Resource Efficiency Seminars - Winter 2013

James Hogan Programme Manager Based at Clean Technology Centre,CIT

REDUCE COSTS CSR €65,000 AVG

WHY?

ENVIRONMENT LIMITED RESOURCES

Today..

o James Hogan - Green Business o Tom Lowry - Enterprise Ireland ( Business Supports) o John Lynch, Janssen Pharmaceuticals -Johnson and Johnson  

Coffee at 11.00

Keiron Philips – EPA\CGPP Programme  Thomas Cooper - BIM: Green Seafood Business Programme  Conor Casey, Casey Technologies + Carbury Milk Products

FREE ADVISORY SERVICE

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REDUCE RESOURCE WASTE Raw Materials Water Energy

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NATIONAL WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMME CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE – CIT

FOOD PROCESSING /DIARY PHARMACEUTICAL /CHEMICAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS

SECTORS

FOOD RETAIL /SUPERVALU OFFICES ENGINEERING

 Have assisted Bord Bia with their Origin Green

Sustainability Programme

 Our site visits guide food processors with their environmental plans.

GUIDANCE FOR 300 FACILITIES €18 MILLION SAVINGS IDENTIFIED

POTENTIAL SAVING IDENTIFIED 2012

€60,000/ company 71% 7% 7% 15%

Waste Water Material Energy

POTENTIAL SAVING IDENTIFIED 2012

  €20,000/ company (No and Low cost Savings) No/Low Cost = Payback less than 1 year

30% 36% 21% 13%

Waste Water Material Energy

So how does our service work?

Fill in application form

•>20K •Provide data

Assessor assigned

•Site visit •Half day

Report

•Opportunities identified

Follow up

•Cost benefit/ analysis •Implementation

PR

•Measure saving and promote Free Service Confidential

R ESOURCE ELEMENTS E FFICIENCY - K EY

Organisational Management System, Monitoring and measuring Balance all 3 for a successful programme Technical Efficient technology / process change People Staff awareness

Organisational Management Systems

Key Requirement for Resource Efficiency

      Management Commitment (Staff Time , financial) Green Leader/ Green Team Environmental Policy Monitoring and Measuring Benchmarking

MONITORING WATER CONSUMPTION

Are you consuming too much?     Does consumption make sense Benchmark usage against productivity using industry norms Litres per Kg product Litres per cover

People Staff Awareness

Key Requirement for Resource Efficiency

     RE should be part of the culture Departmental checklists Communicate policy, action plans, improvements Staff suggestion scheme Reward staff for improvements

Technical

Key Requirement for Resource Efficiency

      Lighting Process controls Sub metering Heat recovery Waste prevention Elimination of hazardous materials

Energy/ Water Meat Processor – Optimising cleaning

  Using 175 m 3 water in cleaning shift , at 65 o C cleaning shift Measurement of a typical individual hose: 26 litres/min   By reducing flow to 20 litres/min:   Potential water savings: 7,000 m 3 per year Potential fuel savings: 425,000 kWh per year At typical values of €2.50 for water and €0.05/kWh for fuel, potential savings of

€42,000 per year

Energy

Office block- Fuel switch  Installed new gas boiler 92% efficient compared to old oil boiler at 70%  Natural gas 50% price of oil

2012 Estimated fuel Cost Oil Project Cost Cost €38,000 Potential Annual fuel savings €25,800 €23,300

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Estimated fuel cost reduced by 68%

ROI = 1 year

We identify/you implement Payback < 1 Year

Energy

Food Processing Plant    Replace T8 florescent light with T5 florescent lights.

40% reduction in energy > energy reduction in cold storage   Lamp Cost = €9,000 Energy Savings = €15,000 

Payback = 7 months!

Improvements VSD's (Varible Speed Drivs) were used to Control Exhaust Rates. Opening Spillage Oven at 190deg Oven Volume 323 m³ 30 Air changes/hr Air in to replace Output CG Power Systems Ireland LTD Air + Gas in 2'500 m ³ /Hr Burner

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R ESULTS

Reduced thermal energy required to heat oven by 38% YTD.

Reduction = 678 tCO2/year. Exhaust Outside air.

St.St Heat Recover Block Heated Air intake to burner.

Direct Cost Saving €167k for YTD Jan-Nov 2013

  Exhaust Heat reduced 50%  Paint plant was using building air to compensate extraction.

Cleaner air feeding into burner/Oven

VSD' Controlled.

Oven at 190deg Oven Volume 323 m³ 30 Air changes/hr Burner CG Power Systems Ireland LTD

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ONE STOP SHOP FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENCY SEAI BIM Enterpris e Ireland Green Business IBEC Other EPA programme s Bord Bia

Presentations available online www.greenbusiness.ie

THANK YOU!

Free phone: 1850 473361 (1850 GREEN1) www.greenbusiness.ie

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