Identification of energy savings using Energy Initiator®

Services provided

Energy Surveys

Benefits achieved

Savings of >£840k identified over 3 years

Summary

JRP Solutions selected the McVitie’s manufacturing facility at Tollcross, Glasgow to participate in a collaborative project using an innovative new methodology and software tool called Energy Initiator®. The objective of the project was to identify how energy was being used across the business and more importantly how energy costs might be significantly reduced.

The McVitie’s plant at Tollcross, Glasgow produces approximately 40,000 tonnes of biscuit products per annum across twelve process lines consuming approximately £2m of energy each year.

It was clear from the outset that the site had little focus upon energy and had limited resources to effectively address energy related issues.

To gain a real insight into how energy was being used and where it was being wasted at the Tollcross site JRP used Energy Initiator® to investigate:

• Two representative process lines
• Eight individual assets
• Warehouse
• Boiler house
• Common utilities (including gas, electricity, steam, compressed air)

Results

Eighty improvement opportunities were identified, including specific capital projects, maintenance improvements and behavioural changes which would reduce the site’s energy consumption by more than £840k within three years reducing the site’s CO2 emissions by 117,000 te.

The typical payback for these improvement opportunities was just 1.4 years.

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