GLASGOW, UK, Sept. 9, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Star Refrigeration has actually been acknowledged for its pioneering function in renewable resource, digital development and production management at the Made in Scotland Awards 2025. Arranged by Scottish Service Expert, the award winners will be revealed at an event, which will occur on 25th September at Glasgow’s Voco Grand Central Hotel to commemorate Scotland’s most ingenious business, business owners, and producers.
The business has actually protected a put on the shortlist in 3 of the award classifications, showing the breadth of its effect in the UK market.
Star Renewable Resource (SRE), the group’s professional commercial heatpump business, has actually been chosen for the Energy and Renewables Maker of the Year Award in acknowledgment of its innovative innovation, which is changing how structures, markets and cities are cooled and warmed through extremely effective, eco-friendly natural refrigerant options.
Credited with a few of Europe’s landmark low-carbon district heating jobs, SRE provided the Drammen setup in Norway, which stays the world’s very first and biggest zero-carbon water source heatpump. In Scotland, the Queens Quay heatpump in Clydebank has actually demonstrated how river water can be utilized to offer cost effective, sustainable heat to the neighborhood and worked as a design for the advancement of the sustainable city heating networks presently released in Bristol, Jarrow and Liverpool
More current developments consist of steam-generating heatpump efficient in reaching 140 ° C to cut emissions in whisky distilling, and barge-mounted heatpump created to bring tidy energy into metropolitan district heating networks.
Star’s Values energy management system has actually been shortlisted for the Digital Innovation Award in acknowledgment of its capability to reveal concealed inadequacies in commercial refrigeration and heater, providing considerable carbon cost savings for a few of the UK’s finest understood business.
Redefining how energy is handled in cooling reliant markets such as the cold chain, petrochemicals, information centres and district heating, Values integrates engineering know-how with AI, digital twin innovation and advanced algorithms to provide operators complete presence of system efficiency. This has actually made it possible for a few of the UK’s biggest sellers to decrease energy expenses and carbon emissions. For example, Tesco cut energy usage by 4 GWh and prevented 835 tonnes of CO two in under 2 years, while Asda conserved 5 GWh and 1,100 tonnes of CO two throughout 6 websites in 4 years.
In 2024 alone, Values kept an eye on 140,000 MWh of energy and provided confirmed cost savings of 14,000 MWh and 2,600 tonnes of CO TWO.
In the Impressive Contribution to Production classification, John Clark, Director of Star Refrigeration’s information tracking and energy optimisation spin off, Star Data Analytics, has actually been acknowledged for his operate in developing and establishing the innovative Values system.
A Chartered Mechanical Engineer and software application designer, John has actually integrated cooling engineering understanding with digital development to develop a system that now supports more than 20 customers throughout 100+ websites and procedures over 40 billion information points yearly. Coworkers and clients explain him as an innovator whose work has actually set a brand-new requirement for energy efficiency optimisation throughout the market.
Prof Dave Pearson, Group Sustainable Advancement Director at Star Refrigeration, stated:
” We are thrilled to have actually been shortlisted in 3 classifications at the Made in Scotland Awards 2025. These elections acknowledge the devotion of our individuals and the effect our innovation has in assisting markets cut carbon emissions, enhance effectiveness and develop a sustainable future.
John’s vision in establishing Values has actually brought a brand-new level of development to commercial refrigeration and heating. His capability to combine technical understanding with an understanding of client requirements and the power of artificial intelligence, has actually changed how the market approaches energy management.”
The Made in Scotland Awards form part of Expert Media’s prominent ‘Made in’ series, held throughout the UK to commemorate local quality in production. In Scotland, the awards acknowledge the business and people driving development and development in the sector, with winners going on to contend along with their local equivalents at the nationwide Made in the UK Awards.
To discover more about the Made in Scotland awards, see: https://www.insidermedia.com/event/made-in-scotland-awards-2025/shortlist
About Star Refrigeration
Established in 1970, Star Refrigeration is the UK’s biggest commercial refrigeration engineering business. With 9 branches throughout the UK, 2 making centers and around 400 workers, Star supplies end-to-end services from style and making to commissioning and upkeep.
The Star Group consists of Star Renewable Resource, a leader in commercial heatpump innovation, and Star Data Analytics, experts in data-driven efficiency optimisation. A leader of natural refrigerants and energy-efficient options, Star deal with clients throughout food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, freezer, information centres and district heating, assisting them decrease expenses, cut carbon emissions and fulfill sustainability objectives.
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