5 Tips to Lower Your Commercial Utility Bill
Everything from office buildings to restaurants to convenience and grocery stores use large amounts of energy for lighting, space cooling and heating, or refrigeration. And in almost every case, these commercial systems can have their energy consumption reduced by up to 30% resulting in lower utility costs, optimized equipment operation for improved efficiency, and a […]
5 Reasons Why Energy Efficiency is a Smart Corporate Investment
Continuously rising energy costs. A planet that’s heating up as a result of human impact. Shrinking margins and the oversaturation of markets. At the surface level, these issues may seem unrelated. But these threats, along with a multitude of other factors, try to deter your business from reaching its peak everyday. Reducing emissions and adopting renewable […]
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 Most reach-in coolers have old, worn out and outdated fluorescent lights that use a lot of energy. They even tend to look dull and outdated. What if we could tell you that a grocery store […]
4 Reasons to Add Glass Doors to Your Cold Product Display Cases
Energy costs. Shopping experience. Product quality and freshness. For the grocery and convenience store owner or professional, these are three things constantly on your mind and wrestling for predominance. And in your industries, one area where all of these seem to pop up over and over is in display cases – cold-food wells, medium-temperature vertical […]
4 Do-It-Yourself Ways to Reduce Your Commercial Lighting Costs
In an earlier post, we examined a handful of DIY ways to reduce your commercial HVAC’s energy costs and today, we’ll do the same for lighting. If your commercial or industrial space is void of a refrigeration system, then lighting will be your biggest energy-consuming mechanism. And just like with the HVAC systems, there are […]
3 Questions About Anti-Sweat Door Heaters Answered
1. Why do I need anti-sweat door heaters for my refrigerated cases? Surface condensation can form on cooler and freezer glass doors and frames. Just like a cold can of soda on a warm day, the cool surface of a glass or metal door on a refrigerated space can attract condensation, especially during periods of […]
Looking for Energy Savings? Look In to Retrofitting Your Refrigeration
Many refrigeration systems in the food retail environment (walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, and reach-in cooler cases) comprise older equipment, and many businesses are unable to absorb the cost of replacing the equipment with newer, more expensive components. But there are options out there to retrofit the systems with energy efficiency measures that will reduce their […]
Energy Efficiency Can Get Us Halfway to Our Energy Goals, says the ACEEE
While large, obviously impactful changes in energy consumption will determine whether the international community reaches its lofty climate change goals or not, it is a situation in which the classic saying “a little bit goes a long way” still applies. In this case, we’re talking about how energy efficiency can support the broader, harder-to-reach goals. […]
More States Turn to Energy Efficiency to Address Emissions Goals
As of this writing, a large swathe of US states are forging ahead with clean energy goals regardless of the current administration’s aim to roll back as many Obama-era standards as they can. Arizona, California, Colorado, Illionois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin have all passed legislation, or are currently […]