Industrial Energy Savings    

Food

Food Processor Reduces Compressed Air Demand
By Hank Van Ormer, Air Power USA
This Midwestern prepared food company now spends $131,011 annually on energy to operate their compressed air system.  This figure will increase as electric rates are raised from their current average of 6.0 cents per kWh.  The set of projects recommended below will reduce these energy costs by $38,736 or 29%.
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Nitrogen Solutions for the Food Industry Generated on Location
By Krista Ramsey
Nitrogen, an inert gas comprising 79% of the atmosphere, can be distilled from ordinary air. However, companies that use this product in their everyday operations know that it’s not quite that simple and much more expensive than the stuff we breathe. The primary means of obtaining nitrogen for industrial use is to transport it onsite in liquid form, which must be shipped stored at cryogenic temperatures. But, really, what’s the point of turning nitrogen into liquid for shipping, transporting it to where it’s used, and then turning it back into gas?
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Unilever Manufacturing Impacts
Lifecycle assessment shows that compared to other parts of our value chain, our manufacturing is not particularly energy-intensive. However, because of the scale of our business, we continue to focus our efforts on reducing our manufacturing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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PepsiCo Environmental Goals & Commitments
In 2009, we announced 15 global goals and commitments to guide our work to protect the Earth’s natural resources through innovation and more efficient use of land, energy, water and packaging in our operations. We are focusing our work where we can make the most positive impact (water, packaging, climate change and agriculture) and on key policies and partnerships to help provide solutions to address the world’s environmental challenges.
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Cargill Energy and Water saving Innovations
We have been working on reducing our environmental impact for a long time. For example, since 2001 we have improved energy efficiency within our operations by more than 10 percent per metric ton of production (our energy efficiency per U.S. $1,000 of sales has improved by more than 20 percent). Cargill invests in a variety of innovative solutions to use energy and resources more wisely.
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Campbell’s Corporate Social Responsibility
We consider CSR and sustainability as approaches to the conduct of business that build employee engagement, create positive social impacts, enable operational efficiency, reduce costs, foster innovation, strengthen our relationships with our customers and consumers, and ultimately create business advantage over the long term.  
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Energy-Savings at Milk, Cheese, and Ice Cream Plants
By Ron Marshall for the Compressed Air Challenge®
Compressed air system refinements have cut operating costs at a Milk Plant located in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada by 62%, for annual savings of nearly $30 000. The improvements were made following a compressed air audit that recommended consolidating two compressed air systems into one, installing a variable speed drive compressor, and making a handful of additional basic improvements.
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Improved Modified Atmosphere Packaging Technology
By Krista Ramsey
CVP System, Inc.’s MasterPACKer Eco+™ Breaks Down Barriers to Cost and Energy Savings Through Improved Modified Atmosphere Packaging Technology Worldwide, Tesco, a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, U.K., initiated the demand for modified atmosphere packaging technology in the early 70s. It became one of the first grocers to move away from employing an onsite butcher to using a central processing/distribution system.
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EPA Awards ENERGY STAR Certification to First Cookie and Cracker Bakeries
Compared to average plants, these thirteen ENERGY STAR certified bakeries save 4,300,000 million Btus of energy, avoid nearly $24 million in utility bills, and prevent more than 85,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually, equivalent to the emissions from more than 16,000 cars. Plants verified to be in the top 25% of performance nationwide may be eligible for ENERGY STAR certification.
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Compressed Air at the Lowest Energy Cost; Energy Management at Ball Corporation
By Rod Smith, Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazine
Compressed Air Best Practices interviewed Doug Barndt (Manager, Demand Side Energy-Sustainability), Joseph Gress (Principal Engineer, Demand Side Energy) from Ball Corporation and Chris Gordon (Compressed Air System Specialist) from Blackhawk Equipment.  
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The Benefits of On-site Nitrogen Generation
By Paul Humphreys, Atlas Copco Compressors
Nitrogen gas provides a number of diverse uses for a wide variety of manufacturers. As a sister function of compressed air, on-site nitrogen generation can provide additional opportunities for cost savings and other efficiencies for manufacturers who shift from delivered liquid nitrogen service.
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