So, supermarket owners want refrigeration systems that are energy efficient to hold down costs and pro-environmental to portray political correctness. But, for engineers, contractors, and technicians, that approach may not be that easy when opening a new store or retrofitting an existing location.
At the most recent Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Energy and Store Development Conference, papers and presentations focused on these challenges. At the same time, nearly all the technologies being discussed were being used in some supermarkets today, and all were expected to gain increasing attention as the sector moves away from high-GWP (global warming potential) refrigerants and toward even more efficient equipment.