What Are the Benefits of Using an Air Curtain in Retail?
At Thermoscreens, we understand that not all shops, retail units, or outlets are the same. A properly installed and efficient air curtain can significantly benefit any business by reducing heat loss through open doors and lowering energy costs.
Front of House Air Curtains: Enhancing Comfort and Efficiency.
Here are just some of the advantages that a front-of-house air curtain can offer retailers:
Increase Customer Satisfaction and Retention.
Air curtains create a comfortable and consistent indoor climate, ensuring your patrons feel at ease while browsing or waiting at the checkout. By preventing the intrusion of insects, dust, wind, and moisture, they also maintain a clean and healthy environment that customers will appreciate.
Reduce Energy Costs
By keeping warm or cool air from escaping through open doorways, air curtains reduce the energy needed to maintain an optimal indoor temperature. This efficiency means lower energy bills, making our air curtains a cost-effective solution for your business.
Reduce Employee Turnover and Complaints
A comfortable workplace leads to happier employees. Air curtains ensure store entrances, employee entry points, and loading docks remain free from cold drafts, pollutants, and fumes. This helps create a better working environment, boosting employee satisfaction and productivity.
Save Space with Flexible Installation
Thermoscreens air curtains can be surface-mounted for quick and easy installation or recessed to save valuable space. Recessed units are installed behind walls or ceilings, leaving only the outlet grille visible. These versatile options can be mounted horizontally or vertically, ensuring a seamless fit for any retail layout.
Why Choose the CS Air Curtain for Supermarkets?
Unlike traditional options like insulated doors or PVC strip curtains, the CS Air Curtain offers:
- Superior climate separation.
- Minimal maintenance requirements.
- Long-term, consistent performance.
This innovative solution combines efficiency, sustainability, and safety, making it the better choice for modern supermarket operations.
Goodbye Strip Curtains, Hello Safety and Savings
Traditional PVC strip curtains often fall short in maintaining reliable climate separation and can hinder the smooth movement of goods and staff. The CS Air Curtain provides a barrier-free alternative that:
- Maintains consistent internal temperatures.
- Minimises frost formation.
- Reduces defrost cycles and associated maintenance needs.
By enhancing visibility and facilitating smooth operations, the CS Air Curtain addresses both safety and productivity challenges.
Smart Climate Control
The CS Air Curtain uses thermal imaging-tested technology to create a distinct separation between internal cold air and external warm air. This ensures refrigerated areas remain at the required temperatures, protecting perishable goods and reducing unnecessary energy consumption.
The graph below shows the cold store once the air curtain was installed. As seen in the graph, the temperature is greatly increased when the Air Curtain fan was turned off and the door was open (orange). However, as seen by the line in the graph, once the Air Curtain fans were turned on there was very little difference in temperature when the door was open (less than 3 degrees)
Sustainability and Environmental Benefits
Modern supermarkets prioritise sustainability, and the CS Air Curtain supports these efforts by:
- Minimising energy use and carbon emissions.
- Reducing the frequency of defrost cycles.
- Eliminating plastic waste from PVC strip curtains.
By implementing this solution, supermarkets can achieve annual energy savings of up to £15,472 and reduce CO₂ emissions by 23,322kg, delivering both financial and environmental benefits.
Transform Your Cold Storage with Thermoscreens.
The Thermoscreens CS Air Curtain is more than just a climate control accessory—it’s an essential upgrade for any supermarket cold storage system. By delivering measurable energy savings, improving safety, and supporting sustainability goals, it addresses the core challenges of maintaining an efficient cold storage environment.
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Speak to the team today.
Ready to purchase your industrial air curtains? Getting in touch with our team couldn’t be easier. Choose one of the options below, and a member of our expert team will be on hand to help:
- Call us today on 02476 384646,
- Send us an email to sales@thermoscreens.com
Testimonials
“Thank you for all your support. We couldn’t have won this project without your assistance.”
- Senior engineer
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your performance, we have all been very impressed with your response to queries and turnaround of air curtains.”
- Installer, HVAC
“The units we installed at Birmingham this week. We really enjoyed installing your units and would like to use them moving forward with the other stores.”
- Installer, Restaurant in Birmingham
“The new air curtains in the freezer room have completely eliminated any ice and frost build up around the room, including the evaporators. As the main reason for cold room failure, this will undoubtedly help to reduce costly downtime, stock loss and maintenance calls.”
- Refrigeration Manager at leading supermarket
“Thank you for having an excellent working relationship with me, you are a credit to Thermoscreens.”
- Technical Engineer, HVAC
“Wrapped up and gone before the lunch service, great turnaround from order to delivery.”
- Director, Restaurant in Aldwych