Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. Receives Environmental Stewardship Award
Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. (TKW, Tell City, IN) recently received the Environmental Stewardship Award from Energy Management Systems Inc. (EMS) for significantly reducing their energy consumption.
Through changes made by EMS, the TKW plant in Tell City, IN has reduced its air pollution by 4,984 tons of CO2 per year, the equivalent of taking 14,160 cars off the road over the next 20 years or enough energy to power 411 homes.
?We wanted to implement an energy reduction plan to control our costs,? said Dale Gengelbach, engineering manager, ThyssenKrupp Waupaca (TKW). “These cost savings will help us to stay competitive in our industry.?
Gengelbach achieved this goal, too, as EMS is estimated to have helped the company save almost $700,000 annually on gas and electric charges. With the EPACT 2005 Federal tax deduction, they also saved an additional $164,362.
According to Gengelbach, the HVAC system in the TKW plant was leaking energy ? a serious problem, both financially and environmentally. The equipment could only be controlled manually, which was time consuming, and much of the equipment was left on or off at the wrong times. As a result, energy was being wasted and energy costs were rising, affecting the profitability of the plant. Maintenance costs were also too high.
Gengelbach began consultations with EMS, and together, TKW and EMS came up with a plan to fit the plant?s demands. ?EMS?s turnkey process provided the best vehicle to get us there. Without the EMS system we had no control,? added Gengelbach.
Through the installation of an energy management system, TKW can now monitor and control all of their HVAC equipment from one computer. Their new system saves money by reducing energy consumption, and saves time in managing and controlling it.
From the energy audit to the complete installation, TKW saw savings in their books and to the environment in less than six months. For his part, Gengelbach is pleased with the system. ?It is working great,? he said. ?We are finding more and more ways to capture savings without compromising the plant and its employees.?
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