Air Management Technologies: ‘Our goal is to have a zero-energy bakery’
Awarded for: Spiral cooling system and oven heat recovery
The spiral cooling system cools products using outside air, cutting energy use by one-third compared to regular refrigeration and the oven heat recovery system recycles heat that would normally be wasted.
Scott Houtz, president: “Our goal is to have a zero-energy bakery. How close we can come to that will depend on the technology, but what you’re going to be seeing in the future is that heat will be recycled. And heat can even be used to produce electricity with different technologies and that will prepare the future for things such as solar and wind to help power the bakeries very efficiently.”