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The most recent update from the Food Service Technology Center's Cookline Project finds faster returns on equipment investments.
The UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (UCSF stands for University of California San Francisco) has a long and distinguished track record when it comes to successful sustainability-related initiatives. So this member of the UCSF Health system is a natural candidate to participate in Frontier Energy's Cookline Project.
The Cookline Project is an ongoing effort by Frontier Energy Food Service Technology Center (FSTC) to showcase the savings operators of all shapes and sizes can reap by swapping their equipment for more efficient items.
The UCSF Children's Hospital on the Parnassus Campus is a 15-story building that accommodates inpatient and outpatient services as well as research and educational facilities. 'Fhe second floor houses Moffitt Café, which serves as the hospital's main dining facility. Open daily from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., the cafeteria serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner for dining room patrons.
The cafe features a buffet-style serving area with an adjacent kitchen. The kitchen also serves patients via its room service platform. The main cookline has two double-stack convection ovens, a six-burner range, two (3-foot and 5-foot) non-thermostatic griddles, and two 18-inch fryers.
This project brought with it a series of unique challenges in the form of California's more stringent hospital regulations pertaining to seismic activity (i.e., earthquakes) and fire safety, according to Denis Livchak, an...