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Anglian Water Services (AWS) has saved over £2.7 million on its energy costs following an intensive four year ABB project to improve energy efficiency at over 100 of its sites. Over the lifetime of the project, AWS saved 223,354 kWh in energy, giving a cost saving of £2.72 million. This equates to 112 tonnes of […]
McDonald’s restaurants throughout the UK are using ABB standard drives for HVAC to save energy and control cooking odours. McDonald’s was updating cooking equipment in a number of its restaurants across the UK. During the project McDonald’s realized it could reduce its carbon footprint by making large fans run more slowly. The company decided to […]
Food manufacturer Northern Foods is saving over £30,000 a year in electricity costs thanks to the installation of three ABB variable speed drives at its Riverside Bakery in Nottingham. The plant, which produces chilled pre-prepared foods for customers such as Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury, uses large refrigeration units to store both the ingredients and the finished […]
Cherry Valley Farms is the largest manufacturer of duck and duck products in the UK, processing 45,000 ducks per day. Each duck is chilled so the chilling plant is a major part of the factory’s operation and accounts for a high proportion of its operating costs. Cherry Valley wanted to explore ways of reducing its […]
Northern Foods is saving nearly £2,500 annually on its compressed air system since installing an ABB variable speed drive at its Riverside Bakery in Nottingham. The 45 kW drive was supplied by Inverter Drives Systems (IDS), an ABB Drives Alliance member. Compressed air is used in many of the bakery’s processes. As part of the […]
Users of air handling units (AHUs) can achieve maximum efficiency from their equipment following an agreement between ABB Drives Alliance member Inverter Drive Systems (IDS) and leading air filtration specialist Camfil. The partnership with IDS means that customers retrofitting Camfil air filters will be able to have an ABB variable-speed drive fitted at the same […]
