Benjamin E. Sutton
Founder & Principal Advisor
Twenty years across commercial refrigeration engineering, energy auditing, and small-business operations consulting. EPA 608 certified.
About BES Refrigeration
We Are Your Strategic Refrigeration Partner
Waiting for failure is always more expensive than prevention. We create custom maintenance roadmaps so your equipment lasts longer and performs reliably.
Our mission
Refrigeration should be an asset, not a liability.
BES Refrigeration was founded on a simple belief: small businesses deserve the same strategic, proactive refrigeration management that national chains take for granted. We are not a repair company. We are a consulting firm that helps restaurants, florists, convenience stores, and grocers turn refrigeration from a recurring headache into a managed system — predictable, efficient, and resilient.
The team
Advisors, not technicians.
Elena Marquez
Energy & Systems Engineer
Specializes in load calculation, retrofit design, and utility rebate program navigation across the Southeast.
Marcus Reid
Operations & Vendor Strategist
Builds maintenance roadmaps and vets the local service vendors who keep our clients' equipment alive.
Our approach
Three steps from chaos to control.
Step 01
Audit
We walk your floor, inventory every unit, and benchmark your real refrigeration spend.
Step 02
Strategize
You receive a written plan — what to fix now, what to monitor, what to replace, and when.
Step 03
Optimize
We help implement, train your team, and stay on retainer to keep gains compounding.
What we stand for
Proactive
We prevent the 2am phone call. Predictability beats heroics, every time.
Transparent
No commissions, no hidden vendor deals. You see what we see, in plain language.
Results-Driven
Every recommendation ties back to dollars saved, risk reduced, or hours of life added to your equipment.