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New grab-and-go cabinet promises big energy savings

Adande Refrigeration’s parent company, Applied Design & Engineering Limited, has completed a successful field trial of its new integral refrigerated Aircell ‘Crivat’ Grab & Go cabinet at a UK fine food hall and farm shop.

 

The field trial follows positive results from the testing of a prototype Aircell® display cabinet at Le Pain Quotidien food-to-go outlet in London.

 

As part of the ongoing development of the ‘Crivat’ open front cabinet, a unit was installed for the display of speciality foods, convenience meals and soft drinks. During simultaneous monitoring under the same store operating conditions, over a three week test period, energy consumption of the Airecall cabinet was measured as 53.6% less than the store’s existing open front multi deck display, representing an annual saving in electricity costs of £660.65. The company claims that had a night blind been deployed, as it was on the existing cabinet, the calculated adjustment of reduced energy consumption would have been 57.9%, representing an annual saving of £714.13.

 

Cabinet air temperature was measured to a bandwidth of 3°C in the Aircell® ‘Crivat’ model, compared to an average range of 13°C in the store’s existing open front multi deck. The narrow temperature range of the Aircell® ‘Crivat’ model helps to maintain the quality and fresh appearance of food to go, providing a more enjoyable eating experience for the customer. It also reduces waste through spoilage.

 

With less cold air spilling from the open front ‘Crivat’ cabinet, the shopping environment is also more comfortable for customers.

 

The cabinet is ideal for busy grab & go outlets, where simple and speedy access to food to go is essential.

 

Applied Design & Engineering’s chairman, Nigel Bell, said a full commercial launch of the new cabinet was planned in the first quarter of 2018.

 

Aircell Crivat_R2.jpg. Caption: The Aircell® ‘Crivat’ cabinet has undergone successful trials at a food to go outlet and a speciality food hall.

 

Food hall graph.jpg. Caption: Graph plots a comparison of air temperatures in the Aircell® ‘Crivat’ model against those in the food hall’s existing cabinet, over a 24 hour period.

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