More efficiency and more sustainability in refrigeration - QUANTUM Air from ENGIE Refrigeration exceeds Tier 2 of the Ecodesign Directive
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 – this is one of the European Union's climate targets. In this context, energy-intensive sectors such as refrigeration and air-conditioning technology are particularly challenged to contribute to increasing energy efficiency and thus to reducing CO2 emissions. ENGIE Refrigeration GmbH from Lindau on Lake Constance, Germany, is aware of this task and therefore makes a contribution to greater sustainability, especially with the refrigeration machines of the QUANTUM-Air series.
In June 2019, ENGIE Refrigeration introduced the newly designed, air-cooled QUANTUM air series on the international market. The total of 28 model variants of the series all score points with the highest cooling output, comfortable control, excellent serviceability and maximum efficiency. The cooling and heating specialist from Lindau on Lake Constance placed the highest value on the latter aspect when reworking its tried-and-tested QUANTUM series. Measures to increase energy efficiency play an important role in reducing CO2 emissions and thus contributing to the achievement of the European Union's climate objectives, which are to be implemented, for example, for energy-related product groups within the framework of the Ecodesign Directive. "At ENGIE Refrigeration, we are actively and continuously working to provide our customers with highly efficient, high-performance and sustainable solutions for refrigeration," says Jochen Hornung, Managing Director of ENGIE Refrigeration. "In this respect, we are setting a new standard on the global market, particularly with our QUANTUM-Air refrigeration machines."
New standards in energy efficiency
ENGIE Refrigeration's air-cooled QUANTUM-Air refrigeration machine is currently one of the world's best-quality and most efficient refrigeration machines. Thanks to its high energy efficiency, the QUANTUM Air reduces greenhouse gas emissions to such an extent that the machine already meets the future requirements of the Ecodesign Directive from 2021 (Tier 2). The example of an air-cooled QUANTUM Air of the A1250 version with 1,200 kilowatts of cooling capacity illustrates how great the savings potential of such a refrigeratin machine is. Such a model is frequently used in server cooling throughout the year, which corresponds to a deployment time of 8,760 hours per year. Even with such a utilization cycle, the electric consumption of the refrigeration machine is 410,000 kilowatt hours less than the future reference value according under Tier 2 from the Ecodesign Directive. For the operator, this means an annual electricity savings of around 78,000 euros and savings of almost 200 tons of CO2 (at around 19 cents/kilowatt hour and 0.475 kilograms of CO2/kilowatt hour). "We are proud that our QUANTUM-Air refrigeration machines are a pioneer in terms of sustainability," emphasizes Jochen Hornung. "We want to further expand this lead in the future – in keeping with the mission of the ENGIE Group, Zero Carbon Transition as a Service. Our most important strategic goal is to help customers with low-carbon technologies and services to optimize their carbon footprint – as we are already doing with our QUANTUM Air, for example."
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