O.C. Tanner Case Study
O.C. Tanner's Brett Dimond and Dennis Smith with Rocky Mountain Power's Bryan Anderson
Recognition company reaches energy savings goals with our programs
O.C. Tanner, a leader in helping businesses achieve results by recognizing innovation and outstanding effort, has been partipicating in our energy efficiency programs since 2004.
O.C. Tanner has received a total of more than $163,000 in Rocky Mountain Power incentives for lighting, HVAC and other upgrades. Their efficiency projects are also saving more than 5.1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and saving more than $250,000 in energy costs annually.
FinAnswer® Express
Some of O.C. Tanner’s first projects involved replacing older lighting to benefit from energy savings new technologies have to offer. The company received cash incentives from our FinAnswer Express program for making the switch.
“In our manufacturing area, we typically had about 18 older T12 fluorescents in a 625-square-foot area,” explained Brett Dimond, O.C. Tanner’s facilities foreman. “Now with a T8 2-lamp fixture, we only need nine to get the same amount of lighting,” he said.
Energy FinAnswer®
For a chiller and cooler tower replacement last year, O.C. Tanner took advantage of the incentives and in-depth technical services offered by our Energy FinAnswer program. Dimond said, “We decided to put in more efficient equipment – it was the right thing to do and the incentive helped us.”
Recommissioning and more
With our Recommissioning program, O.C. Tanner has found a variety of savings opportunities related to their heating and cooling equipment. Recommissioning helps restore the original intended operating performance of HVAC and other systems.
“One of our struggles is figuring out the engineering to solve our problems. Rocky Mountain Power helps with that when we commit to recommissioning. That’s an advantage to us,” said Dimond. “It allows us get some very good efficiencies on our systems.”
O.C. Tanner has also earned bill credits for a compressed-air system upgrade through our Self-Direction Credit program.
