A few simple measures could help you make significant energy savings:
- Monitor the control settings. Check your system settings periodically to ensure they remain at optimum levels.
- Have a maintenance schedule. Check the system is running correctly – see Maintenance for more details.
- Check you are not refrigerating below the recommended temperatures. Increasing the temperature of the cooled space by just 1ºC could reduce energy consumption by 2%.
- Make sure that doors aren’t left open for longer than necessary. Complete loading and unloading as quickly as possible.
- Consider cooling rather than refrigeration. Some products will stay fresh with very slight cooling rather than active refrigeration. You may be able to run chilled water or effluent from another process or cool air through the storage space to provide ‘ambient’ cooling.
- Fit night blinds to open chiller cabinets to keep in the cold.
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