Cooking With Electricity

• Improve your exhaust and ventilation system. While you need your ventilation system to remove heat, odors, and smoke from the cooking area, too much ventilation can mean excessive energy use from either running the ventilation equipment itself, or by unnecessarily conditioning too much "fresh air" that replaced the air exhausted. You may consider:
• Installing an energy-efficient exhaust hood, which draws in outside air at its perimeter and avoids using conditioned air normally taken out by the exhaust air stream.
• Installing side curtains around cooking equipment to avoid the necessary exhaust fan velocity.