A refrigerated trailer, cold-storage warehouse, or temperature-controlled container fights one battle continuously: heat trying to get in. Every BTU that crosses the wall has to be pumped back out by the refrigeration unit. Cutting that heat ingress at the surface is the single most cost-effective intervention in the entire system.
Industrial Coatings Alliance Group test, Tolleson, Arizona (published in Land Line Magazine, July 23, 2003): five multi-temp refrigerated trailers tested in extreme desert heat.
Therm® units burned 30% less fuel than control units, 20% less than manufacturer’s heat-resistant composite roof units.
Super Therm® units burned 27% less fuel than control units.
1,039 gallons in July, 599 gallons in October.
less than 1 year.
Pacific Shipping & Trucking (Denver → Phoenix, bread/ice cream): – Cool-down time cut by 1.75 hours (44%) — from 2.5 hours down to 45–60 minutes. – 20% less fuel on outbound “hot” haul. – 29% less fuel on the return “cold” leg. – Long-term at 200–250 trips/year: $2,500 benefit × 20 years = $50,000 in savings per trailer.
Bob Fountain Transport (Brisbane, Australia): – Tautliners carrying bananas previously had a 15% heat-loss rate. – After Super Therm®: interior noticeably cooler, refrigeration motor idles, produce loss eliminated, fuel reduction bonus.
Hepburn Springs, Victoria documented a 12-container residential conversion coated with Super Therm® tinted to Desert Tan — a model that translates directly to Hawaiʻi’s growing container-housing market. Same physics, same product, same result.
Whether you operate one reefer truck or a fleet, the payback math is fast in Hawaiʻi’s climate. Call
(808) 852-7910.
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