Where’s the Most Expensive Ice in the World? On Your Evaporator Coils
When evaporator coils ice up, efficiency drops dramatically, temperature set points are hard to maintain, it could damage equipment, and it puts perishable products at risk. Run time increases and operating costs can potentially go up by over 100%.
Refrigeration Problem of the Week: Evaporator Fans Shut Off Manually
Evaporator fans being turned off by employees is a common, routine occurrence in convenience store walk-ins. The fans are usually turned off during deliveries, product stocking, and inventory, situations where the noise and cold air make for less-than-ideal working environments.
NRM is Proud to Play a Role in the Dunkin’ Brands, National Grid, and Eversource Energy Management Program
The energy management program, available to Dunkin’ Brands franchise owners, seeks to identify opportunities to improve the energy management capabilities of DD locations. NRM has retrofitted hundreds of coolers with their smart controls and energy efficiency measures in coordination with the program.
Evaporator Fan Cycling: Is it Really a Risk?
In most walk-in coolers and freezers, the evaporator fans run 24/7/365, at full speed. This makes evaporator fans an obvious place to look for energy savings in commercial refrigeration. But is it safe to turn them off?
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.
Looking for Energy Savings? Look In to Retrofitting Your Refrigeration
Many refrigeration systems in the food retail environment 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.
Simplifying the Complex Inner-Workings of Your HVACR System
We’ll explore a brief overview of how an HVAC system does what it does, and a few different kinds you can find out in the “wild.” A quick note: this blog post is not intended to be viewed as a comprehensive resource.