Keep products cool 
and carbon emissions low
- Warehouses
- Pharmaceuticals
- Bakery produce…etc.
Pharmaceutical warehouseQ. How many products failed or were returned last summer due to heat? How many of your staff lost weight during the last heat wave? (And no, we don’t mean the ‘f’ plan Diet).
A. Far Too Many.
Q. Why didn’t you take the initiative and find a solution to your cooling problems?
A. Because you hadn’t looked at this website! And it’s not just furnace workers, print shops, and bakeries whose productivity and shelf life is affected by heat.
Bread, best before its best before date
Once baked, bread placed in an environment too warm shortens its shelf life by up to a half. Unless cooled at a certain rate the yeast remains active making the bread less fresh quicker.
Taken out of an oven into a cooled environment slows down the yeast, allowing the bread to last as long as it says it lasts on its label.
Medicines are suffering from a temperature
From a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommendation:
“Unless stated otherwise in product literature and labels, the majority of medicinal products can be stored under conditions of controlled room temperature without compromise to their stability and recommended shelf-life. These products are usually labelled ‘do not store above 25°C’…”
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Recommendations on the control and monitoring of storage and transportation temperatures of medicinal products (168k), published by MHRA.
Most medicinal storage in the UK takes place in uncontrolled room temperatures though.
Temperatures in enclosed spaces often rise much higher than the ambient temperature.
Reported in an article (Keep in a cool place: exposure of medicines to high temperatures in general practice during a British heatwave) for the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr. Brian Crichton found that medicinal storage temperatures in the UK reaching 35°C and over are not uncommon.
Storing medicines in an environment too warm can render medicines less effectual causing obvious potential danger. Pharmaceutical storage — in large warehouses, medical practices, pharmacist dispensaries etc. — should be at temperatures no higher than 25°C.
Cooling for products
Evaporative cooling, like air conditioning, cools enclosed spaces including buildings, cooling the contents of those spaces.
Efficient cooling
Evaporative cooling, unlike air conditioning, cools efficiently. It consumes only a small amount of electric energy even during heat waves when it’s required to work its hardest. Evaporative cooling cools by using the natural cooling process evaporation.
Environmentally cheap
Not only does evaporative cooling’s efficiency make its running costs low, it makes it environmentally friendly. Evaporative cooling has a tiny carbon footprint.
small carbon footprint
Evaporative cooling’s carbon footprint is typically 90% smaller than refrigerative air conditioning. Evaporative cooling consumes 90% less electricity even during hot spells and heat waves. In fact the hotter it gets, the more efficient evaporative cooling gets.
See How evaporative cooling works for a simple explanation of how.
Cool Technology
Cool Technology offers a complete cooling service from initial site evaluation, Carbon Trust eligibility assistance, installation, through to after care services including maintenance and training.
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