wattsmart® Business Energy Management Case Study
Kenyon Zero Storage, Inc.
At a glance
Kenyon Zero Storage, Inc.
Grandview, Washington
Projects:
Pacific Power’s energy efficiency
programs have been helping Kenyon
Zero lower energy use as far back as
1999. A recent energy management
project helped identify refrigeration
energy-saving opportunities to zero in
on the bottom line.
Annual energy savings:
$29,000 (540,000 kwh/year)
Project cost:
$24,000 before incentives
-$10,790 incentive payments
$13,210 after incentives
Simple payback based on
energy savings:
8 months before incentive
5 months after incentives
Other benefits:
• Technical assistance
• Reduced maintenance and
repair costs
• Extended equipment life
• Reduced operating costs
• Improved automated controls
Energy consultant:
Cascade Energy
Refrigeration improvements at Kenyon Zero Storage have cut energy use and costs. Pacific Power’s
Toby Freeman (left) and Kenyon’s chief engineer Russ Mears were on the project team.
Washington company gets back to saving
Even energy-efficient businesses find they sometimes need to take another look
at how they operate to stay on track.
Founded in the 1960s, Kenyon Zero Storage,
Inc., in Grandview, Washington, is a leading
provider of freezer and cooler storage
services for food product producers and
processors. With more than 600,000 square
feet of warehouse space, Kenyon receives
and ships products all over the world.
The company also has been an active
participant in Pacific Power’s wattsmart®
Business energy efficiency program.
“Energy is one of our
major costs of our
business. We are
continuously looking
for ways to be energy
efficient because of
the impact it has on
our bottom line.”
Scott Wingert
“Energy is one of our major costs of our
President
business, said Kenyon president Scott
Kenyon Zero Storage, Inc.
Wingert. “We are continuously looking for
ways to be energy efficient because of the impact it has on our bottom line.”
When Wingert noticed the company’s energy usage and bills start to rise, he
huddled with Russ Mears, Kenyon’s chief engineer. They decided to put in a call
to Toby Freeman, their Pacific Power account manager, for advice.
Bringing expertise to the table
Wingert said for Kenyon, one of the key features of Pacific Power’s program is
technical assistance.
“We gain knowledge from Pacific Power’s energy studies and recommendations,
and the professional engineers they get on board to help us,” he said.
Freeman, a wattsmart Business program manager and an engineer from Cascade
Energy met with Wingert and Mears to discuss refrigeration energy management.
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Refrigeration equipment accounts for approximately 85 percent of Kenyon’s
energy consumption. A wattsmart Business energy management service,
Industrial Recommissioning targets single systems with a “track and tune”
approach to regaining efficient operation at no- or low-cost.
Cascade Energy returned to Kenyon to develop an energy baseline, identify
efficiency opportunities and make control system changes, such as reducing
the minimum condensing pressure setpoint. Kenyon later received a tune-up
report with a list of 25 action items, including manually purging air from all
condensers, initiating scale-removal measures with its water treatment vendor
and developing standard operating procedures to keep freezer doors closed.
The company began to implement these actions soon after.
Engineering costs covered, incentives for results
Pacific Power paid the full cost of the engineering services and provided a
cash incentive of $0.02 per kilowatt-hour based on achieved savings.
The refrigeration efficiency improvements Kenyon Zero Storage
implemented are saving nearly 540,000 kilowatt-hours a year in electricity
and more than $29,000 in energy costs annually. The company earned a
Pacific Power incentive of more than $10,790 for its energy-saving results.
“With a few changes of settings, and operational and maintenance
modifications that needed to be done, our power bill has come back down
to a more normal level,” said Wingert.
How energy management works
About Pacific Power’s wattsmart Business
program
“ With a few changes of
settings, and operational
and maintenance
modifications that needed
to be done, our power bill
has come back down to a
more normal level.”
Scott Wingert
President
Kenyon Zero Storage, Inc.
Pacific Power offers options to help our commercial, industrial and
agricultural customers in Washington and California build energy efficiency
into new construction and retrofit projects. The wattsmart Business
program offers technical expertise and cash incentives for lighting, HVAC,
industrial processes and more.
Let us help you get started
For more information on how we can assist your facility:
• Visit bewattsmart.com and inquire online.
• Email [email protected].
• Call us toll free at 1-800-222-4335.
Because there are requirements to qualify for an incentive, it is important
to call us before you start your project.
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Energy management for commercial and industrial facilities helps restore
the original intended operating performance of major electrical systems. It
targets savings opportunities by evaluating these systems, then identifies nocost and low-cost efficiency measures for improved performance.
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