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Energy monitoring for food retail

In a food shop, refrigeration is most of the bill and most of the risk. Measuring it protects both the margin and the stock.

Where the energy actually goes

Refrigeration

Cabinets, cold rooms and the pack. Typically the majority of the store's consumption, running every hour of the year.

Lighting

Long hours, easy wins, and straightforward to schedule against trading hours.

HVAC

Often working against the refrigeration rather than with it.

Bakery and hot food

Short, heavy loads that are worth scheduling deliberately.

What the data usually catches first

Equipment alerts are the part operators value most. Catching a failing pack before the stock is lost pays for the monitoring on its own.

  • A cabinet degrading toward failure
  • Night blinds not being pulled
  • Defrost cycles running more often than needed
  • Two stores of the same size with very different bills

Start with an audit. The SEAI pays €2,000 of it

If you spend over €10,000 a year on energy, the Support Scheme for Energy Audits covers most of the cost. An engineer walks the site and writes up what to fix and what it returns.

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