Claddagh Pub

The best compliment that we receive from our customers when we catch up with them to see how the solution is working for them is to hear how much easier their jobs have become, beyond the verifiable energy savings.

For Claddagh Pub in Lawrence, MA, it’s the system “pausing” features that the staff have grown to rely on the most. Being one of the most popular pubs in their neighborhood, they go through a lot of food—and A LOT of beverages—on a daily basis, and so people are in and out of the walk-in cooler constantly. And if there’s one thing that most people agree on, it’s that they hate being cold.

Something that we see a lot at restaurants are people utilizing less-than-ideal practices to alleviate that feeling while they’re performing tasks inside the walk-in. We’ve seen people use milk crates to keep the door propped open, using a broom to turn off the evaporator fans blowing the cold air around, and even tripping the power to the entire system. Doing any of these can lead to a major mechanical issue, which could then jeopardize the safety of all of the product stored in the cooler.

So, getting something like a big, red button labeled SHUTDOWN that safely shuts the system down for 20 minutes while people are in the cooler, which is a unique feature to NRM’s solution, has been a huge help for the staff, and for the owners knowing that their expensive equipment is not being put at risk.

That said, the energy savings that resulted from optimizing their system to run more efficiently were not too shabby either. Via multiple operational upgrades, Claddagh Pub was able to slash nearly 13,000 kWh from their annual commercial electric consumption. At previous electrical rates, this equaled over $2,300 in actual costs. Having completed the upgrades back in 2016, they’ve kept over $10,000 that otherwise would have gone to their electric bill if they did nothing.

And to top it off, NRM secured them an incentive of 70% from their utility provider to complete the project!