COLD FACTS

摘要

The premium costs involved in providing chilled or frozen storage make it essential that cold store operators not only make maximum use of the pallet space available to them, but also ensure that their buildings operate as energy efficiently as possible. It is well known that installing effective insulation and adopting efficient loading and unloading practices to prevent cold air from leaving the building will help to reduce cold store running costs significantly. However, perhaps surprisingly, many cold store operators fail to realise the significant impact that lighting has on their energy consumption. Inefficient traditional luminaires affect a cold store's costs in a number of ways, but most significantly they require more energy to generate satisfactory light levels and are costly to maintain. They also produce heat, which is clearly counter-productive within a chilled-room environment. LED light sources, on the other hand, consume less energy and produce less heat. They also need no lamp replacement and emit light immediately.