3 Ways Cold Room Spares Can Make Your Cold Room More Cost Effective and Environmentally Friendly

When it comes to successfully running a business, monitoring and understanding costs and budgets is vital. But there can be unpredicted expenses which impact these costs, for example ever-increasing energy bills.

With the cost of energy rising each quarter in the UK, as a business you may be trying to look at ways to keep these costs maintained or even reduced. If you have a cold room then this may be a source of energy expenditure.

At MTCSS we want to help ensure your cold room is running as efficiently as possible, therefore reducing energy expenditure and costs, as well as ensuring it as environmentally friendly as possible.

1. Optimal Cold Room Insulation

Ensuring your cold room has the optimal insulation properties is key to reducing energy costs and environmental impact. If your walk in chiller or freezer cold room has poor seals around the door or panels; the door doesn’t close and seal or shut properly; or the cold room panels are damaged, then it’s likely your refrigeration unit will be working harder to remain the internal temperatures required.

If your refrigeration unit is working harder, it’s likely it will be costing more money to run. So what can you do to ensure your cold room has optimal insulation?

• Replace cold room door furniture, including cold room door handles, door furniture, cold room door gaskets and seals
• Check cold room panels for any signs of damage, including gauges and dents
• Check the seals between panels for signs of wears

2. Efficient Refrigeration Systems

The refrigeration system is key to keep your cold room cool. In addition to checking the cold room’s insulation, ensuring the refrigeration unit suits your application and adheres to regulations is also important.

If a monoblock refrigeration system or split system isn’t suited to the size or temperature requirements of the cold room, it will be working extra hard and costing you money. It is also important that your refrigeration unit uses a low GWP gas, otherwise it could result in costly fines in the future and may require a replacement according to the F-Gas phase out guidelines.

MTCSS only supply refrigeration units in adherence the government’s low GWP rules and we have monoblock refrigeration systems available for supply and delivery on our shop. These refrigeration units are integral plug and play units which are perfect for small to medium capacity cold rooms.

3. Improving Cold Room Usage

Do your staff leave the cold room door open for too long? Or leave the door on the latch? If you find your cold room door is left open for long periods of time, or not shutting easily, the warmer external conditions will be effecting the internal conditions of your cold room.

This means, you guessed it, your cold room’s refrigeration system will have to work harder to keep things cool – resulting in increased energy usage. There are various options to ensure your cold room’s door is kept closed.

• Cold room door open alarms – this alerts if your cold room door is left open for too long
• Door automation systems – so your cold room door closes automatically after a certain period of time
• Cold room door handles and parts – to ensure your cold room handle is working efficiently and suit your application

If you’d like to find out more how you can improve your cold room efficiency and environmental impact, speak to one of our expert team! We can help you with cold room spares and parts to ensure your chiller or freezer cold room is working optimally all year round. You can call us on 01886 833381, email us at sales@mtcss.co.uk or fill in an enquiry form here!