5 Easy Ways for New England Businesses to Combat Winter Electric Rate Hikes
People say there are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. But if you live in New England, lately it seems expecting electric rate hikes in the winter is the third thing to add to the list.
2017 Sees the Finalization of New WICF Regulations for Energy Efficiency; Compliance by 2020
On September 7th, 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy put into place a new set of standards that revolve around walk-in cooler and freezer efficiency metrics. These new rules are now officially law. This passage concludes a three-year process that saw much back and forth, and faced doubts over whether it would ever actually materialize. […]
Walk-in Cooler/Freezer Electric Defrost 101: Efficiency [Part 3]
Now that we know what electric defrost is, how it works and how much it costs—it’s time to talk about how to use it more efficiently by implementing several control strategies. Electric defrost is a necessity to keep commercial walk in freezers working properly, but it can also be an energy guzzler if over used. […]
Walk-in Cooler/Freezer Electric Defrost 101: Cost [Part 2]
Last week, we wrote about why you need electric defrost for your commercial freezer and how it works. Here’s a quick refresher. A defrost system is necessary in walk in freezers that maintain product temperature at or below freezing to prevent build-up of ice around the evaporator. This helps avoid equipment failure and maintain highest operating efficiency. At […]
Walk-in Cooler/Freezer Electric Defrost 101 [Part 1]
If you own a commercial walk-in freezer, but aren’t really sure how it works [other than keeping products frozen] you may not be aware of a hidden energy consuming monster called electric defrost, a common defrost method for commercial walk-in freezers. Here is a basic run down—there are defrost heater elements (similar to the elements […]
Understanding Your Commercial Electric Bill – The Energy Efficiency Charge
With each state, and with each utility company, the layout of your commercial energy bill is unique. They each have the same level of transparency, displaying your associated energy costs for both generation and delivery, but they may be presented*. Most people don’t have the time of day or desire to decipher what each cost […]
The Future of HVACR Energy Efficiency: Monitoring-Based Commissioning
Monitoring-Based Commissioning (MBCx) is getting a lot of attention these days in the energy efficiency field. Why? Simply put, to save money in energy usage and maintenance costs of HVAC, refrigeration, Chiller, and other types of equipment utilized by office, commercial, institutional and industrial buildings. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this term, MBCx […]
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 mean for your business in terms of energy usage costs, through examples. In today’s post, we will go more in-depth into peak demand reduction. As mentioned before, there is an […]
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).
On #EEDay2019, Polls Show Mixed Reactions to Energy-Saving Habits
So, as it turns out, there may actually be three guarantees in this word: death, taxes, and people going as far to cut their carbon footprint as convenience let them. According to a poll conducted by the AP-NORC, people are very much influenced by whether an energy-saving habit can conceivably fit into their lifestyle and […]