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Article: Open the door to energy savings: warehouses can lower energy costs by choosing the right door.(Warehousing: DOORS)
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- Food Logistics
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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The U.S. Labor Department released data showing that energy prices jumped 5.4 percent this past May, from the previous month. There's no doubt that it's becoming more and more expensive to maintain the environments in today's food and beverage warehouses--especially with freezers, where problems with a door's seals can leech thousands of dollars a year in wasted energy.
It's vital that companies be aware of the latest trends in facility door uses and the cost, as well as productivity savings, they can obtain by using the right door for the right application. However, there are a vast array of door products on the market, ranging from fabric doors to steel doors ...