{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Clocking In","title":"The Open Door Problem Most Facilities Overlook","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2189,"description":"Is your loading dock quietly wasting 20 to 30 percent of your heating and cooling budget?\n\nIn this episode of Clocking In, host Mike Smith sits down with Cullen Luning, Director of Strategic Accounts, and Sami Aslam, Product Manager for Air Movement, both of Schwank North America.\n\nCullen and Sami have spent their careers on opposite ends of the same problem, one selling and engineering solutions, the other studying the science behind them, and both have watched facilities lose money at the dock door without ever knowing it.\n\nYou'll walk away from this episode knowing exactly how much conditioned air an open dock door costs you, why dock seals alone were never designed to stop it, and what steps to take this week to find out where your own facility stands.\n\nKey Takeaways:\nAn open dock door can lose 60 to 70% of your conditioned air, translating to 20 to 30% higher heating and cooling costs.\nDock seals and air curtains solve two different problems. Seals block the outside, air curtains seal the inside, and you need both.\nOnly 8 to 10% of dock doors across North America have air curtains installed, despite how fast the payback can be.\n\nHighlights:\n(00:00) Meet Cullen Luning and Sami Aslam\n(01:51) Where facilities actually lose the most energy\n(03:26) You don't have an HVAC problem, you have an open door problem\n(05:05) What an air curtain really is, and why it's not \"secondary\" equipment\n(06:00) The science of the invisible air blade\n(11:25) Why dock seals wear out and air curtains don't\n(14:19) Only 8 to 10% of dock doors have one installed\n(21:05) The real dollar cost of an open dock door\n(25:44) The utility rebates most facilities don't know exist\n(30:00) Busting the myth: does running the unit cost more than it saves\nResources:\n\nRobert Dietrick Company’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/robert-dietrick-co./ \nMike’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-smith-92728864/  \n\nAMCA Ratings...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0ufm_fDUv0nYffWn3MJM4ReqBaWSUhluEW8XR_mPUmU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNWY5/ZjU3MDhjM2RkMDBk/ZTU3ZGJiMmMxNWU2/NTM3MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}