Coolers/Freezers and Energy Efficiency 101: The 6 Types of Cold Rooms and Their Temperature Requirements
Cold storage. Refrigerated warehouse. Frozen storage. Walk-in cooler. Reach-in cooler. Walk-in freezer. Working with commercial refrigeration systems, you may see these descriptors thrown about sometimes to describe the same space.
Coolers/Freezers and Energy Efficiency 101: Lighting Impact on Refrigerated Load Savings
While upgrading lighting fixtures to more efficient LEDs is a practice that in-and-of-itself reduces electrical usage, many are not aware that this measure also bears an indirect effect on refrigerated load savings.
Coolers/Freezers and Energy Efficiency 101: The Definitive Lighting Guide
The lighting solutions we will evaluate are: fluorescent, metal halide, high-pressure sodium, and LED. LED solutions may seem like costly investments upfront but their long-term cost of ownership and efficiency improvements over the other fixtures may actually surprise some people.
Compressor Short Cycling: A Hard-to-Find Energy Waster
Short cycling occurs in your compressor when a mechanical failure is causing the run times to terminate prematurely and since set point has not been achieved, it restarts shortly afterward, thus requiring more compressor ‘ON’ time to compensate.
Cold Storage Facilities Turn to Technology to Boost Efficiency
Everything from remote access to temperature settings and defrost cycles, to robotic forklifts, to high-efficiency LED lighting systems are helping these facilities better manage costs and their important systems, according to a new article in The Packer.
As Companies Continue to Alter Their Processes to Adhere to FSMA, Some Remain Skeptics
“I would assess this more as a band-aid than a cure-all.” That’s the opinion of John Bovay, a faculty member of UConn and a researcher who dissected the FSMA in a white paper for the journal Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.
A Quick Crash Course in Suction P-Traps for HVACR
A suction p-trap is a discharge line trap that serves an important function both when the compressor is on and in the act of cooling, and when the compressor is off. It’s a critical piece for the equipment’s proper and efficient operation.
A Clean Energy Twofer: More Jobs and Lower Emissions
The immediate economic benefits from more clean energy generation and more efficient energy use has translated to a vital long-term benefit of lower greenhouse gas emissions. Private sector renewable contracts totaled 8.6 GW in 2018, the highest amount ever.
6 Ways to Ensure an Evaporator Fan Energy Efficiency Retrofit is Done Right
The upside to a well-implemented controls retrofit can be huge. The most advanced bring a whole suite of features and capabilities, including adaptive defrost control, web connectivity, intelligent alarms, sophisticated diagnostics and data analytics, and powerful controls for your entire refrigeration system.
6 Do-It-Yourself Ways to Reduce Your Commercial HVAC Energy Costs
Behind refrigeration, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air condition) is the most energy-intensive mechanism in commercial and industrial spaces. In the average commercial building, HVAC accounts for 15% of the building’s energy consumption.