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Energy architecture for retail & logistics (store networks, cold stores, charging infrastructure)

Retail and logistics operate many sites with a similar, highly predictable profile — refrigeration, lighting, HVAC and a growing fleet-charging infrastructure at depots. The greatest lever is often not the single site but the repeatable architecture across the whole portfolio.

The typical load profile

Cold stores with a high, thermally sluggish base load; stores with day-dependent consumption; logistics depots with hard charging peaks when the fleet charges overnight. Cooling load is a natural thermal store — a lever that is often overlooked.

The architecture question

Which standard architecture fits many sites? Does storage buffer depot charging instead of a grid reinforcement? Can cooling load be used as flexibility? EXAIOS makes the sizing repeatable instead of expensively bespoke.

What EXAIOS computes

More than 6 million sites across Europe are pre-analysed. EXAIOS evaluates PV, storage, charge control and cooling flexibility together and delivers a dominant architecture per site — scalable across the portfolio.

The result

Per site and across the portfolio: IRR, NPV, DSCR, p10 — plus the sites where nothing pays off (NO-GO). A free first indication for your site.

Example result — your case, computed live

EXAIOS returns the decisive figures for every site:

IRRNPVDSCRp10

We publish no invented numbers. Compute your real site in minutes — the first indication is free.

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Frequently asked questions

Does one uniform architecture across many stores pay off?

Usually yes — repeatability cuts planning and procurement cost sharply. EXAIOS identifies the dominant standard architecture and the sites that deviate from it.

Can cooling load act as storage?

Yes, thermally: pre-cooling in cheap hours shifts load without a battery. EXAIOS prices that flexibility in.

How should I handle depot charging infrastructure?

A battery often buffers charging peaks more cheaply than a grid reinforcement. EXAIOS computes both options against each other.