Cooking Green: How Natural Gas Fuels Sustainable Restaurant Operations
Cooking Green: How Natural Gas Fuels Sustainable Restaurant Operations
You might already be using natural gas to help fuel your restaurant, or perhaps you’re not but are considering making the switch. Either way, it’s good to know natural gas means more than superior cooking control or savings on your winter heating bills. It’s also great for sustainability.
Most of Georgia’s power these days is generated using natural gas, versus the coal we all once relied on. And that has a huge impact on reducing our carbon footprint when we use electricity for our homes and businesses. But natural gas is even more efficient and makes a bigger impact when used directly, especially when we consider energy-intensive operations like restaurants. Let’s look at some of the benefits.
For one, as we mentioned above, you’re cutting costs with natural gas when it comes to energy use, and that could free up money for other sustainable initiatives, including finding creative ways to let customers know about your sustainable efforts. It’s something more and more patrons feel matters.
Using direct-use natural gas appliances on site also means you’re retaining 80-90% of the original energy, versus losing up to 65% of the original energy used to power electric appliances.
Natural gas cooking equipment heats up and cools down quicker, too, which reduces idle energy use and improves kitchen efficiency, not to mention greater control over cooking temperatures.
And with the rise of technologies like Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems, restaurants have even greater potential to save and make a positive impact. CHP systems use natural gas to generate electricity for a business and then capture the waste heat for water and space heating—helping restaurants gain a competitive edge.
Ultimately, natural gas adds up to bigger cost savings, happier customers and a bigger role played in building a more sustainable world.
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