Heating Revolution
A leading bar operator is using innovative heat recovery technology from wholesale group Beijer Ref to reduce energy costs and achieve ambitious sustainability targets.
The Revolution Bars Group operates two recognised brands, Revolution and Revolución de Cuba, alongside two new concepts in Playhouse and Founders & Co.
With the recently acquired Peach Pubs, the group now has a portfolio of 88 venues.
In keeping with its aim to become the first bar company to reach Net Zero before 2030, the business is keen to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. So, it selected the Sustainable Energy Controller (SEC)-100 heat recovery system, manufactured by SCM Frigo, for its Revolution Leeds venue in the heart of the city’s fashionable Exchange Quarter.
With a below-ground cellar, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment all located together in the first-floor plant room, the site had been using a gas boiler to provide heat throughout the building together with an immersion heater to generate hot water.
The SEC unit has been connected to the bar’s existing Marstair beer cellar system and uses rejected and otherwise wasted heat from the cooling equipment to produce hot water.
