Setting and implementing an energy management policy has helped ANZ National Bank achieve significant energy savings.
Part of their energy management programme, evaluated the lighting used in their premises. Installing more efficient lighting tubes has created a direct energy saving worth around $50,000 a year. Further savings were achieved in electrical maintenance, where costs have dropped from $150,000 a year to around $10,000.
Viscount Plastics upgraded their cooling water system after an energy audit identified where savings could be achieved.
The company uses chilled and cooled water to cool its injection moulding machines before extracting the heat via cooling towers before using it again. It also uses the water to cool plastic products during production.
The upgrade reduced energy use at the factory by at least 324,848 kWh a year - a saving of about $38,000.
People power is Telecom’s greatest weapon in the battle for energy savings. A staff culture change and internal leadership is making the difference to their energy use. The Energy Manager works hard to get all staff on board via a number of different initiatives, including energy efficiency campaigns, the use of "Energy Rangers", energy audits and the use of different technologies to reduce energy use across this large corporate.
