Dennree Converts Former Warehouse into Refrigerated Logistics Facility
At the converted dennree refrigerated warehouse, its refrigeration systems for dairy products, fruit and vegetables enable sustainable, economical and long service life. dennree, a wholesaler of organic foods and beverages, converted an existing warehouse to four refrigerated bays with efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration systems. In the machine building for above-freezing refrigeration, advanced GEA chillers operate with ammonia, the natural refrigerant (R717). The refrigeration systems use brine to assure the required temperatures.
For the expanding organic wholesaler dennree, with home offices in Töpen, Bavaria (Germany), the issue of sustainability plays a prominent role. For the energy-intensive cooling of its fresh food products, the company now counts on refrigeration technology that uses ammonia as refrigerant in its machine building. Instead of building a new refrigeration complex from scratch, dennree took advantage of buying the existing central warehouse of a neighboring discount operation. dennree then converted and expanded this building as a 4-bay complex with four separate cold storage facilities. Since April, an ammonia refrigeration system for non-freezing refrigeration (6°C) has cooled three of these bays, with total floor space of 21,000 m². The fourth bay, with 4,000 m² for meat and sausage products, has its own propane refrigeration system, which assures a storage temperature of 2°C.