ HUF 770,000 ≈50 mo
Heating cost of the fault-free baseline: ≈ HUF 7,500,000/season; the defects of the medium case add 7.6%.
Energy price basis: Hungarian business gas, net, 9 October 2026: central 40.4 Ft/kWh, range 32.1–56.9 Ft/kWh. The forward curve implies lower prices in the following years.
Estimate – not a guarantee. Figures are model-based and actual values may differ.
04 / Pilot offer
For the first 10 facilities: pilot prices for the 2026/27 heating season
3D package
HUF 275,000 + VAT
list price: HUF 390,000 and up + VAT
- Everything in the Quick diagnostic
- Interactive 3D heat map in your browser
- Loss breakdown per building element
- Action plan with payback, 60-minute meeting
Limited to the first 10 facilities. Quick diagnostic up to 2,000 m², 3D package up to 2,500 m²; travel within 80 km (free up to 40 km). Orders by 31 January 2027, surveys by 31 March 2027, weather permitting.
Our recommendation
What fits a cold store?
The Quick diagnostic with the cold-room module: doors and panel joints of the cooled rooms, the plant room and the loading vestibule. For larger, multi-chamber sites the 3D package or a tailored quote.
- Cold-room module: HUF 45,000 + VAT per room, up to 300 m²
- Electrical cabinet screening: HUF 12,000 per cabinet with a package
What we ask in return
- Written consent to an anonymised case study (sector, size band, region; no name, logo or address). You approve the final text.
- A 30-minute feedback interview, and a follow-up call after six months on which fixes were done.
Same scope and quality as a list-price order. The price does not depend on what you say in the feedback.
05 / How it works
Three steps from quote to fix list
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Step 1: Briefing and quote
We ask about size, heating or cooling system and energy price. You get a fixed written quote.
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Step 2: Night-time survey
We also survey cold stores in summer, when it is warm outside and cold inside. The temperature difference is then large and leaks show well. We do not stop operations.
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Step 3: Report and walkthrough
PDF report: for each item the location, likely cause, estimated loss with a range, fix suggestion and priority. Raw files and a walkthrough.
06 / Common questions
What people usually ask
When is the best time to survey a cold store?
In summer, on warm days, or before the loading season. That is when the outside–inside temperature difference is largest.
Do we have to interrupt storage?
No. Produce stays where it is. We enter the chambers briefly and use the doors in the usual way.
What does ice show on a thermal image?
Ice and frost mean humid air is getting in there. The image shows the source gap; we agree the exact repair on site.
07 / Honest limits
What we do not do
- We do not assess refrigeration plant efficiency or the condition of stored produce.
- We estimate the loss of the cooled space with an electricity price; accuracy depends on data from the refrigeration system.
- Savings materialise only after the fixes are done; we do not guarantee them.
08 / Get a quote
Request a quote for this type of facility
Tell us the type, location and approximate size of the facility. We reply by the next working day at the latest. The request is for business purposes: we serve companies and organisations.