Viking Cold’s Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technology was installed in a facility with GCCA co-member Dreisbach Enterprises. The addition of this efficiency and demand shift technology into Dreisbach’s freezers was featured in the publication’s first ever “Cold Chain Innovations” section. Dreisbach experienced an immediate reduction in refrigeration equipment run time, significant load reduction during peak pricing periods, and stable temperatures throughout the entire freezer.

Cold Facts is the bimonthly publication of the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), the leading global cold storage organization.

The grocery industry publication Progressive Grocer invited Viking Cold’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Collin Coker to write a blog. The blog begs the question, “are you operating your freezer in a way that saves frozen food or damages it?”

Progressive Grocer has been the voice of the retail food industry since 1922. By anticipating, reporting and interpreting the grocery industry’s top trends and information.

Viking Cold’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Collin Coker, has written a blog for the grocery industry publication Progressive Grocer. The blog uncovers one of the biggest energy challenges faced by grocery and supermarket chains and how they can address that energy challenge with our Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technology.

Progressive Grocer has been the voice of the retail food industry since 1922. By anticipating, reporting and interpreting the grocery industry’s top trends and information, Progressive Grocer fulfills its mission to stay Ahead of What’s Next.

A top online publication for the Third Party Logistics (3PL) and supply chain industries, Supply Chain Dive, has posted an article discussing how thermal energy storage (TES) technology from Viking Cold helps 3PL cold storage warehouse operators save up to 35% on their refrigeration energy costs.

Supply Chain Dive provides industry news, original analysis, and published in-depth feature articles for professionals in the supply chain.

Cold storage operators are tasked with keeping frozen food at the appropriate temperatures as it travels from farm to fork. Different foods and even different elements within the food require different temperatures to remain frozen. The key to maintaining food quality and safety is temperature stability, and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) provides more stable temperatures keeping food safe to its final destination.

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Well known in the food industry, Food Dive published an article about Viking Cold on their website.  The article describes the benefits of thermal energy storage (TES) technology for grocery store and supermarket freezers.

Food Dive provides professionals with a bird’s-eye-view of the food industry through industry news, original analysis, and published in-depth feature articles.

Adam Valarmo, Director of Business Development for Viking Cold Solutions was interviewed by Proud Green Building while exhibiting at the 2018 AHR Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Proud Green Building is made up of professionals, such as builders, remodelers, architects, specifiers, landscape architects, designers, other industry pros and owners who are interested in learning about and integrating high performance, sustainable, and “green” strategies, systems and products to their buildings. This was the perfect opportunity for us to share the incredible efficiency and sustainability features of our Thermal Energy Storage systems.

Viking Cold’s Thermal Energy Storage technology was being installed in a low-temp warehouse owned by Bashas’ Family of Stores, an Arizona-based, family-owned and operated grocery chain.  The project was incentivized by the local utility, Salt River Project.

Local news crews captured the positive feedback from the client and the utility. Click the images to watch the videos.

It’s no secret that cold storage facilities are a huge investment for end users in the frozen food market. Ongoing operational cost, and energy costs in particular, are long-term considerations of any cold storage project. Cold storage architectural, engineering and construction know they must address these issues to secure project bids.

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Energy demands in U.S. supermarkets are massive, with refrigeration and lighting accounting for over 50% of total energy use. Each year, the average American supermarket consumes roughly 50 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, and 50 cubic feet of natural gas per square foot.

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