Refrigeration Upgrades For
California Businesses
Few things are more important to your operations than the refrigeration in your cold room or cold facility. Maintaining your inventory at the required temperatures can make or break your bottom line. NRM's retrofit optimizations will ensure your most critical system is always running optimally, reduce your commercial electric bill, and help you avoid surprise catastrophes.
NRM has helped many customers just like you in California. Recognizable companies like these entrust our solution everyday:
- Richmond Wholesale Meats
- CA Corrections
- United Wholesale Floral
- Royal Cold Storage
- American Custom Meats
- Columbia Distributors
- Golden Gate Meat Co.
- Redwood Empire Food Bank
- Union Seafood
"I think we're saving somewhere in the ballpark of like 40% on our electric costs. Our refrigeration and fans are not running at 100% like they used to. It’s not much to look at in the facility, but it sure shows up on the bill. NRM's solution also helps with preventative maintenance and eliminating some of the larger issues that you can sometimes just sweep under the rug. With the alarms, it's like, 'OK, I really need to deal with this because I can see it.'"
— Rich Doellstedt
Call, Text or Email our CA Advisor, Joe Isaacs, at 916.629.4436 or jisaacs@nrminc.com
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Golden Gate Meat Co.
National Beer Distributor
Richmond Wholesale Meats
Marquez Bros. Intl.
Albert's Organics
"The ability to change temperatures and start defrosts from my laptop or phone is very convenient. Additionally the monitoring and alarms have been a life saver. Not only in protecting tens of thousands of dollars in product but also helping to troubleshoot refrigeration issues that arise as equipment ages. Like all things mechanical, our refrigeration will fail someday. I sleep better knowing that when it does, NRM will sound the alarm to notify us. We use the system daily and have recommended it to others in the business."
— Justin, Owner
Achieve provable, long-term energy savings
The combination of smart controls that optimize operation to run based on cooling need, hardware component upgrades, and preventative maintenance measures lead to proven results.
CoolTrol® is the backbone of every solution.
CoolTrol is more than a "new" thermostat. It gives you full control over the operation of your refrigeration system right at your fingertips.
LCD Display Screen
The LCD display provides a real-time snapshot of what your cooler is doing. From current temperature, to door heaters, to evaporator fan status, as well as cooling schedules and compressor runtimes, there’s a wealth of data at your fingertips.
Timed Shutdown Button
Safely turn off the refrigeration system for a period of 20 minutes, an ideal way to save energy and ensure worker comfort while performing duties such as loading/unloading, stocking, and taking inventory. The system will automatically turn back on.
Alarm Reset Button
If an alarm is active, read the LCD display then log what the error message is. Consult the alarm message chart to gain clarity on what might be causing the issue. Then press the alarm reset button to clear the alarm and revert the display back to info.
Info Button
The info button allows you to quickly scroll through various metrics associated with your system’s performance. Including, but not limited to: Control Probe Readings, Equipment Status, Runtime Percentages, Setback Settings.
On-Demand Defrost Button
Manually initiate a defrost whenever you need one. Coils icing up is one of the most common issues that cause damage to refrigeration equipment. And sometimes, the factory instituted defrost schedule isn’t optimal.
System Bypass Button
If maintenance or diagnostics is required on the refrigeration equipment, the system bypass button allows the operator to revert the system back to mechanical thermostat control. Press the button a second time to put CoolTrol back in control.
Setup Menu and Keypad
Easily view and adjust settings such as temperature setpoints in the Setup Menu. Press the Menu key then the Set key to enter the Setup Menu. When satisfied with the new setting, press the Set key to exit out o f the menu.
Avoid food safety crises with a wealth of operational data and proactive insights
Whether you have 1 cold space in a single school kitchen, or 100 cold spaces spread across an entire district, our live summary page gives you an immediate overview of all your cooling activity.
Quickly consult current and 7-day runtimes, cooling status, temperature settings, and address any alarms that have been triggered.
Consider the amount of time and effort you’d save by having critical operational info all conveniently in one place.
Arm yourself with powerful and unique visual diagnostics graphs to pinpoint exactly when and where an operating issue arises. Troubleshooting becomes more efficient and effective, helping to ensure the issue is resolved on the first technician visit.
The graphs show important but often overlooked components such as amperages, compressor cycles, the solenoid valve, and things like whether a door is open or not.
The monitoring platform offers transparent runtime and temperature data that provide the measurement and verification proof for accurate recordkeeping.
These graphs also allow you to actually see how much less energy your refrigeration system is using. While also tracking that safe temperatures are always met.
Store up to 10 years of operational logs that take the human-error component out of tracking temperatures.
Going beyond a high temperature alert — which occurs only after an issue has already disrupted operations — NRM’s platform provides a suite of early detection notifications to help you be more proactive with troubleshooting.
For example, a compressor that’s short cycling will still likely be able to cool the space, but it’s dangerous, unnoticed overuse could lead to a critical system failure, jeopardizing the entire cooler’s worth of food.
PGE customers can qualify to get these upgrades for zero out-of-pocket cost.
Between potential incentives funded by PGE and on-bill financing options, it's a no-brainer to get smart controls and equipment monitoring for your cold room or entire cold facility.
Let's talk about your project today
NRM implements best-in-class controls, monitoring, and automation solutions for commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. For over twenty years, our optimization and analysis tools have been producing long-term energy, maintenance, and operations benefits in tens of thousands of retail coolers, distribution & manufacturing plants, laboratory environmental rooms, and foodservice facilities across North America.
What sets NRM apart? Our small-business approach to big-business problems. Each of our sales, support, and installation teams are comprised of in-house, licensed NRM employees. Our hardware and software are designed, tested, manufactured in, and shipped from our Canton, MA-based facility.