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Update your foodservice equipment for profits and productivity Did you know… • Foodservice facilities are nearly three times more energy-intensive than other types of commercial buildings • Nearly two-thirds of all energy consumption in restaurants comes from kitchen activities • Small restaurants use proportionately more electricity and less natural gas than large restaurants • In restaurants, cooking is the largest end use for natural gas, and refrigeration is the largest end use for electricity Saving energy begins with knowing where and how much energy is used. Get a no-cost, on-site energy audit of your facility with SDG&E’s Business Energy Solutions program. Your business may even be eligible for free energy-efficient measures! There are foodservice rebates available right now at SDG&E. Specifics can be found in the product catalog. You can discover a lot of energy-saving measures in the kitchen. Energy efficiency upgrades to foodservice equipment can have significant energy-savings potential. For example, replacing old, inefficient gas fryers, ovens and griddles with efficient appliances can lower your energy costs. Vic’s All Star Kitchen saved $722 a year by replacing two low-efficiency manual griddles with one energy-efficient thermostatic griddle.
Update your foodservice equipment for profits and productivity
Did you know… • Foodservice facilities are nearly three times more energy-intensive than other types of commercial buildings • Nearly two-thirds of all energy consumption in restaurants comes from kitchen activities • Small restaurants use proportionately more electricity and less natural gas than large restaurants • In restaurants, cooking is the largest end use for natural gas, and refrigeration is the largest end use for electricity Saving energy begins with knowing where and how much energy is used. Get a no-cost, on-site energy audit of your facility with SDG&E’s Business Energy Solutions program. Your business may even be eligible for free energy-efficient measures! There are foodservice rebates available right now at SDG&E. Specifics can be found in the product catalog. You can discover a lot of energy-saving measures in the kitchen. Energy efficiency upgrades to foodservice equipment can have significant energy-savings potential. For example, replacing old, inefficient gas fryers, ovens and griddles with efficient appliances can lower your energy costs. Vic’s All Star Kitchen saved $722 a year by replacing two low-efficiency manual griddles with one energy-efficient thermostatic griddle.