Case studies

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.

Southern Lakes Laundries has installed a high-efficiency heat exchange unit for their main industrial washing machine that is delivery savings of up to $45,000 a year.

Southern Lakes Laundries retrofited the heat exchanger into their existing equipment without any disruption to their 364 day a year operation.

The project payback period is approximately 2 years.

Fitting a variable-speed drive to a fan motor for a boiler has already saved Juken Nissho's Wairarapa mill $20,000 on a $50,000 investment made a year ago.

After having an energy audit done and carrying out the most cost-effective recommendations, the Auckland site is spending $40,000-$50,000 less a year on electricity a year. And it is considering more audits throughout the other branches.