Great recovery!

• Making the case for investing in chillers with heat recovery potential
• Payback can be as fast as two years

Refrigeration systems cannot make heat disappear – they just move it from one place to another. It is possible to recover some or all of this heat for useful heating of air or water.

The refrigeration process includes a heat rejection stage to cool the refrigerant for reuse in the cycle. The heat is given up at the condenser and can be recovered and re-used.

Spotting the solar trend

• German brewery seemlessly integrates solar into its energy mix
• 155 m2 solar thermal system produces 400 MWh a year

To help offset growing energy costs and improve its environmental credentials, Hutt Brewery in Kassel, Germany integrated a solar heat system for the brewing process which began operation in May 2010. The solar thermal system consists of 155 m2 flat-plate collectors which generate part of the thermal energy required for supplying hot water to a maximum of 90° C.

Better data... in the can

When design, business, engineering and the environment all come together

The fruity aroma of success

More than a pebble story...

• Joint waste-sorting and resource conservation efforts yields good results for the company, environment and staff
• Material losses reduced by 264 tonnes (saving € 53 000 a year), and 57 % cost savings on waste

Le Moulin is a flour milling company based in Martinique, the French Antilles. The firm launched a programme to reduce waste and material losses at source. Several actions were conducted to improve waste sorting, waste recovery, and water savings.

Converting a challenge into an opportunity...

• Regional support and advice triggers energy-saving initiative which helps to meet effluent regulations
• Measures introduced cut CO2 emissions by 1 275 tonnes a year while saving the plant € 150 000 per year

Syral Haussimont, a subsidiary of the Tereos Syral group, produces potato starches for the agri-food, paperboard, bioplastics and co-products industries.

Mission 'renewable energy'

• As part of a wider renewable energy drive at Nestlé, French plant instals efficient biomass boiler
• Measure cuts CO2 emissions by 6 500 tonnes and energy bills by 40 % annually 

Specialising in the agri-food sector, the Nestlé Group is present in more than 130 countries and markets more than 10 000 products manufactured in nearly 449 industrial sites worldwide.

A biomass bonus

• Cleaner biomass boiler and energy recovery equipment cuts annual CO2 emissions by 7 000 tonnes and energy bills by 40 %
• Installation creates a full-time job and supports local economy, as bonus spin-offs 

The Bongrain Gérard d' Illoud cheese dairy is the birthplace of the Soparind Bongrain Group.

A problem with gas

• Soft drinks-maker tackles the problem of an energy-hungry carbonator with innovative tech
• The installation cuts energy consuumption by 47 %, saving the company € 147 000 every year 

SNEMBG manufactures and bottles soft drinks and distributes them in the French Antilles and continental France.