Refrigeration accounts for a high proportion of overall site energy costs, most notably cooling for food, drink, chemical and pharmaceutical processes where up to 90% of energy costs can be accounted for by refrigeration. According to the Carbon Trust, “energy saving doesn’t need to be expensive – up to 20% can be cut in many … Continued

Glycol is a staple in all chiller-based cooling systems operating at or below 6˚C, adding antifreeze protection. It’s recommended that you use a high-quality glycol with built-in OAT inhibitor packs to suit your process operating characteristics. This will help to protect your system from glycol degradation, corrosion and bacteria as well as bringing system PH … Continued

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for not one, but two Plastics Industry Awards – Supplier partnership – Ancillary Machinery and Best Environmental or Energy Efficiency Programme of the Year. Building partnerships with our customers and helping them to make operational and environmental efficiencies is the lifeblood of ICS Cool Energy and something … Continued

Advantages of  a Manufacturing Summer Shutdown For many, summertime means relaxing holidays. But for manufacturers, it can be a chance to take stock whilst production demand eases. Many industrial businesses take advantage of “summer shutdowns” – a mandatory pause on operations which may seem like a risk to profits, but carried out effectively can help reduce … Continued

With talks of heatwaves on and off over the last few weeks, it shouldn’t have come as a great surprise that we were on for record temperatures. However, when a heatwave strikes in the UK, we’re often unprepared to handle temperatures pushing 30°C as equipment has often been specified at much lower ambient temperatures. The … Continued

The British summer is an unreliable season and hot weather tends to surprise us – usually during the working week when we have little time to enjoy it! Like overheating the engine in your car, the loss of cooling capability from industrial chillers and cooling towers during hotter weather can create huge problems for manufacturers … Continued

ICS Cool Energy has been added to the Carbon Trust’s Green Business Directory as an accredited supplier, providing independent recognition of the temperature control specialist’s skills and services. The Carbon Trust Accredited Supplier Scheme recognises high quality energy efficient equipment and renewable technology suppliers. In order to achieve accreditation, suppliers must meet particular criteria set … Continued

High efficiency compact chillers with a small footprint. For industrial applications demanding high efficiency cooling from a small footprint, temperature control specialist, ICS Cool Energy, has introduced the i-Chiller Compact range. The five model range of air cooled liquid industrial chillers, brings the compact models in ICS Cool Energy’s acclaimed high performance Eurovent-certified i-Chiller range … Continued

Understanding how your premises and industrial plant & equipment will cope in a disaster from a fire, flooding, power loss or system breakdown is incredibly important. Here Russ Baker, UK Sales Director of the hire division at leading temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy, sets out the five key steps that will help you survive … Continued