Refrigeration
CONTRACTOR INSIGHTS: Acquisition a Leap Forward
Carlson & Stewart Refrigeration has a busy new year ahead, as it capitalizes on its purchase of Central Minnesota Refrigeration....
RSES Promotes History-Making Change
The 2011 Refrigeration Service Engineers Society Annual Conference, held in early November in Norfolk, VA, was called "Making History." The mission was to encourage contractors to become motivated to make significant and "historic" changes in their businesses and destinies....
Working Together for Common Goals
The refrigeration industry transformation continues. ContractingBusiness.com and Supermarket News magazines begin a new series of articles based on our second annual Refrigeration Roundtable discussions between refrigeration contractors and supermarket executives. Part I: Building Working Relationships...
Refrigeration Briefs
The next iteration of the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) green building standard, LEED 2012, is under development and will contain some important changes for food retailers regarding their refrigeration systems....
Refrigeration Briefs
Immediate past ASHRAE President Lynn G. Bellenger, who served as the first woman president in the Society’s 116 year history, died on Wednesday, Oct. 19. She was president for the 2010-11 Society year, with her term ending in June, 2011....
Refrigeration & CO2
The quest for reduced refrigerant emissions has brought manufacturers back to an alternative with a long history: carbon dioxide. ...
Installation Tip
Q: What is the purpose of the CPR?...
Degrees of Improvement
Taking your refrigeration business to the ‘next level’ requires a focus on areas needing improvement, and capitalizing on new opportunities....
Refrigeration Briefs
Emerson Climate Technologies has updated its white paper on refrigerants for commercial refrigeration applications....
Should All Cases be 'Open & Shut'?
ContractingBusiness.com and Supermarket News magazines brought leading refrigeration contractors and supermarket executives together to discuss the challenges they face in the new refrigeration era. Part IV: Refrigerated Cases, Training, and Recruiting. ...
Refrigeration Briefs
High pressure (HP) control is a paradoxical solution for energy saving. It might be the best known among energy saving solutions, but its operation constraints and limits are unknown. A white paper by Schneider Electric examines the components of a commercial refrigeration system in high pressure flow control. An explanation is given on high pressure flow control, and how it’s regulated....
New Markets: Enter With Care
Three refrigeration contractors found new business by exploring opportunities among existing customers, in areas they knew well....
T&O Tackles Atlanta's Busy Refrigeration Market
For this edition of RST Contractor Insights, Contracting Business.com spoke with Steve Tibbetts, President, T&O Refrigeration, Fayetteville, GA. ...
REMCO’s Commercial Refrigeration Philosophy: 'Never Disappoint'
For this edition of RST Contractor Insights, Contracting Business.com spoke with Ed Mattos and Jai Hoover of REMCO, Inc., Allentown, PA. ...
Refrigeration Efficiency Measures Within Reach
Every case or system used for commercial food refrigeration can be improved to provide considerable energy savings....
Refrigeration Briefs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) GreenChill partnership reported recently it now has 7,000 partner stores located in all 50 states, representing 20% of the supermarket industry. The partnership works with food retailers to transition to more environmentally friendly refrigerants, and reduce refrigerant leak rates. ...
Advantage CEO is Wired for Work
For this edition of RST Contractor Insights, Contracting Business.com spoke with Russ Dudan and Richard Adkins of Advantage Refrigeration, New Berlin, WI....
Refrigeration Briefs
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) now offers a series of training CDs and DVDs developed by Jim and Peggy Johnson of Technical Training Associates (TTA), based in Sahuarita, AZ. Jim Johnson authors a monthly Troubleshooting column in the RSES Journal....
Diagnosing Walk-in Coolers & Freezers
A systematic approach to walk-in cooler and freezer maintenance is the technician's best guide....
Backyard Bonanza in Preventive Maintenance
After decades of installing commercial refrigeration systems in Mexico, Watson Refrigeration, Tucson, AZ, has taken on a new mission: improving the commercial refrigeration systems in its own backyard....
