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Assessment Year 1997
Principal Product Furniture Components
NAICS
n/a
SIC 2426: Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills
Sales Range $10
M
to 50
M
# of Employees 180
Plant Area 186,000
ft2
Annual Production 15,000
thousand feet
Production Hrs. Annual 2,000
hrs
Location (State) North Carolina

Facility Energy Cost and Usage

Source Yearly Cost Usage
Electricity Usage $167,736 3,077,081
kWh
Electricity Demand $110,850 6,518
kW-mo/yr
Electricity Fees $10,362 -
LPG $7,498 1,004
MMBtu
TOTAL YEARLY COSTS -
RECOMMENDED SAVINGS* $322,504 *Non-energy impacts included in savings.
IMPLEMENTED SAVINGS* $3,073

Recommendations

# Description Yearly Savings* Imp'd Cost* Status Electricity Usage Savings Electricity Demand Savings LPG Savings Solid Waste (non-haz) Savings Personnel Changes Savings Administrative Changes Savings Ancillary Material Cost Savings Primary Product Savings By-product Production Savings
01 4.512: Condense operation into one building $152,949 $49,000 - - - - - - $52,949 - $100,000
02 4.112: Replace old machine with new automatic multi-station tool $6,290 $18,100 - - - - $990 - $5,300 - -
03 2.1311: Replace electrically-operated equipment with fossil fuel equipment $13,564 $12,000 $(-1,469.0)
(-31,067)
kWh
$(-1,467.0)
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - $16,500 -
04 2.1221: Replace obsolete burners with more efficient ones $6,974 $17,620 $(-3,260.0)
(-68,875)
kWh
$(-1,766.0)
-
kW-mo/yr
- $12,000
-
lb
- - - - -
05 3.5315: Lease / purchase baler; sell cardboard to recycler $2,042 $5,200 - - - $2,262
-
lb
- $780 $(-1,000.0) - -
06 2.3411: Replace electric motors with back pressure steam turbines and use exhaust steam for process heat $33,895 $56,800 $20,927
443,142
kWh
$12,968
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - -
07 2.3192: Use fossil fuel powered generator during peak demand periods $66,010 $220,000 - $51,740
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - $22,420 $(-8,150.0) - -
08 2.4231: Reduce the pressure of compressed air to the minimum required $962 $2,400 $557
9,965
kWh
$405
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - -
09 2.7142: Utilize higher efficiency lamps and/or ballasts $888 $1,314 $548
11,723
kWh
$340
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - -
10 2.1311: Replace electrically-operated equipment with fossil fuel equipment $35,268 $9,150 $23,241
374,267
kWh
$23,957
-
kW-mo/yr
$(-11,930.0)
-
MMBtu
- - - - - -
11 2.7131: Add area lighting switches $3,197 $2,420 $3,197
67,702
kWh
- - - - - - - -
12 2.4236: Eliminate leaks in inert gas and compressed air lines/ valves $143 $180 $87
1,758
kWh
$56
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - -
13 2.4239: Eliminate or reduce compressed air usage $322 $240 $198
4,103
kWh
$124
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - - - -
TOTAL RECOMMENDED $322,504 $394,424 $44,026
812,718
kWh
$86,357
-
kW-mo/yr
$(-11,930.0)
-
MMBtu
$14,262
-
lb
$990 $23,200 $49,099 $16,500 $100,000
TOTAL IMPLEMENTED $3,073 $6,694 $635
13,481
kWh
$396
-
kW-mo/yr
- $2,262
-
lb
- $780 $(-1,000.0) - -
Yearly Savings* Imp'd Cost* Electricity Usage Savings Electricity Demand Savings LPG Savings Solid Waste (non-haz) Savings Personnel Changes Savings Administrative Changes 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