Compressed Air Best Practices - October 2008 - (Page 18) | 10/08 | AUTOMOTIVE TRANSIT COMPRESSED AIR AUDIT OF THE MONTH Transit Bus Manufacturing Utility Incentives The New Flyer plant is located in an area of North America serviced by Manitoba Hydro, a utility generating electricity primarily using renewable water powered generation. Typical of hydropower producers, the power prices are quite low compared to other areas in North America. This is of great benefit to customers, however, from an energy efficiency point of view — it makes energy projects more difficult to sell based on energy savings alone. Fortunately, Manitoba Hydro was able to provide a substantial financial incentive through their Power Smart® Performance Optimization program. This program was able to provide enough support to bring the project payback to 1.5 years, within the acceptable payback range for management acceptance. Facility Management Speaks “This project was very attractive because it fit in with our Corporate goals supporting safety and the environment.” says Tino Della Valle, New Flyer’s Manager of Facility Engineering and Maintenance, who was in charge of the air system upgrade, “And our compressed air system downtime is no longer an issue. From the point of view of production, the compressed air system performance is now quite invisible to our users.” “It’s nice to be able to renew our equipment and get excellent system improvement at the same time, and with Manitoba Hydro helping out with their incentives, it was like purchasing the equipment at a 50% discount.” kW CO2 O New Flyer Named One of Canada’s Most Earth-Friendly range of environmentally friendly vehicles of any heavy-duty transit bus manufacturer in Canada and the U.S., we are committed to building these vehicles in a sustainable manner.” New Flyer operates a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) reduction program, which is the backbone of its pollution prevention activities, and employee education is a critical component to the success of this program. Since 2002, New Flyer has reduced the amount of VOCs released into the environment by approximately 46%. Employees are also trained on product usage and waste reduction, which has eliminated the use of thousands of liters of paint and the associated waste stream. New Flyer has been certified to ISO 14001 environmental management standard since 2005. In 2005, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) awarded New Flyer the 2005 CCME Pollution Prevention Award. In 2004, CALSTART, North America’s leading advanced transportation organization, awarded New Flyer the Blue Sky Award, which is given for outstanding marketplace contributions to advanced, sustainable transportation. (TSX:NFI.UN) New Flyer Industries Canada ULC (“New Flyer”), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit vehicles in Canada and the United States has been named as one of Canada’s most earth-friendly employers for 2008 by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Employers were evaluated based on environmental initiatives that involve employee participation and the degree to which environmental values have been integrated into the corporate culture. Other employers selected for the 2008 list include Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Hewlett-Packard Canada Co., Toronto Hydro Corporation, HSBC Bank Canada and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. “We are pleased to receive this recognition and honored to be named as a recipient in the inaugural year of this award,” said John Marinucci, New Flyer’s President and CEO. “This validates the substantial effort we have put forth in ensuring our pollution prevention and waste reduction activities are successful and embraced by our employees. Not only do we offer the broadest 18 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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