Innovation in equipment
The energy efficiency of refrigerators and appliances has improved dramatically since the mid-1970s.
The La Porchetta restaurant chain offers a good example of the benefits of this kind of innovation.
La Porchetta is an Italian restaurant chain with 61 sites around Australia. Each restaurant spends between $8,000 and $15,000 per year on gas supplies. They identified a gas powered oven that reduces their gas usage by a third. Better still, it cooks the food faster.[1]
Using this oven will save money on their gas bills and get the food out quicker to hungry customers, giving their restaurants the potential to turnover more customers and increase income.
This is the kind of innovation that all companies should be on the lookout for.
When it comes to money saving innovation, what is the equivalent of this gas oven in your business?
Gray’s Bakery, VIC
Gray’s Bakery was only the second bakery in the country to install the new highly efficient Tagliavini oven that only fires up when necessary and goes into slow mode to reduce energy when it’s not required. This is crucial as the oven is on from 1.30am until 5.30pm every day.
The oven also features bays that only use energy when that part of the oven is required. This innovative new oven is saving the bakery thousands of dollars a year.[2]
Searching out and finding innovative solutions like this won’t just save you money on energy. You may also find that it makes your business more productive and resilient.