Thomas Harrer
Head of Building Services"Not least because of the energy costs, however, we decided in favor of adiabatic direct room air humidification with high-pressure nozzles."
Benefits
Humidity control in retail spaces creates a healthier, more comfortable environment for customers and employees while protecting sensitive products and materials. By maintaining consistent relative humidity, retailers can prevent product damage, enhance the shopping experience, and reduce absenteeism through improved staff wellness.
Product protection
Prevents warping, cracking, and damage to sensitive goods like wood, electronics and instruments.
Customer comfort
Maintains healthy indoor air quality, encouraging customers to shop longer and enjoy their experience.
Employee wellness and productivity
Reduces airborne illness and dryness-related discomfort, lowering absenteeism and boosting efficiency.
Retail spaces humidity control
Product quality assurance
Maintains the condition of sensitive goods, preventing costly damage. By ensuring stable humidity levels across the retail environment, Condair humidifiers protect products from drying out, warping, cracking, or losing their visual and tactile appeal. This is especially critical for items such as wood, leather, paper-based goods, electronics, cosmetics, and fresh foods, which can quickly deteriorate when exposed to fluctuating moisture levels. Consistent humidity control preserves product value, reduces return rates, and supports a premium in-store customer experience, ensuring that goods remain in perfect condition from delivery to point of sale.
Efficient & hygienic systems
Energy-saving, low-maintenance solutions designed for reliable performance in retail environments. Condair’s technology ensures hygienic operation through intelligent system design, high-quality materials, and compliant water treatment concepts that minimise the risk of microbial growth. At the same time, energy-optimised components keep operating costs low, even during continuous use in high-traffic retail spaces. With long service intervals and streamlined maintenance procedures, these systems provide dependable humidity control that supports product protection.
Customer Experience Enhancement
Comfortable interior conditions encourage longer visits and higher sales. Fresh products look appetizing for longer and stay fresh longer, meaning less product is wasted.
Use Cases
Prevent evaporative losses
Organic materials have an internal moisture content and will lose moisture to the atmosphere when exposed to air with low humidity. Humidifiers are used to create an environment with the proper balance between the material’s internal moisture content and the air’s relative humidity.
Extend produce shelf life
Extend produce shelf life with precise humidity control. Reduce spoilage, maintain freshness, and ensure optimal storage through advanced moisture management with professional humidifiers or dehumidifiers/dryers.
Humidification solutions for dust and odour reduction
Humidification systems provide an effective means of meeting required limits, improving process flows and safeguarding the health of employees in many industries that produce significant dust emissions.
Discover Condair in action
Thomann GmbH, Treppendorf (Germany)
In-room humidification is an integral part of air conditioning: for guitars, trumpets, customers and employees. At Thomann Musikhaus, controlled humidity guarantees protection, atmosphere and health.
Bálna, Budapest
The Bálna (the whale) is a commercial, cultural, and gastronomic center in the heart of Budapest. It connects the city center with the tourist and gastronomic zone on the riverbank. In addition to its avant-garde exterior, the interior design also alludes to the appearance of a whale.
It is predominantly characterized by steel, aluminum, glass, bone-colored concrete, and satin-gray aluminum surfaces. Sunlight streams through the transparent glass roof, sparkling on the highly polished concrete and wooden floors, the terrazzo-patterned stairs, and the chrome steel escalators. Steam humidifiers from Condair ensure a pleasant level of humidity.
It is predominantly characterized by steel, aluminum, glass, bone-colored concrete, and satin-gray aluminum surfaces. Sunlight streams through the transparent glass roof, sparkling on the highly polished concrete and wooden floors, the terrazzo-patterned stairs, and the chrome steel escalators. Steam humidifiers from Condair ensure a pleasant level of humidity.
Samkaup Supermarkets
Up to 30% less fruit and vegetables weight loss Samkaup stores across Iceland have experienced great customer satisfaction with their 11 Condair humidification systems, while significantly reducing weight loss at the same time. A great winThe humidification solution provided by Condair has been at great success at Samkaup. They bought another 10 systems after trying out the concept in one of their stores, and they have committed to buy at least one new system every year. The Condair humidification system prolongs the shelf life of the fruit and vegetables. Samkaupexperiences up to 30% less weight loss of the fruit and vegetables placed inside the humidified area, and this is a great economic win. In addition to the economic win, the customers feel that an extra effort is made to ensure freshness in the store. In this respect hygiene is crucial for Samkaup's stores. Condair's ML System products are the only humidification system in the industry that is HACCP certified according to the ISO 22000 standard for production, installation and service. Benefits Weight loss of fruit and vegetables reduced by up to 30% The products in the fruit and vegetables department stay fresh longer Satisfied customers who feel that an extra effort is made to ensure freshness in the store Reduced need for other cooling equipment System specifications Pumps: MLP HRO 100 in 11 stores Modules: 2-4 Solo3 modules in 11 stores Relative humidity: 60-70 % RH Installation: 2010 - ongoing "We bought a test system for our store in Reykjavik in 2010 and found that thanks to the Condair humidification solution we have reduced the weight loss of our fruit and vegetables by up to 30%." Manager of Retail Operations, Gunnar Egill Sigurðsson
Allegro Coffee
Quotes from our Customers
Florian Rittweger
Sales Management“Optimal humidity is a must for our instruments and at the same time refreshing and health for our customers and our team.”
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If you want to explore your options for humidity control, Condair's expert sales engineers will visit your site, review your project and talk you through their recommendations.
Alternatively, if you would prefer a call or online meeting, our team are always happy to discuss possible solutions and offer free technical advice.
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Condair ML in-room humidification
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ML Flex sprayhead
The ML Flex allows ultra fine water particles to be evaporated into the air using high pressure technology. The string line design of the Flex ensures full scaleability and customization. The ML Flex is applicable for both direct room or induct humidification. The stainless steel pipes and nozzles ensure top hygiene and long product lifetime.
ML Solo spray head
The ML Solo spray head ensures silent and even humidification in smaller areas such as office spacing, public areas or commercial facilities.
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