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description: Superior Restaurant Group will receive no-cost HVAC replacements, new LED lighting, refrigeration controls, and monitoring in 32 Wendy’s locations.
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Sep 30, 2021

# Budderfly energy systems picked by restaurant firm to help overhaul 32 Wendy's

SHELTON, CT – September 30, 2021 –  Smart Grid Today reports that Superior Restaurant Group will receive no-cost HVAC replacements, new LED lighting, refrigeration controls, and monitoring in 32 Wendy’s locations throughout New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia - all with the help of Budderfly and their HVAC partner Lennox. This will include help from HVAC partner Lennox who is removing old units and replacing them with the new ultra-high efficiency Lennox Model L rooftop units, Budderfly said.

You can read the full article on *Smart Grid Today*, at the following link:  
[https://qa1www.budderfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Smart-Grid-Today-Budderfly-Wendys-Article-9.30.21.pdf](https://qa1www.budderfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Smart-Grid-Today-Budderfly-Wendys-Article-9.30.21.pdf)

 

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