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Assessment Year 1997
Principal Product Casters
NAICS
n/a
SIC 3429: Hardware, Not Elsewhere Classified
Sales Range $10
M
to 50
M
# of Employees 147
Plant Area 120,000
ft2
Annual Production 1,000,000
pieces
Production Hrs. Annual 2,000
hrs
Location (State) North Carolina

Facility Energy Cost and Usage

Source Yearly Cost Usage
Electricity Usage $70,386 1,530,481
kWh
Electricity Demand $16,938 4,469
kW-mo/yr
Electricity Fees $2,899 -
Natural Gas $28,507 4,783
MMBtu
TOTAL YEARLY COSTS -
RECOMMENDED SAVINGS* $118,656 *Non-energy impacts included in savings.
IMPLEMENTED SAVINGS* $15,386

Recommendations

# Description Yearly Savings* Imp'd Cost* Status Electricity Usage Savings Electricity Demand Savings Natural Gas Savings Water Disposal Savings Other Liquid (haz) Savings Solid Waste (non-haz) Savings Personnel Changes Savings Administrative Changes Savings Primary Raw Material Savings Ancillary Material Cost Savings Primary Product Savings By-product Production Savings
01 2.2514: Cover open tanks $359 $195 $359
7,913
kWh
- - - - - - - - - - -
02 2.1311: Replace electrically-operated equipment with fossil fuel equipment $2,857 $2,925 $3,312
74,736
kWh
$1,637
-
kW-mo/yr
$(-2,092.0)
-
MMBtu
- - - - - - - - -
03 2.4236: Eliminate leaks in inert gas and compressed air lines/ valves $1,248 $510 $835
18,171
kWh
$413
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - - - - -
04 2.4239: Eliminate or reduce compressed air usage $179 $400 $46
879
kWh
$133
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - - - - -
05 2.7111: Reduce illumination to minimum necessary levels $110 $56 $74
1,465
kWh
$36
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - - - - -
06 3.3131: Use evaporation to concentrate material $9,198 $12,000 - - $(-148.0)
-
MMBtu
- $9,346
-
gal
- - - - - - -
07 3.1244: Reduce solution drag-out to prevent solution loss $605 $250 - - - $498
-
Tgal
- - - - - $107 - -
08 3.5315: Lease / purchase baler; sell cardboard to recycler $2,459 $5,200 - - - - - $2,068
-
lb
- $(-322.0) - - - $713
09 4.321: Optimize production lot sizes and inventories $3,150 $1,096 - - - - - - $3,150 - - - - -
10 4.431: Train operators for maximum operating efficiency $4,888 $10,500 - - - - - - $(-14,112.0) - - - $19,000 -
11 3.1191: Change procedures / equipment / operating conditions $93,603 $14,305 $(-1,865.0)
(-40,445)
kWh
$(-922.0)
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - $17,640 - $78,750 - - -
TOTAL RECOMMENDED $118,656 $47,437 $2,761
62,719
kWh
$1,297
-
kW-mo/yr
$(-2,240.0)
-
MMBtu
$498
-
Tgal
$9,346
-
gal
$2,068
-
lb
$6,678 $(-322.0) $78,750 $107 $19,000 $713
TOTAL IMPLEMENTED $15,386 $20,881 $4,193
93,786
kWh
$2,183
-
kW-mo/yr
$(-2,092.0)
-
MMBtu
$498
-
Tgal
- $2,068
-
lb
$(-10,962.0) $(-322.0) - $107 $19,000 $713
Yearly Savings* Imp'd Cost* Electricity Usage Savings Electricity Demand Savings Natural Gas Savings Water Disposal Savings Other Liquid (haz) Savings Solid Waste (non-haz) Savings Personnel Changes Savings Administrative Changes Savings Primary Raw Material Savings Ancillary Material Cost Savings Primary Product Savings By-product Production Savings
*Savings and costs are best estimates based on the center's site visit, associated engineering analysis, and typical capital and labor costs