Lowering your company’s carbon emissions isn’t just good for the environment, and it isn’t just a selling point to add to your website. Reducing your energy use is also a great way to save money over the long term. Companies both big and small are investing in energy-efficient machinery, sun-heated buildings, and enough solar panels to cover every square inch of spare roof.
Keeping Things Cool
No matter how many corners you cut, however, there are still certain costs you can’t avoid. Cars and trucks still run on gasoline and diesel, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. If your company creates or hauls perishable goods like fruit, wine, flowers, or pharmaceuticals, or if you need to transport temperature-sensitive items like electronics, cosmetics, lotions, or hair care products, then you need temperature control, and oftentimes that means refrigeration units.
Unfortunately, reefer trucks, train cars, and cargo containers come with certain problems, like the need for regular maintenance and the chance of breakdowns that may ruin an entire semi-trailer’s worth of product. Plus even if you buy the most reliable model, there isn’t much you can do to reduce the energy cost involved. Refrigeration units need plenty of power to keep the temperature steady, and whether that means plugging in to the local power supply or running it off a diesel generator, you’ll be paying extra to keep your goods safe.
Keeping Things Cheap
Active temperature control doesn’t have to be your only option, however – not when all you really need is a good blanket. Here at ProtekCargo, we create heavy-duty industrial blankets that can insulate individual pallets, whole trucks of cargo, or even entire cargo containers. Our primary product, the SureTemp container blanket, uses a thick blend of hollow fibers to protect your cargo from both the heat of summer and the cold of winter. Each blanket also has a poly-coated aluminum skin that deflects infrared rays before they can affect your products.
Best of all, though, SureTemp blankets cost zero energy beyond the simple effort it takes to strap them on. With proper care, each blanket can last as much as ten years, plus once it’s past its prime you can send it back to us for recycling. If you don’t need a blanket for that long, we can also lease them out for monthly installments or singular shipments. We’ll even drop them off and pick them up for free.
Low emissions and sustainability aren’t just good for your reputation, they’re good for your bottom line. If you need to transport temperature-sensitive goods, there’s no getting around the need to keep your cargo safe, but you can still save money by going with blankets instead of refrigeration.
