Refrigeration accounts for 50%+ of electricity costs for most grocery retailers. Most retailers have already addressed the "low-hanging fruit", so energy managers are searching for the next big energy savings opportunity. However, those opportunities are often buried in massive amounts of data from refrigeration controllers across hundreds of stores.

As energy prices continue to rise, businesses are feeling the pinch. For companies like retail grocery and cold storage, where refrigeration is vital to success, the impact of increasing energy costs can be particularly significant.

On May 17, 2023, Axiom Cloud hosted a webinar with the goal of discussing how setpoint standardization, lockouts, and energy commissioning can improve refrigeration maintenance.

Refrigeration is a vital component of cold storage facilities, and it is the primary energy consumer in these facilities. Proper refrigeration management and maintenance can result in significant energy savings.

Refrigeration can account for up to 70% of a facility's energy usage. This is why proper refrigeration management is essential to optimize energy efficiency and reduce costs.

On December 6, 2022, Axiom Cloud hosted a cold-storage-focused webinar with Benjamin "Spoon" Spoon and William "Danny" Wise of HelloFresh.

While our first focus was and continues to be refrigeration management and optimization, it has been obvious from the start of Axiom's journey that HVAC management would be the logical next step.

Axiom Cloud is thrilled to announce that its "apps for refrigeration" are now deployed in dozens of Sprouts Farmers Market stores in Northern California.

On March 22nd, 2022, Axiom Cloud hosted a Demand Response webinar with panelists from Emerson, Enersponse, and National Grid.

On November 9th, 2021, Axiom Cloud hosted an unforgettable webinar featuring industry-expert panelists Tristam Coffin of Effecterra, Pete Cuneo of SEER2, and Axiom Cloud CEO Amrit Robbins.

As environmental concerns grow more urgent, technician shortages grow more acute, and new technologies emerge, companies must respond to these shifts with a plan for action.

Across the fleet of grocery stores currently subscribed to Axiom Cloud's apps, around two-thirds of stores that had floating suction pressure controls enabled were not receiving the expected energy benefits.

Grocery retailers are in business to turn a profit - and it's a tough industry to make it happen. Luckily, operation costs can be reduced with intelligent refrigeration management.

As Axiom Cloud announces a seed round of funding led by Ulu Ventures, we thought it would be a good time to unpack and explain our lofty vision: "make the world's cooling systems sustainable".

California, along with many other regions throughout the world, is implementing regulations to decrease the use of HFC's and therefore reduce their impact on the environment. Supermarkets need to start adapting.

In this blog post, we will explain demand charges and commercial time-of-use utility bills, followed by a discussion of how energy storage can be used to lower the costs associated with them.

We are excited to announce the release of two new case studies, which highlight our Platform's two main services: Virtual Technician and Virtual Battery. Axiom has brought AI to the underserved refrigeration industry!

Axiom Cloud's IoT Platform is a lightweight, software-based addition to any refrigeration system that transform it into an intelligent, flexible, optimized asset. Through intelligent pre-cooling and load-shedding of thermal systems, the Virtual Battery app is able to provide services across fleets of buildings that are similar to those provided by a traditional battery.

Because of their high operating expenses, in particular their high energy costs, it's no secret that solar power can create massive savings for grocery stores. After installing solar arrays, many store owners are finding that they need storage to take full advantage of the power of the sun.

For the last 20 years, supermarket managers have emphasized reducing energy (kWh) consumption of their stores. This is no longer enough. Today, supermarket owners must focus on managing power (kW), which drives 60-70% of their electricity bill.