Customer Success Story: BD
BD is a global medical technology company operating a manufacturing facility in Sandy, Utah, where they produce and sterilize IV catheters and other medical equipment to support and administer the infusion of medication and other therapies across the U.S. and globally. BD has been a Wattsmart Business partner for 20 years.
“Originally as we looked at replacing HVAC equipment or utility equipment in a facility, it was always like-for-like. By going with the Wattsmart Business program, it helped us to look outside of that box and start to make a replacement with a purpose,” said Eric Wells, associate director of corporate facilities at BD Sandy.
In recent years, BD has executed various energy-efficient upgrades with help from Rocky Mountain Power. The company upgraded their UV ovens that help sterilize their products, replacing old, less efficient UV ovens. The upgraded ovens use LED technology to reduce energy use and heat output, so that energy-consuming heat exhaust fans could be removed. In addition to installing the upgraded UV ovens, BD repaired over 100 compressed air leaks in their production processes, helping further reduce energy use and costs.
Since Rocky Mountain Power and BD started working together, BD has been able to save over 13 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, equivalent to powering over 1,400 average homes for a year.
Rocky Mountain Power’s Wattsmart Business program helps businesses save energy and money through technical expertise and incentives for equipment upgrades and energy-efficient process improvements.