Utility Case Studies
Case Study by System
PLANT-WIDE CASE STUDIES
- Alcoa: C-Suite Participation in Energy Efficiency Increases Accountability and Staff Engagement Throughout the Organization
- Success Story: Chrome Deposit Corporation
- Cook Composites and Polymers Company Achieves Superior Energy Performance Gold Certification
- Eck Industries, Inc. Realizes Savings Through Smarter Lighting Solutions
- Flambeau River Papers Makes a Comeback with a Revised Energy Strategy
- Freescale Semiconductor Successfully Implements an Energy Management System
- Harbec Plastics: 750kW CHP Application – Project Profile
- Success Story: Ingersoll Rand Discovers Hidden Savings with a Three-Tiered Energy Audit Model
- Mid-South Metallurgical Makes Electrical and Natural Gas System Upgrades to Reduce Energy Use and Achieve Cost Savings
- Nissan Showcases the Results of an Energy-Wise Corporate Culture
- Owens Corning and Silicon Valley Power Partner to Make Energy Savings a Reality
- Save Energy Now Assessment Helps Expand Energy Management Program at Shaw Industries
- Solutia: Utilizing Sub-Metering to Drive Energy Project Approvals Through Data
- Volvo Trucks Achieves Lofty Energy and Carbon Goals
STEAM CASE STUDIES
- Boise Inc. St. Helens Paper Mill Achieves Significant Fuel Savings
- Chrysler: Save Energy Now Assessment Enables a Vehicle Assembly Complex to Achieve Significant Natural Gas Savings
- Dow Chemical Company: Assessment Leads to Steam System Energy Savings in a Petrochemical Plant
- Goodyear Tire Plant Gains Traction on Energy Savings After Completing Save Energy Now Assessment
- J.R. Simplot: Burner Upgrade Project Improves Performance and Saves Energy at a Large Food Processing Plant
- Longest-Serving Active Paper Mill in the Western United States Uncovers New Ways to Save Energy
- Save Energy Now Assessment Helps Expand Energy Management Program at Shaw Industries
- Steam System Efficiency Optimized After J.R. Simplot Fertilizer Plant Receives Energy Assessment
- Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P.: Ammonia Plant Greatly Reduces Natural Gas Consumption After Energy Assessment
MOTORS CASE STUDIES
PROCESS HEATING CASE STUDIES
COMPRESSED AIR CASE STUDIES
- Briggs & Stratton: Putting All Energy Efficiency Options on the Table
- FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals U.S.A. Achieves Compressed Air System Energy-Reduction Goals with a Three-Phased Strategy
- Success Story: Ingersoll Rand Discovers Hidden Savings with a Three-Tiered Energy Audit Model
- Nissan North America: How Sub-Metering Changed the Way a Plant Does Business
- Sherwin-Williams’ Richmond, Kentucky, Facility Achieves 26% Energy Intensity Reduction; Leads to Corporate Adoption of Save Energy Now LEADER
- Solutia: Utilizing Sub-Metering to Drive Energy Project Approvals Through Data
- Solutia: Massachusetts Chemical Manufacturer Uses SECURE Methodology to Identify Potential Reductions in Utility and Process Energy Consumption
PUMPS CASE STUDIES
- Case Study – The Challenge: Improving Sewage Pump System Performance
- New Water Booster Pump System Reduces Energy Consumption by 80 Percent and Increases Reliability
- Optimizing Electric Motor Systems at a Corporate Campus Facility
- Optimized Pump Systems Save Coal Preparation Plant Money and Energy
- Case Study – The Challenge: Saving Energy at a Sewage Lift Station Through Pump System Modifications
Purchasing Case Studies
ENERGY STAR certified products generally use much less energy than conventional appliances and are worth the investment your company makes in purchasing them. Here are a few case studies on companies that purchased ENERGY STAR certified products ended up saving a lot of money without giving up performance.
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts used best practices to ensure that state agencies purchased ENERGY STAR products.
- Some states have even specified ENERGY STAR through executive order, law and policy do to the massive amounts of savings they can attain.
- The United States Air Force projected saving $15 million annually by switchin to ENERGY STAR certified computers.
- The University of Maine included the requirement of ENERGY STAR certified water cooler models in their request for proposals so they could save $3,000 annually.
- Rosen Hotels chose ENERGY STAR certified bathroom fans to save $36,000 over the first year.
- Jefferson Houston Elementary School replaced their old roof with an ENERGY STAR certified roof and saved $31,000 annually on energy costs for the district.
- Colesville Towers apartment community replaced their commercial clothes washers in the buildings with new ENERGY STAR certified washers and saw a savings of $3,000 annually.
- Davis School District saved $30,000 annually by replacing their conventional vending machines with ENERGY STAR models as did two colleges, the University of Michigan and SUNY-Buffalo which each saved $20,000 annually.
- The ENERGY STAR certified kitchen equipment at Austin Public Schools saved the districts over $3,000 annually.
Industrial Stories
Hundreds of large organizations have implemented system standby and hibernate settings on their computer equipment resulting in a huge costs savings and energy use reduction. Here are some of their stories:
- GlaxoSmithKline will save nearly $1 million a year by using computer sleep features.
- Verizon is activated power management features on 185,000 PCs to save $7 million.
- FedEx will reduce energy costs by approximately $1 million annually by activating sleep features on 20,000 PCs.
- The State of Hawaii slashed high energy costs by deploying EZ GPO in a ZENworks environment manage their computer power use.
- US Dept. of Energy employees advocated for computer power management that resulted in saving US taxpayers $16 million.
- Using 1E NightWatchman and SMSWakeUp software on its desktop and laptop computers, Dell cut energy use by 40%.
- Fusion Trade Inc. saved $70 per PC using EZ GPO and Windows Task Scheduler to for overnight updates.
- General Electric saved $2.5 million annually by activating system standby on 75,000 computers.
- Yale University shuts down their computers after hours, waking only for updates and backups which saved them over $40 per PC.
- North Thurston Public Schools used the EZ GPO tool to manage computer power and saved $45,000 annually.
- Spring Branch Independent School District set up Windows sleep settings on 7,000 computers and monitors in their schools, and is now saving $230,000 each year.
