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.
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.
5 Ways IoT can Enhance Your Commercial and Industrial HVACR’s Efficiency
Commercial and industrial refrigeration systems also stand to gain from improved visibility and connectedness. Through a web-based monitoring platform, you can be connected to your cold rooms, temperatures, compressors, and fans 24/7.
4 Reasons to Think About Your HVACR System More Seriously
There are several risks when not being proactive with your equipment and its performance. You could be wasting money on unnecessary electrical usage. More importantly, you could be risking the safety and quality of the food you’re keeping cold for your customers.
3 Things to Consider in New Construction of Cold Storage Facilities
There is a dizzying amount of choices for the construction of a new cold storage facility. But businesses shouldn’t necessarily pick the first, or the cheapest, option they have. Below are three things that should be considered before anything is built.
Leveraging Energy Management System Data for the Greatest ROI
Tracking data helps establish standard metrics and baselines that will help manage resources. By analyzing the asset level data from EMS, companies can reveal sites and equipment that are performing sub-optimally.
Inefficient Refrigeration Compressor? It Could be the Pressures
The most common, and obvious, reason for a service call is a space temperature that is too warm. And, just as common, is suction pressure and/or head pressure being involved in the cause.
Is HVAC/Refrigeration Automation the Next Big Thing for IoT?
Lighting, heating systems, and refrigeration systems can all stand to be improved either through incorporation into a Building Management System or equipped with their own specific controls and automation tools.