BROTHER INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
Tennessee Operations
Bartlett, Tennessee
Brother International Corporation
was established in the United States on April
21, 1954. BIC markets many business, home
and industrial products manufactured by its
parent company, Brother Industries, Ltd.
(BIL) of Nagoya, Japan and other Brother
affiliated companies worldwide. BIC and its
subsidiaries employ over 1,000 people in the
Americas and recorded consolidated net sales
of $1.7 billion for the fiscal year ending March
31, 2012.
ALL-IN-ONES
SCANNERS
GEAR MOTORS
FAXES
LABELING
SYSTEMS
INDUSTRIAL
SEWING AND
EMBROIDERY
GARMENT
PRINTERS
MACHINE
TOOLS
TYPEWRITERS
PRINTERS
ONLINE
SERVICES
HOME
SEWING AND
EMBROIDERY
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Distribution Center for the Americas
The Brother group includes 17 production sites and 52 sales sites in 44 countries and regions of the world (as of July 2012). TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Dimensions: 1,851 feet x 787 feet x 32 feet (L x W x H)
Square Feet: 1,547,940
Land Area: 102 Acres TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ASSEMBLY
SERVICE
R&D
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
ISO9001 AND ISO14001
Certified
Quality Management
System (BIUS)
Environmental
Management System
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Energy Star
2012 Building Certification
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Environmental Management System
kWh Reduction
kWh
30%
10,000,000 25%
8,000,000 20%
6,000,000 15%
4,000,000 10%
2,000,000 5%
‐
kWh
Cumm % Reduction
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 proj
2013 proj
2014 proj
2015 goal
11,150,00
11,146,00
10,185,00
9,627,000
9,669,099
9,200,000
8,750,000
8,300,000
7,800,000
‐
0.04%
8.65%
13.66%
13.28%
17.49%
21.52%
25.56%
30.0%
0%
Cummulative % Reduction
Goal
30%
12,000,000 TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Environmental Management System
Past kWh Reduction Initiatives
TPO Roof
Warehouse Heating/Cooling Systems
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Environmental Management System
Solar Power Generation
•
•
December 2011 completed installation of 2 – 60 kW
Ground Mounted Solar Panel Farms
Estimated Energy generated Annually = 180,000 kWh
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Demand Response Program
BIC / ENERNOC / TVA
• December 2010, set up as a participant.
• Setup included;
– Installation of a proprietary ENERNOC server
that is setup to monitor electrical meters.
– Electricians required to connect the server to 3
electric meters at the facility.
• Communication test to verify ENERNOC
can monitor server.
• Agree on curtailment amount.
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Demand Response Program
How we do it at Brother…
• VFD on Chiller set from 0 to less than 100%.
• 10 of 30 Air Conditioning Units are deactivated.
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Demand Response Program
July 5th Event
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Demand Response Program
ENERNOC application is a powerful tool…
• monitors electric usage in ‘real time’.
• 99.7% accuracy to utility bills.
• stores historical data that can used to
create baselines and detect anomalies.
• all future energy related process
improvements can be quantified.
• ‘free’ for participants in the program.
• EfficiencySMART
TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
Demand Response Program
Why we do it at Brother…
• Helps our local community.
• Helps TVA.
• Helps my department meet our corporate
goals and strategic plans.
• We get paid!