How to ‘grow your own’ green kitchen with Sub-Zero & Wolf Appliances

We are all aware of what a difference our carbon footprint can make to the world, and now more than ever it is starting to become an important factor when purchasing a new appliance for the kitchen. The choice of the UK’s most discerning chefs, from James Martin to Thomasina Miers, is Sub-Zero & Wolf; the premium range of refrigeration and cooking appliances which eco-conscious cooks can rely on to take care of the environment as well as their culinary creations.

We all know that energy efficient appliances cost less to run, help to reduce wastage and are less harmful to the environment. The Energy A Rated Built In Refrigerator from Sub-Zero provides the ultimate in energy efficiency by using technology originally developed by NASA, to ‘scrub’ the air inside the refrigerator eliminating odours, viruses, bacteria and ethylene gas given off by stored fruits and vegetables. By cleaning the air, food is preserved and kept fresher for longer, reducing the amount of food wastage and any unnecessary energy expended on extra trips to the supermarket.

When it comes to cooking, the Dual Fuel from Wolf is the must-have eco-appliance for 2011. The Dual Fuel only expends energy when in use and the oven doors are tightly sealed to retain heat and energy so that the cooking temperatures do not fluctuate. The single spark ignition of the gas burners ensures that energy is not wasted on un-used burners, but only on the burner you wish to light, whilst dual-stacked sealed burners, patented to Wolf, offer unbeatable temperature control from the lowest melting and simmering settings to ultra-fast boiling. The burners’ auto re-ignition function is safe and efficient and ensures that no cooking time is lost if the gas flame is accidentally extinguished by a gust of wind from an open door or window.

Long before it was cool to be green, Sub-Zero & Wolf have been pioneering designs which look out for the environment, throughout the manufacturing process and the products life-cycle:

The raw materials

• 75% of the stainless steel and 50% of the plastic in Sub-Zero & Wolf’s products are recycled
• Sub-Zero & Wolf utilises electric vehicles at its production plant, reducing the use of fossil fuel
• The company is continuing to eliminate the painting process at the manufacturing facilities by working with suppliers to develop environmentally responsible, non VOC coatings

Efficiency in use

If everyone in the UK upgraded their cold appliances to Energy Saving Recommended products, it would save over £700 million worth of electricity every year. Enough CO2 would be saved annually to fill the Royal Albert Hall 15,000 times and the electricity saved each year could power the UK’s street lighting for 3 years.¹ Quite a statistic! Happily, when cooking with Wolf, its clever heat control systems ensure energy and cooking time are both conserved, while refrigeration by Sub-Zero features Dual Refrigeration; Air Purification based on technology developed by NASA and Adaptive Defrost Technology, preventing fluctuations in temperature and power usage, while extending the life of your fresh and frozen foods.

• As result, even the largest Sub-Zero & Wolf appliances use less electricity than a 100 watt light bulb! The dual refrigeration system even requires less energy to power than single compressor brands, which force the compressor to work ‘flat out’ to try to maintain even refrigeration and freezer set temperatures
• Every Sub-Zero Fridge/Freezer utilises a Dual Refrigeration system compromising of two separate compressors which ensures the cool, humid air contained in the fridge is kept within its own compartment and the cold, dry air from the freezer does not circulate into the refrigerator
• The Dual Refrigeration system eradicates any unwanted odours or flavours from the refrigerator and maintains even temperatures in both compartments thereby extending the life of your fresh and frozen foods.

Preserving food

A hot topic of the last few years, food waste not only contributes to environmental impact of over-farming but overloads the UK’s landfills.

• 8.3 million tonnes of food is thrown away by households in the UK every year²
• If we all stop wasting food that could have been eaten, the CO2 impact would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road²
• While newly released statistics reveal that every day, five million potatoes, 4.4 million apples, a million loaves of bread and a million slices of ham are thrown into the UK’s bins untouched³

Sub-Zero & Wolf’s dual refrigeration means that two compressors share the work – with the dual benefits of energy saving and keeping perishables safe. Meanwhile air purification systems remove the odour, bacteria and ethylene gas which cause foods to spoil faster.

Built to last

Sub-Zero & Wolf’s appliances are built to last, not be land-filled. All Sub-Zero & Wolf appliances show their value through reliability year after year.

• It is common for customers to be using the same Sub-Zero refrigeration after 20 years. With products built from the highest quality materials and designed to provide unbeatable performance, customers can feel at ease knowing every product bearing the Sub-Zero & Wolf name is not only an investment for your kitchen, but an investment for life

1. Energy Efficiency Week, 2010

2. Waste & Resources Action Programme, April 2011