- October 2007
SHOP TALK
01 October 2007
A round-up of supermarket news and gossip
Supermarket Refrigeration: Swiss clock improved CO2 performance
01 October 2007
THE use of CO2 in a leading Swiss supermarket is said to have shown significantly better performance than systems using R404A
Supermarket Refrigeration: Tesco: a green light in Wick
01 October 2007
MILTON Keynes-based contractor Project First has helped Tesco make its new ECO store at Wick, Scotland even greener.
Supermarket Refrigeration: ECA listing proves there’s life on Mars
01 October 2007
CAPITAL Cooling has launched its Mars range of integral, refrigerated multi-deck cabinets.
Cooling Towers: In the swim with Dolphin
01 October 2007
BAC Balticare and US-based Clearwater Systems Corp, the developer of the Dolphin water treatment technology, have formed a partnership to introduce the system into the UK and Ireland and several other European countries.
Refrigerants: Refrigerants: no longer just a gas
01 October 2007
TWENTY-ODD years ago we never worried too much about refrigerants. Like fuel in a motor car, providing you put the right stuff in and it wasn’t horribly contaminated, your vehicle would run quite happily – at least until some crucial component expired. Then came the ozone layer and, later, global warming and suddenly the humble gas that is the lifeblood of all air conditioning and refrigeration was at the forefront of the environmental debate.
Supermarket Refrigeration: Safety comes in from the cold
01 October 2007
The dangers of coldrooms and the pressures on employers to make supermarkets a safer place are constantly increasing. Shaun Evers, md of Stonegate Instruments offers advice on how to comply with the latest H&S rules
Editors Comment: Sanity is the price we pay
01 October 2007
PRICING can be a tricky business. In this industry, particularly, it’s vital to get your costings correct on all jobs – and the bigger the order the more important it is. Just how many firms have gone under for getting their sums horribly wrong?