How do you save energy in your restaurant? Choose an ENERGY STAR® certified commercial oven!

The search for increasingly innovative technological solutions that allow not only an efficiency of cooking processes but also a real improvement from the point of view of energy consumption is a constant mission for us at Unox!

This is what distinguishes us and today makes us the company that produces the largest number of ENERGY STAR^® certified commercial electric ovens and commercial gas ovens.

There are over 30 certified models to date, within our lines: 

• CHEFTOP MIND.Maps™ PLUS 

• CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS COMPACT

• CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ BIG PLUS

• BAKERTOP MIND.Maps^™ BIG PLUS

• BAKERLUX SHOP.Pro^™ Master

This important result is a testament to the constant attention that we at UNOX have always placed towards the environment and the commitment that, for over 30 years, we have put into research and development of intelligent solutions that respond to the daily challenges of professional cooking and pastry.

The Energy Star data provide us with a useful indication of the energy savings that a restaurant could make by including an ENERGY STAR^® certified CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS oven in its kitchen.

Do you mainly cook with steam in your restaurant?

In order to cook 1,000 kg of steamed potatoes with a CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS 10-tray oven, 28 full loads lasting about 30 minutes each are required, giving a total of 14 hours of oven operation with a total consumption of 105.3 kWh.

Cooking the same amount of steamed food with an oven without ENERGY STAR^® certification will take about 44 minutes per batch, resulting in a total of almost 21 hours of oven operation, with a total consumption of 169.7 kWh.

Numbers speak for themselves: CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS is the best choice!

While steaming 1,000 kg of potatoes, you save:

-         6.5 hours of time

-         64.4 kWh of energy

-         18.4 kg of CO₂*

-         12.9 € in utility bills*

*Estimate made assuming that the oven is used in the UK with a CO₂ Emission Factor [kg eCO₂/kWh] of 0.285 end with a cost of energy/kWh equal to 0.201€.

In less than 15 hours of steaming your CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS would have already saved you 12.9€!

Do you mainly cook in convection mode in your restaurant?

In order to cook 1,000 kg of roasted potatoes with a CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS 10-tray oven, 31 full loads lasting about 43 minutes each are required, giving a total of 22 hours of oven operation with a total consumption of 189.4 kWh.

In contrast, cooking the same amount of food with an oven without ENERGY STAR^® certification will take about 51 minutes per batch, which amounts to a total of almost 26 hours of oven operation, with a total consumption of 228.8 kWh.

Numbers speak for themselves: CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS is the best choice!

While cooking 1,000 kg of roasted potatoes, you save:

-         4 hours of time

-         39.4 kWh of energy

-         11.2 kg of CO₂*

-         7.9 € in utility bills^*

^*Estimate made assuming that the oven is used in the UK with a CO₂ Emission Factor [kg eCO₂/kWh] of 0.285 end with a cost of energy/kWh equal to 0.201€.

In just 22 hours of convection cooking your CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS would have already saved you 7.9€!

Do you cook both with and without steam in your restaurant?

Let's reckon that you need to use your oven in mixed mode to produce e.g., 500 kg of steamed potatoes and 500kg of roasted potatoes.

With a CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS oven, you will achieve excellent result with 14 full loads with steam lasting 30 minutes each and 16 full loads without steam lasting 43 minutes each, for a total of about 18 and a half hours of oven operation, with a total consumption of 150.4 kWh.

Whereas cooking the same amount of food with a non-ENERGY STAR^® certified oven will require 14 full loads with steam lasting 44 minutes each and 16 without steam of 51 minutes each, giving a total of almost 24 hours of oven operation with a total consumption of 202.9 kWh.

Numbers speak for themselves: CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS is the best choice!

Cooking 500 kg of roasted potatoes and 500 kg of steamed potatoes, you save:

-         5.5 hours of time

-         52.5 kWh of energy

-         15.0 kg of CO₂*

-         10.6 € in utility bills^*

^*Estimate made assuming that the oven is used in the UK with a CO₂ Emission Factor [kg eCO₂/kWh] of 0.285 end with a cost of energy/kWh equal to 0.201€.

In just 18 hours of convection and steam cooking your CHEFTOP MIND.Maps™ PLUS would have already saved you 10.6€!



The most favourable choice, even if the oven is empty!

Unfortunately, during service kitchen equipment is often left switched on and in temperature waiting for the next batch.

Here again, ENERGY STAR^® is the best choice to cut energy consumption! A CHEFTOP MIND.Maps^™ PLUS 10-tray oven consumes 1.08 kWh to remain at temperature while empty for 1 hour, while a non-certified oven consumes 2.64 kWh.

ENERGY STAR^® is a voluntary American government program born in 1992 from the joint efforts of the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the aim of encouraging manufacturers of a wide range of technologies and electrical appliances to take energy efficiency into account when designing their products.

Given the growing sensitivity of various consumers and professionals regarding issues related to environmental respect and the abatement of CO₂ emissions, the various manufacturing companies have long understood the importance of offering various customers products that promote respect for the environment and that can guarantee lower energy consumption. It therefore becomes very clear that owning a large number of ENERGY STAR® certified products is a fundamental competitive tool that can make a difference.

ENERGY STAR^® certification for electric and gas ovens for professional use. 

The ENERGY STAR^® label is present on more than 75 different product categories including one relating to "professional ovens," which contains two sections: one relating to combi ovens and one relating to convection ovens.

Before they can affix the ENERGY STAR^® label to their products, manufacturers must agree to have them tested in an EPA-recognized laboratory and analyzed by an EPA-recognized certification body - convection ovens are tested in two modes, at full load and empty with standard parameters (177 °C and 0% humidity), while the combi ovens are also tested in two further modes, at full load and empty at 100 °C and 100% humidity.