With a peak demand of 8,000 kVA, electricity represented the largest energy cost.  The audit and subsequent implementation project produced electricity saving opportunities of over $650,000 per year.

The significant annual savings with an overall payback of less than six months facilitated a 35% production expansion for the same annual utility cost.  The Canadian Electrical Association presented the National Industrial Award for Energy Conservation to the plant for this project.  Morrison Hershfield’s successful completion of this assignment resulted in a subsequent energy audit at the PPG Owen Sound plant.