Need proof that energy efficiencies can chop your power bill?
September 14, 2009 by Tom GuayPosted in: Cost Cutting, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, News, Technology
What better proof is there that a company can save money by investing energy efficiencies? How about a hefty rebate from your local power company.
Iowa’s Medline Industries, Inc., just deposited a $113,400 check as a bonus after it adopted energy efficiency improvements in its new building.
Medline also earns green credits for helping fight global warming because the building uses far less electricity than similar manufacturing facilities. It has reduced power demand by 320,565 kilowatt hours, which eliminates 230 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) that would have been released without the energy-saving programs.
The green innovations the healthcare products manufacturer adopted include:
- energy efficient lighting
- solar-tracking skylights that continually point solar panels towards the sun to maximize power generation
- tankless hot water heaters that provide hot water only as it’s actually needed
- daylight harvesting to use sunlight to provide electricity for interior lighting
- digital photo sensors to automatically balances a mix of sunlight and electric lighting, and
- a geothermal heating system.
The fancy lighting systems are reported to cut energy consumption and lighting costs by 84%.
The energy-saving programs were developed by Alliant Energy.
Medline’s story is here.
Tags: Alliant Energy, energy efficiency, geothermal, Medline Industries, solar
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