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Governor Wolf Establishes Statewide Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Goals in PA
The beauty of undertaking energy goals is that it is never just a 1:1 trade-off. There are numerous ancillary benefits, ranging from the obvious, giant

Reduce Your Overall Refrigeration Energy Consumption or Peak Demand Charges?
According to National Grid, there is a very short and sweet distinction between the two:
kW is the rate of using electricity (Demand).
kWh is the electrical energy actually used (Consumption).

Massachusetts Wants 80% Clean Energy by 2050, and New Regulations are Coming in 2018
In response to a stunning 2016 ruling by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court, in which the court sided with an environmental group claiming Massachusetts didn’t

Tripped Circuit Breaker? Sometimes The Easy Diagnosis Isn’t So Easy
In fast moving industries or during laborious work days, we often seek to find the easy and quick solution to problems we encounter. If we’re

Customer Service and Food Safety are Most Important Factors for Cold Chain Customers, Survey Finds
If one were to quickly guess which factor in the cold chain process was the most important when it came to large-scale refrigerated storage and

Refrigeration Problem of the Week: Short Cycling in a Quick-Serve Restaurant’s Freezer
Short cycling is a common issue that often goes undetected because the system is running, and safe temperatures in the space are still maintained, but it’s excessively running much more than it needs to.

4 Ways LED Lighting Upgrades Increase Grocery Revenue
Lighting enhances consumer experience and highlights products in the freezer aisles of the supermarket, but it also increases electricity bills. Most reach-in coolers have old,

Refrigeration Problem of the Week: Compressor Failed to Start
In this new weekly blog series, NRM will highlight an issue a customer had and was able to resolve with our industry-leading control and monitoring

5 Signs Your Refrigeration Might Be Nearing An Expensive Problem
Whether it’s in a walk-in cooler storing cold beverages, a refrigerated storage room for fresh produce, or a biomedical freezer containing sensitive compounds, one fact

Evaporator Fan Cycling: Is it Really a Risk?
In most walk-in coolers and freezers, the evaporator fans run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at full speed. Those fans are not

Refrigeration Smart Controls and Peak Energy Demand Reduction
In the first part of this blog series on energy consumption and peak energy demand, we explored the differences between the two and what they

Refrigeration Problem of the Week: Evaporator Fans Shut Off Manually
In this new weekly blog series, NRM will highlight an issue a customer had and was able to resolve with our industry-leading control and monitoring