Refrigeration

Cold truths about hot water Meat production company targets high refrigeration and hot water costs A new heat exchanger channels waste heat from freezers towards the factory's hot water needs Ballon Meats, a family-run company, has been producing various types of meats of the highest quality from...

Mini market, maxi savings Small businesses are always looking for ways to cut running costs Modern refrigeration and freezer units help one store save about € 2 000 a month on its energy bill Goldenacre Mini Market is a convenience store located in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its best-selling items are...

Food and product display cases are integral features of the customer browsing experience and vital to maintaining product quality, especially cooled displays and refrigeration cases. Little-known but effective display case practices can help shops and handlers save on energy and improve overall...

Energy saving does not need to be expensive. Up to 20 % can be cut in many refrigeration plants through actions that require little or no investment. The actions should be focused on good housekeeping, maintenance, and control. Housekeeping rules Set the optimal temperature to achieve the standard...

Great recovery! Making the case for investing in chillers with heat recovery potential Payback can be as fast as two years Refrigeration systems cannot make heat disappear – they just move it from one place to another. It is possible to recover some or all of this heat for useful heating of air or...

When design, business, engineering and the environment all come together A tenancy change presents an opportunity to retrofit a slaughterhouse, making it more efficient and safer Measures generate energy savings of 52 % (gas) and 20 % (electricity) and cost-savings of € 77 000 a year When the...

Freezer rooms, cold rooms, and controlled ambient stores represent a considerable financial investment and should, with proper maintenance, last for 20 or 30 years. Damage and degradation to freezing and cooling equipment can result in poor performance and increasded running costs. Common problems...

Refrigeration is a process of mechanically cooling or reducing the temperature of a space, product or process. In some industries, such as chemical producers or the food and drink sector, refrigeration accounts for a significant proportion of overall energy costs. Against these costs, even a small...

Lessons for all plants with cooling rooms A German meat-processing plant installed an interconnected refigeration system to reduce energy costs Yearly cost reduction of up to € 67 000 and CO2 reduction of 345 tonnes The Gourmet Fleischerei and Feinkost GmbH employs 80 employees at its Brandenburg...

Ophthalmic firm's sustainable vision Centralisation system eliminates cooling towers Optimised cold production and new technologies such as free-cooling Combined savings of € 49 887 yearly Essilor International S.A. is a globally operating ophthalmic company headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, on...

The philosophy of energy saving Optimising cooling unit set-points saves energy and money 85 900 kWh (or 6 %) yearly energy savings Tecmaplast, a French plastics company, carried out an energy audit to better understand what energy and cost savings could be achieved. The results of the analysis...

Heat recovery can help to reduce overall energy consumption on-site while reducing total running costs in the bargain. Recovered heat can help you reduce energy consumption or provide useful heat for other purposes. In the food and beverage industry, for example, it is possible to recover heat from...