58 | Purpose-built systems for ‘whole of life’ T Virginia Wright Active Refrigeration - Christchurch “We identified that the energy used in our plants and the influence our plants have on our clients’ carbon footprints needed to reflect our concern for the environment.” T to page 60 CONTRACTING Since its small beginnings in 2000 Active Refrigeration Ltd has grown steadily to where it is now with a staff of 200 working from branches all over the country to achieve a nationwide network. Their reputation is built on their successful delivery of “In-house design engineering from cradle to grave,” as company co-founder Craig Duff puts it. From the beginning he and fellow co-founder Graeme Green have been determined that the project execution, management, and service and maintenance of their engineered designs for purpose-built refrigeration and air-conditioning systems should be excellent for “whole of life.” “Regardless of whether the installation is in the depths of the South Island or the upper reaches of the North island, we would expect that where we’ve installed a capital plant our teams would deliver the same service, quality and feeling to the client while maintaining that equipment ‘as new’ for its lifetime,” says Craig. The word “feeling” is key to this as far as Craig’s concerned. He’s aware it’s a soft deliverable but they want to leave a flavour of service and expertise that’s the same everywhere, regardless of which subsidiary or branch is behind it. “There’s always personalities involved,” says Craig, “but our move into ISO accreditation 14001 means we’re starting to achieve that deliverable.” Part of the ISO (International Standards Organisation) accreditation is establishing clean and replicable systems that can be rolled out identically to branches so that at least all the external factors contributing to their feeling or flavour, such as vehicles and uniforms, are the same. Sustainability factors are another big part of the ISO accreditation and something that Active Refrigeration take seriously. Refrigeration may only account for a very low percentage of New Zealand’s GWP (Global Warming Potential), but at the same time it controls or influences between 30 and 40 per cent of its energy use. “We identified that the energy used in our plants and the influence that our plants have on our clients’ carbon footprints needed to reflect our concern for the environment,” says Craig.
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