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Food Industry Technical Ltd - Lower your carbon footprint
Food Industry Technical is part of
Tesco’s plan to reduce their carbon footprint by 50% by 2020
On the 18th January 2007 Sir Terry Leahy gave a speech claming
Tesco will reduce the carbon footprint of their existing stores
and distribution centres around the world by 50% by 2020 and
will be contributing £100m to developing sustainable low-carbon
technology.
Tesco are undertaking many projects to achieve this goal. Tesco
have been considering the effects of its stores on the
environment and how to reduce them for many years. In 2001-2005
Tesco installed Intelli-Hood, an energy saving ventilation
system, in their bakeries, rotisseries, and staff and customer
restaurants, throughout the UK.
Intelli-Hood is a demand based ventilation system which reduces
the fans energy consumption by up to 60%. This is a significant
amount which will be visible on your energy bill. The system
gives an average pay back period of 1.5 years seeing a great
return of investment.
Intelli-Hood controls the fan speed using optic and temperature
sensors which detect the conditions in the hood. This results in
the fan only running when cooking/baking is taking place, rather
than constantly throughout the day. T
To date Intelli-Hood has been installed in 450 UK Tesco stores,
750 systems, and due to the savings made Tesco are in the
process of rolling out the system in Europe.
Patrick Jubb, UK Engineering Manager says;
“Food Industry Technical has carried out over 400 Intelli-Hood
installations for Tesco with professional planning and effective
delivery in one of the smoothest rollouts of a product we have
experienced for a long time”.
Reducing a company’s carbon footprint is not a new idea but due
to the media coverage it has come into the forefront of peoples
minds. Everybody is asking themselves if there is something they
can do to help reduce the effects our living is having on future
generations, and Intelli-Hood is a proven method for the
catering industry.
Email:
enquiries@foodindustrytechnical.com