Innertech - Nashville
Nashville, Illinois
Intern: Nick Barczewski
Bradley University
Innertech-Nashville operates a manufacturing facility that supplies interior
car parts to automotive equipment manufacturers. The company is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Magna International.
The intern made several recommendations for improvements in energy use and
waste generation, a particular focus on projects that have a short-term payback
period.
Results:
The intern made the following recommendations:
- Update lighting fixture
in the main manufacturing building by switching to T8 fluorescent lamps with
electronic ballasts. This project could result in a $30,000 savings a year.
- Upgrade
task lighting fixtures for the BMW assembly line to T8 fluorescent lamps
with electronic ballasts and reflectors. This project could save over $350
per year. The company is seeking utility energy efficiency incentive money
to implement this project.
- Remove fixtures in areas of excess lighting. This project
could save over $11,000.
- Replace current paper towel dispensers with
air hand dryers. This project could save $6,500 a year by reducing costs
for buying and disposing of the paper towels. The project could also divert
2.5 tons of waste from landfill each year.
- Investigate the use of radiant
heating systems for use on the heating barrels of plastic injection mold
machines. This system could replace the current ceramic band heaters on ten
injection mold machines, saving over $89,000 annually. This project has a
23 month pay-back period, with 210 tons of CO2 reduction per year.
- Repairing air leaks,
avoiding inappropriate usages, and lowering the line pressure in the compressed
air systems could result in an annual savings of over $34,000. The facility
plans to incorporate leak detection and repair into future preventative maintenance
procedures.
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