• Equipment efficiency
• Energy-efficiency
• Life-cycle performance
• Payback time
• Low maintenance cost

To ensure a productive and healthy kitchen environment, a high-performance ventilation system aims to

• remove the excess heat
• remove odours, particles of grease, and undesirable gases
• remove moisture
• renew the air to refresh working environment and to compensate the extracted air
• prevent the polluted air spreading in dining areas in the most efficient and energy-saving way possible

How to measure hood efficiency
See the ASTM 1704 Heat Gain Curve – generic example (illustration of heat gain / exhaust rates)

• 5 to 10% of an average restaurant's expenses come from energy bills. 
• Of energy consumption of 100 kWh in a kitchen, 56 kWh goes to heating of replacement air (source: Electricité de France)
• High-performance kitchen equipment has to be energy-efficient
• A highly efficient ventilation system (Capture Jet) requires 30% less air and provides energy savings accordingly. Running costs of a high-performance kitchen are lower.

Initial cost

• Thanks to lower air flow rate requirements, a high-performance ventilation system provides its main financial benefits through reduction in the initial investment in cooling equipment, ductwork, and fan solutions. 

Operating costs

• The system provides clear annual energy cost savings on heating, cooling, and fans.

ROI

• The payback time of a high-performance ventilation system is shorter
  (a restaurant HVAC system's total cost  of ownership of 10 years: initial cost 10%, maintenance 5%, engineering and administration 1%, operating utility costs 84%).

Maintenance

• A high-efficiency filtration system removes 95% of particles sized 10 microns and above, and it is easy to clean.
• A high-performance grease destruction system provides savings on maintenance costs for the ductwork and fan.