Posted in Green Posted in Projects by mmathews on 05/12 at 08:59 AM

Projects can be measured any number of ways. The Imperial walk-in cooler at the San Diego Medical Examiner’s new building uses 21 doors and has seven rooms.

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Posted in Green Posted in Imperial Ideas Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 07/28 at 03:23 PM

Fresh produce has unique refrigeration requirements different from standard restaurant refrigeration. As fresh produce has very high water content it is important that the refrigerated environment maintain high humidity.

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Posted in Green by mmathews on 07/27 at 07:16 PM

We have worked with power utilities and other groups for over a year on incentives and rebates for energy-efficient refrigeration equipment, some incentives cover up to 100% of walk-in cooler and freezer equipment costs. Now the U.S. Treasury says they will cover 30% of the cost on entire solar power projects.

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Posted in Green by mmathews on 06/25 at 10:40 PM

Burgerville efforts in “Fresh. Local. Sustainable.” were lauded by The Green Bin blog and Imperial walk-in coolers help make it happen.

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Posted in Green by mmathews on 06/23 at 10:22 PM

Luxim introduced a high-efficiency bulb design that could rewrite the formula for cold storage lighting in power consumption, wattage, color, and heat output.

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Posted in Green by mmathews on 04/29 at 04:22 PM

The EPA Green Power Partnership quarterly update shows food-related businesses represent almost 20% of the top green power purchasers.

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Posted in Green by Rick on 03/13 at 11:40 PM

The attached photos show two single horizontal electric sliders and one manual overhead door (with the plastic still adhered to it).

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Posted in Green Posted in Projects by Rick on 03/13 at 11:14 PM

Attached are photos of our first Little Caesar’s restaurant in Costa Mesa, CA.

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Posted in Green Posted in Imperial Ideas by Rick on 02/13 at 07:54 PM

Here is a photo of our display at the NAFEM tradeshow in Orlando, Florida last week.

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Posted in Green Posted in Imperial Ideas Posted in Projects by mmathews on 02/12 at 06:40 AM

Imperial supplied the walk-in coolers and freezers to the new, green Carl’s Jr. in Carpenteria, CA.

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Posted in Green Posted in Imperial Ideas by mmathews on 02/06 at 01:12 AM

February 5-7. Imperial exhibits at NAFEM 2009 Booth 4202, focusing on energy-efficient technologies and the use of utility incentives and rebates for walk-in coolers and freezers.

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Posted in Green Posted in Imperial Ideas Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 01/22 at 02:01 PM

We just released two new short documents outlining how Imperial walk-in coolers and freezers, and R-Plus doors meet the new EISA requirements.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by Rick on 01/15 at 01:20 AM

Imperial Manufacturing changed to 245fa blowing agent used in polyurethane foam production, meeting EISA requirements.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 11/18 at 06:41 PM

Windows are an essential option in many walk-in cooler and freezer applications, but they can also become a source of environmental maintenance problems. While the benefit of being able to view operations or product, or safely operating the door in a crowded situation, is obvious, windows can leak cold, be a source of energy loss, and cost a bundle of money in energy costs.

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Posted in Green by Rick on 08/21 at 01:27 AM

Solar-Powered A/C is now real, McDonald’s is using it. The next step is raising the efficiency so this becomes a real power for walk-in coolers and freezers.

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Posted in Green Posted in Imperial Ideas by Rick on 08/21 at 12:56 AM

Lenny Teller, a specialist with E. Friedman & Associates, discusses ideas for lowering energy use costs in the kitchen, but he does not address refrigeration issues, so we have a couple of additional suggestions.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 08/16 at 12:40 AM

Everyone knows about the need for tight seals on walk-in cooler and freezer doors, now days strip doors are a regularly added measure to keep out heat, but even door hardware can be a point of entry for heat stealing the efficiency.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 08/15 at 11:48 PM

A change in evaporator and condenser fan motors is also specified by the Energy Independence Act, but you may already have some of these changes in your basic specifications. On page 74, the act specifies:

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 06/16 at 09:18 PM

Cost control is an essential part of the foodservice business and refrigerated or frozen product is a high-cost area for loss. A door carelessly opened or left unlocked in an area away from employee scrutiny can leak profits.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by mmathews on 06/14 at 12:22 AM

Automatic door closers are the first item mentioned in the 310-page act going into effect on January 1, 2009. Specifically, for any door closed to within one inch of full closure.

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Posted in Green by Rick on 05/30 at 06:18 PM

A bunch of us had fun with this last year, so let’s try to beat our record: the Commuter Challenge is back on from June 1 through August 31.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by Rick on 05/19 at 09:04 PM

Foodservice Equipment and Supplies Magazine released an article on May 13, 2008, covering the new national requirements for walk-in coolers and freezers to be implemented on January 1, 2009. This gives everyone about seven months to gear up for this change, but we’ve been working with the technologies specified in this requirement for years.

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Posted in Green by mmathews on 05/01 at 03:38 AM

Energy is on American minds everywhere these days. A recent survey of the FECDA in Virgina found that 37% of respondents ranked spending on energy-efficiency and alternative-fuel technology a top priority for future investment, and a second survey in Britain reveals similar priorities. This issue hits home with foodservice businesses.

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Posted in Green by Rick on 04/17 at 04:17 AM

Here is another very good web site to see what the latest legislative picture on energy efficiency is for your state.  Alliance to Save Energy.

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Posted in Green by Rick on 04/08 at 09:46 PM

I was surprised to see that nearly half of the States in the Union have legislative items in the works relating to energy efficiency.  This website gives us, in condensed format, a summary of the ongoing state projects.  Note that most of the projects deal with updating current building code from and energy savings perspective.  While each State listed may not be working on projects dealing with commercial refrigeration, you can be sure that discussions are in works at some level.

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Posted in Green by Rick on 01/22 at 12:10 AM

In looking at potential energy savings rebates for Walk-in Coolers and Freezers it is apparent that there are multiple State, County, City and Utility programs available in the Pacific Northwest.

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Posted in Green by imperial on 08/02 at 05:11 PM

Here is the article’s summary: The current California Energy Commission Report calls for all single phase evaporator fan motors that are smaller than one horsepower and less than 460 volts will be required to have EC Motors on them.

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Posted in Green Posted in Recommended Reading by imperial on 08/02 at 05:02 PM

I just read a press release from Heatcraft & InterLink regarding their new Smart Defrost Kits for walk-in freezers. An independent 3rd party testing company confirmed that the Smart Defrost Kits reduced the number of defrosts in freezers by up to 44%.

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