(June, 2009). Pittsburgh, PA: If your business could cut its operating expenses and slice its energy bill by hundreds of dollars each year, would you take measures to do it? What if you got paid to save hundreds of dollars in energy savings every year? I know what you are thinking: It sounds too good to be true!

Present changes in walk-in cooler and freezer legislation require businesses to cut refrigeration operating expenses. Recently enacted legislation calls for all newly manufactured walk-in coolers and freezers to have a strip door or swinging door to separate the environments. While strip doors can save businesses hundreds of dollars each year in energy savings alone, many states have taken steps to ensure energy efficiency by endorsing rebates for using PVC strip doors!

Curtron’s line of walk-in cooler and freezer strip doors allow businesses to save big on a small, initial investment. Typical strip doors installed on high-traffic walk-in coolers and freezers pay for themselves in as little as three months, and in many cases, have saved businesses thousands of dollars each year in energy savings. Combine the amount saved from energy savings with rebates that states are offering for newly installed strip doors, using PVC strip doors becomes a no-brainer! For example, Pacific Gas and Electric Company offers a $3.00 rebate per square foot for newly installed plastic strip doors or swinging doors (PG&E). If your business has multiple walk-in coolers and freezers, you could earn hundreds of dollars in rebates!

Strip Doors also save businesses valuable energy costs when installed on loading docks and other exterior openings. By keeping the cold air out in the fall and winter and the hot air out in the spring and summer, businesses can watch their heating bills cool off!

Aside from installing strip doors on walk-in coolers and freezers, states have also began offering rebates for businesses that use strip curtains on reach-through cooler display cases. Curtron’s Caser, an affordable, reach-through cooler curtain, offers immediate energy savings and can warrant up to a $6.00 rebate per foot of curtain (www.EfficiencyVermont.com)!

For more information on PVC Strip Doors for walk-in coolers, freezers, and reach-through coolers, or to find out how your business can cut their energy bills, please contact Curtron Products at 1-800-833-5005, or visit them on the web at www.curtronproducts.com. For information on how to obtain rebates, contact your local utility companies.