Small Changes, Big Savings
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Center of Effort sees this clearly when they look at the tremendous energy expense savings they have realized since making energy efficiency improvements around their winery.
Energy time-of-use adjustments on their cooling system, wastewater aerators, and other heavy energy usage equipment; implementing night-air cooling of barrel rooms and case goods storage areas to minimize HVAC use; investing in a small chiller enabling them to bring tank temperatures down on select tanks rather than the entire plant; and installing a quick-draw door to address insulation loss.
These are just a few of the areas in which they took action to conserve energy to combat climate change.
Their solar project went live back in 2016, and Nathan Carlson, Winemaker and General Manager, says that it “showed 100% ROI over 4 years, no problem.”