Case study: SAVING ENERGY, Nostos Restaurant Hove

Our Sustainability Change: Ditch The Ice Machine

Making ice in the freezer saves Nostos around £3000 in energy costs every year.

We did an energy audit and identified equipment that was spending a lot of energy and obviously a lot of money. One of them was the ice machine.” – Kyriakos Baxevanis, owner Nostos

STEPS TO ENERGY SAVING SUCCESS

  1. Complete an energy audit. We used a Smart Power Meter Electricity Usage Monitor which we bought online.
  2. See which appliances use the most energy to run.
  3. Decide if these appliances can be used more efficiently or not used at all.
  4. Make the change

How Nostos made the change

We turned the ice machine off, filled gastronomers (catering trays) with water and make ice in the freezers which were already in use. These sheets of ice are broken up into ice cubes.

About Nostos

  • Contemporary Greek and Mediterranean fusion restaurant
  • Opened 2019
  • 75 seat (50 inside and 25 outside)

You just need to commit to making that small improvement on a daily basis. Get out there. Make a difference. Make a change.” – Kyriakos

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Tell us one more thing you do to be sustainable

On the advice of our interior designer Chloe Bullock (Materialise interiors) we decided to retrofit our taps with water blades. This innovative product uses between 1.9 and 2.7 litres per minute, compared to a normal tap which uses 10 to 20 litres per minute.

Overall we save 50% on water costs and 30% on energy costs by fitting water blades!

favourite suppliers 

We love working with Redroaster as our coffee supplier as they are a B Corp and Diana, the owner, is one of the loveliest people in our local hospitality community.” – Kyriakos

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