Retail

Introduction: The retail industry spends ~$13 billion every year on energy. According to research firms the industry could save as much as $3 billion a year by adopting energy efficiency strategies Sympliciti provides guidance on evaluating different strategies in the Heating, Refrigeration, Lighting, Air conditioning, etc. that can help the clients in reducing energy costs and improving productivity.

Case Study:
Ambient Sub-Cooling - Convenience Store > Kitchen

DISCOVER

  • Typically refrigeration condensers are designed to cool refrigerant only to the condensing point, returning warm liquid refrigerant to coolers in the store.
  • Additional capacity and energy efficiency can be achieved by further cooling of the liquid refrigerant.

PLAN / INNOVATE

  • Additional cooling of the refrigerant can be accomplished by controlling the condensers differently or by adding a sub-cooling coil behind the condenser.
  • Refrigeration contractor can help determine how you can incorporate ambient sub-cooling in your refrigeration systems to increase efficiency and capacity.

ACT

  • Assuming installed refrigeration capacity of 5 tons per store and condensing temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit, the total annual savings as a result of deploying ambient sub-cooling strategy could be up to $1,667 per store1.
  • With 1,673 stores, as of 09/24/09, this translates into $2.8 Million in annual savings, and a direct addition to the EBITDA.