Achieving up to 30% Energy Savings with Next-Generation Refrigeration
Reducing emissions rarely comes from one dramatic breakthrough. It comes from incremental gains, applied consistently across an entire network.
Across leading retail, QSR and petrol and convenience operators, the most meaningful energy savings are now being delivered through next-generation refrigeration design.
Where the efficiency gains are coming from
Modern refrigeration performance is the result of how every component works together to reduce energy demand while maintaining absolute temperature control.
Next-generation systems are delivering measurable improvements through:
- Smarter airflow management that reduces internal system strain
- Enhanced heat exchange for faster, more efficient thermal transfer
- Optimised compressor and component design to lower ongoing load
- Refined controller logic to minimise peak demand spikes
In controlled testing, advancements across these areas are now delivering up to 30% improved energy performance compared to already efficient, market-leading previous designs.
Importantly, these gains are achieved without adding operational complexity.
Why this matters at scale
For a single site, incremental efficiency improvements may appear modest. Across 100 or 5,000 locations, they become financially and operationally significant.
For businesses like independent supermarkets, QSR franchises and multi-site fuel and retail environments, efficiency improvements embedded at the equipment level provide:
- Lower daily running costs across the fleet
- Improved long-term cost of ownership
- Stronger sustainability reporting outcomes
- Alignment with evolving regulatory standards
Refrigeration as a long-term asset
Refrigeration operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Across a large network, it can represent a large proportion of energy expenditure.
At SKOPE, energy performance is engineered into the foundation of every model we design. We approach refrigeration as a long-term operational investment:
- Designed to reduce energy demand without increasing complexity
- Engineered to deliver measurable whole-of-life performance
- Developed to support business-wide consistency
If you are reviewing energy performance across your network, now is the time to assess what next-generation refrigeration design can deliver at scale.