Welcome Energy Savings From Use of Refrigerator Waste Heat

Wellcome Fresh Food, a member of the Jardine Group of Companies installed a system to utilize the waste heat from their refrigerator systems to generate hot water for cleaning. The system paid for itself in 13 months.

Program Details
Retrofit of waste heat recovery systems to refrigeration units.

Program Costs and Benefits
The modification required a capital investment of HK$48,000 to install pipe work and provide control systems. The new installation replaced the use of existing gas water heater units, and resulted in monthly gas bill reductions of HK$3,600 and thereby reduced the use of non-renewable fuel, and flue gas emissions associated with their combustion.

Lessons learned:
The approach should have been included during the design of the facility.

Wellcome’s Recommendation:
Do more homework and research on energy saving opportunities prior to construction

For more Information, please contact
Mr Glen Feist, Director, T. 2995 1328
Mr Douglas Brown, Marketing Director, T. 2299 3906