







Because our client couldn’t see any electricity usage being clocked up on the meter, they were worried their new cooling system wasn’t working. It was – but because the tech uses so little energy, the usage wasn’t showing up as it did with their old aircon system. In fact it would only have been obvious if they’d been able to add an extra decimal point to the meter. That’s how little energy their evaporative cooling system was using. And that’s what we mean when we say our evaporative cooling technology causes electricity bills to ‘drop off a cliff’ compared to ordinary aircon.
Impressive? We think so. When an evaporative cooling system can save as much as 90% on cooling costs compared to the equivalent refrigeration-based tech, you can see you’re onto an instant winner. Even when it’s steaming hot outdoors you can harness a standard unit to cool an area measuring 250 square metres using less than 13p’s worth of electricity and just a penny’s worth of water.
Ultra-low emission technology with no chemical refrigerants – just water
As well as being a great energy-saver, this is clean tech. There are no harsh chemical refrigerants, just water, making it a remarkably simple, safe and efficient way to cool a food production facility.
This dramatically lower energy consumption comes with improved productivity and wellness, simply because everyone is working at a comfortable, healthy temperature. Evaporative cooling is a particularly pleasant way to stay cool because it also scrubs the air to leave it 100% fresh and clean. And because your company’s carbon emissions will fall, it helps you to meet national government emissions targets.
Your food production heat burden will drop dramatically
Let’s take a look at the detail around food production. Most facilities contain complex, large machines that give off a lot of heat, for example industrial fryers and ovens, packaging tunnels and other industrial equipment. The resulting heat can be just as bad for the food being produced as the people producing it. In spring and summer the combined effect of the machinery plus a relatively ordinary hot spell can easily make the temperature indoors shoot up to 35 C and above.
Evaporative cooling can guarantee a cool supply air below 25°C all year round in the UK, making it ideal for food settings. When you’re tasked with reducing your electricity usage in a landscape where energy costs are rising and you also need to maintain comfortable and compliant conditions for products and staff, evaporative cooling ticks every box.
Adding critical humidity for bakeries and more
Evaporative cooling adds humidity to the air too, something you’ll actively want to happen when you’re storing foods like baked goods, wine, chocolate and cereals. It helps explain why so many household name brands use it in their facilities. It’s perfect, for example, for a bakery environment, where the humidity keeps baked goods fresh and doesn’t dry it out. Traditional air conditioning, n contrast, is very dry and can quickly shorten the lifecycle of fresh produce.
Flexible tech that’s REALLY simple to retrofit
As an element in a properly-balanced ventilation system, evaporative cooling directly evaporates water into the supply air, something that works particularly well in the UK’s temperate climate. Food storage and processing facilities appreciate the blanket and spot cooling options on offer, a flexible approach to cooling processes and people. Better still, it’s very easy to retrofit in most buildings.
When you run a food processing facility and want to save a fortune on cooling, this is the way to do it. If you’d like to know more or get a quote, we’d be delighted to
hear from you.