Sweet success for star system

An energy saving heating and cooling system installed at one of Nestle's UK chocolate factories has scooped a major industry award for its designer, Star Refrigeration.

Star's innovative ammonia heat pump plant at Nestle's confectionery production facility in Halifax has won a prestigious RAC Cooling Industry Award. The Nestle Halifax installation took the Industrial and Commercial Project of the Year title at the 2010 awards ceremony.

Star's Neatpump impressed the judges by demonstrating significant environmental advantages over conventional systems. Neatpump uses groundbreaking technology to simultaneously deliver chilled glycol and hot water at 60°C using waste heat. Featuring a single stage screw compressor, Neatpump is said to deliver hot water more efficiently than a traditional gas fired boiler system.