Other benefits include:

• Versatile cooking applications like toasting, charring and flambéing
• Superior performance for grills and wok burners where flame is key
• The fast response time of gas allows chefs to work efficiently for large scale food preparation
• The flame is visible to the user, helping to control temperature from a mild simmer to an intense heat for stir fry
• Gas provides good heat distribution under and around the pan for a more consistent, even cook
• Gas is an economical and abundant fuel source

Reliable and convenient

Unplanned supply interruptions are rare, so many business owners opt for natural gas in the food service industry. Investing in a gas generator is also recommended for businesses with round-the-clock operation or for those in a blackout prone area. While cooking appliances continue to work in blackouts, a generator ensures the fridge and freezer remain running so stock doesn’t spoil, and front of house operations like lights, phones, and EFTPOS machine are available. If you don’t have a generator, invest in some emergency lighting for the kitchen, a portable power centre, candles, and a good playlist. Cook up a storm and make the most of the situation.

If you’re property doesn’t have a natural gas network nearby to connect to, LPG is a good alternative. However, if both options are available to you there’s no need to worry about running out of fuel when your connected to natural gas, making it the reliable and convenient choice.

Flexible options for cookware

If you’re cooking on electric stovetops (including induction), you’ll need flat bottomed cookware so the surface of the pan touches the heat source, or food won’t cook evenly. Therefore wok-cooking is recommended with gas. An uneven surface or lids on lighter cookware usually cause vibration when cooking on induction, making them noisy to operate. A gas cooktop allows you to cook with pots and pans of any material and shape, while an induction cooktop requires a magnetic-based material for the cooktop to function properly e.g. you cannot use aluminium, glass, pyrex or copper.

• Natural gas hot water

Every commercial kitchen needs hot water (an average of 6 litres per plated three course meal PLUS end of shift wash-down requirements). Nothing delivers hot water faster, nor recovers faster than natural gas (in terms of litres per hour delivery). A natural gas water heating plant takes-up half the footprint of an electric alternative and offers significant savings in energy consumption.

• Natural gas heating and cooling

The vast majority of dining environments need some form of heating and cooling for the seasonal comfort of customers. Natural gas has an extensive range of heating options to suit. Gas log fires are a popular choice as they have excellent cubic meter coverage, and they are often a draw card. Outdoor radiant gas heaters are a popular choice to keep outdoor spaces comfortable during cooler months; and for warmer climates gas powered air-conditioning (GPAC) is an economical and efficient solution. Despite its name GPAC also offers a heating mode, so it provides year-round comfort!

To find out how natural gas cooking can help your business, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 001 001
(contact hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm AEST) or contact us.

Natural gas heating can provide:

• Instant warmth and comfort, for small or large areas
• Cleaner, focal-point fires with no smoke or messy ashes
• Comfort for your customers, with instant control over the flame and temperature
• Fast heat recovery
• Energy efficiencies and potential cost savings

By choosing natural gas heating, you can:

• Enjoy comfortable heating all year round
• Extend the use outdoor areas in cafes and restaurants into the colder months
• Provide relief for allergy sufferers, with hydronic heating that doesn’t circulate air and dust
• Install a decorative fireplace, for extra character, charm, and ambience
• Pair ducted heating with energy efficient evaporate cooling or Climate Wizard technology
• Energy efficiencies and potential cost savings

Boilers

A commercial natural gas boiler is generally a pressurised system that burns natural gas and produces hot water or steam. Boilers are used in a variety of commercial and industrial applications, such as accommodation and hospitality venues, commercial laundries, farms and laboratories and education buildings. Benefits of using natural gas for this appliance type include:

• Reliable fuel source for producing steam and hot water
• Large range to suit business size and output requirements
• Efficient running costs
• Designed for unattended operation
• Clean operation and low maintenance

Benefits include:

• proven to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50%
• potential to reduce energy costs by up to 50% depending on the cost structures in your State
• low maintenance cycle (10, 000 hours or 5 years)
• reduces total electrical demand, therefore potential to reduce electrical infrastructure and running costs
• provides an alternative solution if costly electrical upgrades are required
• potential for improving a building’s NABERS and Green Star ratings
• unique capability to produce heating and cooling simultaneously
• reduces peak demand for power and does not use water
• uses waste heat from engine in cold weather, avoiding long de-icing cycles unlike traditional RC systems

Key benefits from CoGen and TriGen include:

• reliable onsite production of electricity, heat, and cooling
• greater control over the cost to your business by avoiding peak demand price fluctuation
• using gas and capturing waste heat reduces CO2 emissions compared with using grid electricity for heating and cooling
• potential for improving a building’s NABERS and Green Star ratings

Office and apartment buildings, hotels, hospitals and other healthcare buildings, leisure and hospitality facilities, airports, manufacturing plants, and factories are a few examples where CoGen or TriGen plants could be introduced to achieve power security and efficient operation.

Desiccant cooling

Desiccant systems absorb moisture from the outside air and/or return air in a building’s air conditioning system. When compared to other cooling methods, desiccant cooling reduces (sometimes, it even eliminates) the need for conventional cooling equipment. Desiccant cooling is a great option supermarkets can use to improve product presentation; it’s a solution that’s suitable for use in cold stores, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, restaurants, and more.

If your business is equipped to take advantage of harnessing the suns power, gas heating can be paired with solar to enjoy the advantages of both. Keep your energy bills to a minimum and have gas power to rely on when you need a boost.

Natural gas pool heating provides the following benefits:

• fast, reliable, and efficient heating
• a consistent, comfortable water temperature, whatever the weather
• easy, automatic control of the water temperature
• equipment takes up small footprint compared to most alternate solutions

To find out how natural gas cooking can help your business, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 001 001
(contact hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm AEST) or contact us.

Commercial continuous flow hot water

From a small deli to larger commercial premises, commercial continuous flow hot water systems provide hot water on demand and are suitable for most commercial applications, delivering temperatures up to 82 degrees celsius if needed for sanitising requirements. These high efficiency units can be used individually however for businesses requiring a larger load, coupling one (or more) storage tanks with a manifolded bank of continuous flow water heaters combines the benefits of both. The storage tank delivers mains pressure, which is important when multiple outlets require hot water at the same, time like hotel rooms; while the continuous flow water heaters ensure the storage tank has an endless supply of hot water during peak demand.

Centralised hot water

Centralised hot water (also known as bulk or serviced hot water) is a great solution for supplying hot water to apartment buildings. Using this method, hot water is generated by a centralised plant that supplies hot water to individual apartments within a complex. Each apartment has its own water meter and is only charged for the water they use. It eliminates the need for individual hot water systems for each unit which saves space, and usually reduces installation and maintenance costs.

Central hot water plants can be owned, operated and managed by a third party such as an energy retailer or may be managed by the Body Corporate.

Natural gas bulk and serviced commercial hot water systems are ideal for building owners who want to:

• Provide continuous, hassle-free and individually billed water to tenants
• Have hot water plant and water meters owned, operated and maintained by a third party
• Save space and reduce ongoing maintenance costs

Gas boosted solar hot water

Using solar energy to pre-heat hot water can reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Gas boosting in an effective mechanism to ensure the system can provide adequate temperatures and supply. Suitable application include:

• Apartment blocks
• Hospitals
• Nursing homes
• Aged care facilities
• Sporting complexes
• Education buildings

If your business is equipped to take advantage of harnessing the suns power, gas heating can be paired with solar to enjoy the advantages of both. Keep your energy bills to a minimum and have gas power to rely on when you need a boost.

Natural gas pool heating provides the following benefits:

• fast, reliable, and efficient heating
• a consistent, comfortable water temperature, whatever the weather
• easy, automatic control of the water temperature
• equipment takes up small footprint compared to most alternate solutions

To find out how natural gas cooking can help your business, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 001 001
(contact hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm AEST) or contact us.

Commercial continuous flow hot water

From a small deli to larger commercial premises, commercial continuous flow hot water systems provide hot water on demand and are suitable for most commercial applications, delivering temperatures up to 82 degrees celsius if needed for sanitising requirements. These high efficiency units can be used individually however for businesses requiring a larger load, coupling one (or more) storage tanks with a manifolded bank of continuous flow water heaters combines the benefits of both. The storage tank delivers mains pressure, which is important when multiple outlets require hot water at the same, time like hotel rooms; while the continuous flow water heaters ensure the storage tank has an endless supply of hot water during peak demand.

Gas boosted solar hot water

Using solar energy to pre-heat hot water can reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Gas boosting in an effective mechanism to ensure the system can provide adequate temperatures and supply. Suitable application include:

• Apartment blocks
• Hospitals
• Nursing homes
• Aged care facilities
• Sporting complexes
• Education buildings

Centralised hot water

Centralised hot water (also known as bulk or serviced hot water) is a great solution for supplying hot water to apartment buildings. Using this method, hot water is generated by a centralised plant that supplies hot water to individual apartments within a complex. Each apartment has its own water meter and is only charged for the water they use. It eliminates the need for individual hot water systems for each unit which saves space, and usually reduces installation and maintenance costs.

Central hot water plants can be owned, operated and managed by a third party such as an energy retailer or may be managed by the Body Corporate.

Natural gas bulk and serviced commercial hot water systems are ideal for building owners who want to:

• Provide continuous, hassle-free and individually billed water to tenants
• Have hot water plant and water meters owned, operated and maintained by a third party
• Save space and reduce ongoing maintenance costs

If your business is equipped to take advantage of harnessing the suns power, gas heating can be paired with solar to enjoy the advantages of both. Keep your energy bills to a minimum and have gas power to rely on when you need a boost.

Natural gas pool heating provides the following benefits:

• fast, reliable, and efficient heating
• a consistent, comfortable water temperature, whatever the weather
• easy, automatic control of the water temperature
• equipment takes up small footprint compared to most alternate solutions

To find out how natural gas cooking can help your business, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 001 001
(contact hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm AEST) or contact us.

Commercial continuous flow hot water

From a small deli to larger commercial premises, commercial continuous flow hot water systems provide hot water on demand and are suitable for most commercial applications, delivering temperatures up to 82 degrees celsius if needed for sanitising requirements. These high efficiency units can be used individually however for businesses requiring a larger load, coupling one (or more) storage tanks with a manifolded bank of continuous flow water heaters combines the benefits of both. The storage tank delivers mains pressure, which is important when multiple outlets require hot water at the same, time like hotel rooms; while the continuous flow water heaters ensure the storage tank has an endless supply of hot water during peak demand.

Gas boosted solar hot water

Using solar energy to pre-heat hot water can reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Gas boosting in an effective mechanism to ensure the system can provide adequate temperatures and supply. Suitable application include:

• Apartment blocks
• Hospitals
• Nursing homes
• Aged care facilities
• Sporting complexes
• Education buildings

Centralised hot water

Centralised hot water (also known as bulk or serviced hot water) is a great solution for supplying hot water to apartment buildings. Using this method, hot water is generated by a centralised plant that supplies hot water to individual apartments within a complex. Each apartment has its own water meter and is only charged for the water they use. It eliminates the need for individual hot water systems for each unit which saves space, and usually reduces installation and maintenance costs.

Central hot water plants can be owned, operated and managed by a third party such as an energy retailer or may be managed by the Body Corporate.

Natural gas bulk and serviced commercial hot water systems are ideal for building owners who want to:

• Provide continuous, hassle-free and individually billed water to tenants
• Have hot water plant and water meters owned, operated and maintained by a third party
• Save space and reduce ongoing maintenance costs

If your business is equipped to take advantage of harnessing the suns power, gas heating can be paired with solar to enjoy the advantages of both. Keep your energy bills to a minimum and have gas power to rely on when you need a boost.

Natural gas pool heating provides the following benefits:

• fast, reliable, and efficient heating
• a consistent, comfortable water temperature, whatever the weather
• easy, automatic control of the water temperature
• equipment takes up small footprint compared to most alternate solutions

To find out how natural gas cooking can help your business, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 001 001
(contact hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm AEST) or contact us.