isentra manufactures carbon dioxide refrigeration and heat pump plant machinery for the commercial and industrial sectors. Established in 2017, we've developed a range of high capacity natural refrigerant solutions that lead the way in energy efficiency and sustainability. Our story - Roots of intrigue.... In 2005 I visited a refrigeration trade show in Nuremberg. I was a young engineer who had recently taken the bold step of leaving a good job to start up a refrigeration consultancy - Hamilton-Clark. Fairly fresh out of university, I was confident and thought I was knowledgeable; that was until I came across a small trade stand which was creating a real buzz with people pawing over one machine. It was different and intriguing… the lack of printed information and a language barrier made it all the more puzzling. I don’t think many people knew or understood what they were looking at, but I made it my business to find out. ‘Finding out’ meant a trip to the fantastic Danish Technology Institute (DTI) in Aarhus to learn about an innovative and clean refrigeration technology, called Transcritical CO2. Myself and a small handful of Brits were the first people in the UK to discover what the clever Danes were getting up to. The DTI’s early transcritical adaptations were improvised and raw, but I clearly spotted the potential. Within three years our key client had adopted transcritical CO2 refrigeration. They are considered as very early adopters of what is now a mature and successful technology. We have been at the forefront of applying and further developing CO2 refrigeration technology, so much so that our projects were used as a best practice benchmark at the Consumer Groups Refrigeration Summit in 2013, where I proudly delivered my key note to corporate end users of refrigeration from around the globe alongside the then UK Minister of State for Energy & Climate Change, Greg Barker. And these are the roots of isentra Daniel Clark