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| 01/08 Compressed Air Industry ENERGY MANAGEMENT | COMP-AIR SERVICE CO. This company takes the results of the Kaizen audits, which show the dollar savings from the audits, and then further interpret these into the equivalent carbon footprint of so many acres of trees, CO2 reductions, removing cars from the road. This company has a global mandate of an equivalent reduction of 12% in greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2009. Do you review pneumatic systems? Absolutely. Historically, the two industries (pneumatics and air compressors) have run in parallel. It’s not that hard to train pneumatics people on air compressors, but it is harder to teach pneumatics to air compressor specialists. Our auditors, like Dave Smith, began their careers working with pneumatics at a fluid power house. Long term, distribution may have to think out of the box to create more linkage between these two industries. If you want to truly understand demand, you have to understand pneumatics. Where are the biggest opportunities for savings? The biggest opportunity lies in turning off air compressors. Audits identify ways to reduce air demand while freeing up more useful air for production. Almost every plant we visit for the first time has over-purchased air compressors. A facility with multiple 300 horsepower machines continually throws horsepower at problems wishing they will go away. At today’s high electric energy costs in Florida, running between $790 to $1,500 per horsepower, this is unacceptable. Some of our customers in the Caribbean Islands see even higher energy costs because they use diesel generators to produce electricity. Do the Florida power companies offer incentives to reduce energy consumption? There are limited rebates from Florida power companies. They have very strong generating capacities. The University of Miami was financed to do industrial audits on behalf of FP&L and they audit plants and the air compressors. We have found, however, that most of their customers are not adopting the actions recommended because the audits are supply-side oriented and quite generic. BP Thank you Comp-Air Service for your insights. For more information please contact Mr. Larry Olesky, Comp-Air Service Co., tel: 305-687-8787, email: info-request@comp-air.com, www.comp-air.com 42 www .airbe stpra ctice s.com w e a es http://www.comp-air.com http://www.airbestpractices.com

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Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008 Contents Focus Industry Features Compressed Air Industry Articles From the Editor Real World Best Practices: Selecting A VSD Rotary Compressor Audit of the Month: Energy Savings in Peru The Low-Hanging Fruit in Pneumatic Systems Mikropor America, Inc. Wireless Sensor Networks: Improve Efficiency in Compressed Air Systems Special Report: The Chicago Pneumatic Compressor Launch in North America The Importance of Measuring Vacuum The Comp-Air Service Co. Special Report: The 2007 NAACD Wall Street Watch Advertiser Index Job Market

Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008

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