Why Should I Invest in Energy-Saving Doors for my Retail Business?

Food and drink retailers are being faced with requirements to adhere to a range of standards and regulations to tackle their environmental impact. The most common requirement is around saving energy – an important element that all businesses should be considering. 

Food and drink retailers are being faced with requirements to adhere to a range of standards and regulations to tackle their environmental impact. The most common requirement is around saving energy – an important element that all businesses should be considering.

But how exactly can you achieve this?

There are several ways to reduce your energy consumption as a business, commonly including refurbishing your cold storage solutions and refrigerated display cabinets.

But there’s a new trend emerging – investing in insulating glass doors for your refrigerated display cabinets! Read on to find out more…

Saving Energy as a Business

As mentioned above, there are several ways as a business you can reduce your energy consumption. But the new trend of fitting transparent insulating doors to your refrigerated display cabinets is taking UK retail businesses by a storm.

Retrofitting doors to your refrigerated display cabinets can help to reduce your carbon emissions, and a study by Imperial College advised that this process could help to achieve energy reduction.

The definition of retrofitting is “the addition of a component or part that [it] didn’t have when it was originally installed or manufactured” – in this instance, the addition of transparent glass doors to your display cabinets.

Retrofitting can help your business to save up to 50% energy, improve your refrigerated display cabinets’ lifespan and improve customer experience (due to lack of ‘cold aisle syndrome’ – present when the refrigerated air escapes from your display cabinet onto your shop floor).

How can UKCRS help?

Invest In UKCRS Glass Doors

Now we know how retrofitting glass doors to your refrigerated cabinets can benefit your business, we’re here to help you understand the different insulating glass door options we can supply to you to help your business.

We have three high-transparency, insulating glass doors available to purchase:

SafeTPlus:

• Height = 1200mm – 2000mm (depending on your requirements) – to suit full and low height cabinets
• Length = 1250mm as standard, other lengths available
• Frame colour options available in light (RAL7004) and dark grey (RAL7016)
• Glass Panes = 22mm insulating glass, with a Class Leading Ug value of 1.1
• Lighting = LED lighting available as an option

FlexHD:

• Height = 800mm to 2000mm (depending on your requirements) – to suit full and low height cabinets
• Length = 1875mm (3 doors), 2500mm (4 doors), 3750mm (6 doors) – other sizes are available upon request.
• Frame depth = 50mm, 75mm with pillars
• Transparent glass edges available for maximum product visibility
• Glass Panes = 22mm insulating glass, with a Class Leading Ug value of 1.1
• Closing system = Less than 90 automatically closing
• Lighting = Various LED lighting options are available
• Self-closing hydraulic hinge available upon request

ShelfFlex:

• Sliding door system, ideal for narrow aisles and smaller footprint stores
• Soft close mechanism included ,improving long term reliability
• Height = 1200mm to 2000mm (depending on your requirements) – other heights are available upon request
• Length = 1875mm (3 doors), 2500mm (4 doors), 3750mm (6 doors) – other sizes are available upon request
• Available in both framed (Dark Grey RAL7016 or RAL7004) and transparent glass edges for maximum product visibility
• Glass Panes = 22mm insulating glass, with a Class Leading Ug value of 1.1
• Lighting = Various LED lighting options are available

If you’d like to ask any specific questions about the bespoke elements of these glass doors or would like to know more about the lead times, please get in contact with our experts here!

How Can UKCRS Help You?

We can help you benefit your business today by supplying our range of insulating glass door models!

Order one of our insulating glass doors today or contact our experts to discuss your individual requirements further – we have a glass door solution that can suit your business needs perfectly. 

Our team is on hand to answer any questions you may have and provide any technical support you require, so fear not. Email us at spares@mtcss.co.uk, call us on 01886 833 381, or fill in an enquiry form below!