Net Zero for Retail Food Chains
Large global food chains have a significant greenhouse gas (GHG) impact due to activities from farm to food delivery. Many of these chains are setting net-zero carbon goals, driven by shifting consumer preferences, especially among millennials, who are more environmentally conscious and focused on the circular economy. A key area for energy and carbon reduction is HVAC optimization, which can save 20-30% on monthly energy bills as it typically accounts for nearly half of the energy costs. Additionally, some outlets are installing rooftop solar and storage systems to meet energy needs and contribute surplus back to the grid. Energos offers a solution that integrates an IoT gateway to automate HVAC systems and optimize energy usage through an AI-driven model. The gateway connects to solar, battery storage, and other energy sources, ensuring efficient energy load management and avoiding penalties from peak demand. It also allows remote monitoring and management of kitchen equipment and other operations, streamlining energy and operations management into a single solution.
Large multisite food chains which are spread out globally have a huge GHG impact owing to activities from farm to food and from the various operations conducted to deliver food to its customers in its retail outlets.
Several reputed food chains have definite net zero carbon emissions goals. Energy Management and carbon visions reduction is a C-suite agenda in these organizations. This shift is driven by changing consumer tastes with millennials especially shifting to being more sensitive to environmental impact and the circular economy of recycling and reuse.
ENERGY SAVING FROM HVAC
Energy saving from heating and cooling load optimization, is a popular first action that these food chains adopt towards reducing energy consumption and corresponding carbon footprint. HVAC being almost 50% of their energy bill, this makes perfect sense to address this cost first. It results in a cost saving of 20-30% on monthly energy bills.
ROOFTOP SOLAR + STORAGE
Some standalone outlets of food chains are installing solar and storage as a combination to cater to part of their energy needs, and provide surplus back to the grid through net metering.
ENERGOS SOLUTION
Energos deploys a single IOT gateway that automates all heating and cooling loads and saves energy through its advance Ai learning model. A remote analytics dashboard provides both live visualization as well as detailed trend analysis called YIVObot, the gateway further connects to EV battery loads, rooftop solar and local backup storage to ensure combined optimization of all energy loads and sources.
The gateway helps food chains to ensure there are no demand surge penalties during peak load times.One of its kind, the gateway has capability to connect key kitchen equipment to remote monitor smooth functioning of kitchen and ensure optimal use. Similarly, one can connect various other equipment and sensors to create remote operations, maintenance and compliance control, thus having one solution for energy management combined with remote operations management.
