HOW WE’RE HELPING FACILITIES DISCOVER ENERGY-SAVING OPPORTUNITIES
Many owners and operators of large facilities recognize the importance of using less energy. But in industrial operations with heavy processing loads, knowing where to start to improve your energy use can be a challenge. An energy efficiency assessment might be the easiest business decision you’ll ever make to help you understand your energy use and improve the energy efficiency of your operations — and we’re here to help!
HOW ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WORK
Receiving an energy efficiency assessment is an excellent way to help you understand and improve your energy usage. If your facility is heavily involved in processing and uses over 500,000 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity per year, you could benefit from this free service.
To start the process complete a questionnaire about your facility and we’ll contact you to plan an in-person site visit. During the site visit, one of our experts will walk through your site, analyze your current energy consumption patterns, detect major inefficiencies, and outline improvements you can make. They’ll identify the Efficiency Manitoba programs and financial incentives that can provide the most value to your business.
Our expert’s recommendations will be tailored to your facility and are aimed at helping you operate your facility as efficiently as possible. The following are just a few of the recommendations you may receive:
- Upgrade lighting and install lighting controls
- Install a variable speed drive on your fan or pump
- Conduct a steam trap audit
- Upgrade hot water boilers
- Replace your air compressor with a new, higher efficiency unit, or look at compressed air leaks
- Install a heat recovery system
While investing in new equipment seems like an obvious choice to improve energy efficiency, it’s wise to explore lower-cost energy-saving opportunities first. They can make a significant impact on reducing your energy bills — we can help with identifying these opportunities as well.
PROJECT FEATURE: EASTSIDE INDUSTRIAL COATINGS AND COMPOSITES
Eastside Industrial Coatings and Composites was established in 1997 as a coatings business that prepared fibreglass and metal components for original equipment manufacturers in the area. The company has since expanded into composites manufacturing and developing innovative production methods.
Chad Brick, President of The Eastside Group of Companies, recognized the company’s industrial coatings facility could benefit from some energy-saving measures. After a positive experience working with us related to their compressed air systems, he knew to check with us and request an energy efficiency assessment.
“Getting started was very straightforward. I knew right away that Efficiency Manitoba was going to be helpful and supportive throughout the entire process.”
— Chad Brick, President
We first spoke to Chad to gather more information about his facility and its operations and then went to the Springfield Road facility to analyze their operations, and help Eastside understand their energy use. During the walk-through, we identified several energy efficiency opportunities. We suggested lighting and lighting control upgrades throughout their office and plant as well as specific upgrades to the paint booth to automate the lights and exhaust fans which could lead to improvements to the overall plant ventilation.
“Efficiency Manitoba was very knowledgeable and gave me lots of helpful recommendations to save energy,” added Chad. “I’m looking forward to exploring these options further and continuing to work with Efficiency Manitoba to make our industrial coatings facility become even more energy efficient.”
If Chad chooses to take on any larger retrofit projects based on the assessment, we’re ready to assist with additional technical support and financial incentives through our wide variety of offers for industrial customers.
START SAVING ENERGY TODAY
We’re eager to work with you and find energy efficiency solutions tailored to your long-term needs. We have several offers for energy-efficient industrial and commercial technologies and systems.