Professionals who are in the business of helping food retailers reduce their refrigerant leaks are always asking me why executives at food retail companies don’t pay attention to refrigeration. The answers to that question are as numerous as the pinhole leaks in their stores’ copper piping… Read More
The Definitive Guide to Leak Rate Reduction
With the supermarket industry’s minuscule profit margins, reducing costs can be more powerful for the bottom line than increasing sales, and there are few cost line items as ripe for improvement as refrigerant leaks. Reducing refrigerant leaks may seem like a daunting task… Read More
Mitigating Refrigerant Price Increases
Regulations governing the sale of certain high GWP refrigerants have caused supply shortages and price hikes throughout European markets and around the globe. As the HVAC-R industry deals with the effects of drastic HFC phase-downs, low-level leak detection offers the ability to mitigate… Read More
Refrigerant Leak Reduction Savings Calculator
The cost of refrigerant leaks has skyrocketed over the last year. In many cases, the cost of replacing refrigerant now outweighs the cost of a technician’s time to locate and repair any leaks in the system. This doesn’t take into consideration any costs associated with lost inventory, increased utility consumption… Read More