| div class="googleright"> | | | | to each other and the use of energy. If you start |
| Did you know that 1/3 of the world's electricity is | | | | from the understanding that moisture - laden air is |
| consumed in the word's fridges and freezers | | | | more expensive to heat up or cool down you will |
| keeping our food fresh, either storing it in the | | | | then begin to understand why keeping the fridge |
| kitchen or transporting it from the farm gate to | | | | cool but at the right humidity is so important to |
| our dinner plate? | | | | save energy. The only thing wrong with the |
| How do you make a fridge more energy | | | | average walk-in fridge in your typical restaurant |
| efficient? | | | | kitchen is you have to open the door in order to |
| There are only 3 things to worry about inside | | | | put your food in or take it out. Now of course |
| your average fridge: | | | | when you open the door, you let cold air out and |
| - Fridge Temperature | | | | warmer air in and this creates excess moisture. |
| - Relative Humidity | | | | The longer the door is open and the more trips in |
| - Gaseous atmosphere | | | | and out of the fridge you make the more |
| For the purpose of this article, we are going to | | | | humidity you create inside the fridge. |
| discuss the first two as they are directly related | | | | |