Case Study - Enclosures
Shipping containers play a critical role in our supply chain through use for shipment, storage and simple handling. Given the wide variety of locations and use cases for shipping containers, they can be subjected to many different weather conditions. These ambient conditions - sun, rain, snow, humidity, etc. - impact the goods inside of the container. Significant heat and solar irradiance can dramatically increase the internal temperature of shipping containers and expose the internal components to extreme conditions.
Shipping container shop with the roof covered with CoolFilm.
Heat Inverse wanted to look at CoolFilm's potential to benefit shipping container temperatures and worked with a California-based customer to install temperature sensors in two shipping containers located next to each other. Heat Inverse prioritized installation by the customer to ensure that benefits are obtained without the need for Heat Inverse to install. CoolFilm was installed in Mid-October, with the case study projected to last for one year.
In November alone, the CoolFilm routinely reduced internal temperatures by 15°F compared to the inside of the control. Cooling is expected to increase in summer months, providing additional benefit to the health and wellness of the employees (and equipment) that spend time in the container.
“This is promising data!”
-Feedback from the site owner