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ENVIRONMENTAL Management
CASE STUDY
Hy-Vee supermarkets From Verisae, Inc. | November 2009
Hy-Vee—Refrigerant & fugitive emissions tracking
Executive Summary: Verisae implemented the refrigerant tracking solution to allow HyVee to save operational expenses related to refrigerant gas usage and to remain in compliance with EPA regulations. HyVee knows, to the pound level, where all refrigerants reside and how to accurately report to the EPA refrigerant usage.
ERM Delivers: Refrigerant Leak Tracking Refrigerant Gas Inventory Management EPA Leak Rate Calculations U.S. Clean Air Act Compliance
(financial risk avoidance of $37,500 per system per day in fines)
ERM Benefits: Hy-Vee has been able to monitor their EPA section 608 record keeping requirements and lower refrigerant usage by 1–5% each year since implementation. They were able to accomplish reduction by monitoring and following up on individual usage events.
After implementing Verisae’s refrigerant tracking product, HyVee experienced a 5% first year reduction in refrigerant usage for an $180,000 per annual savings. With a minimum of 1% refrigerant usage reduction each year thereafter, HyVee continues to save at least $36,000 each year. Moreover, they were able to maintain their refrigerant spend while growing the overall size of their operation. They anticipate greater reductions in 2009 of more than 5%. They have significantly reduced their management costs associated with tracking by pushing the data entry to the technicians.
For more information: Call us 612 455 2300 or [email protected]
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Hy-Vee Grocery Stores Implementation of Refrigerant Gas Tracking & Management Solution Company Profile Hy-Vee is an employee owned retailer operating retail grocery stores across Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota and Minnesota. With sales of more than $6.2 billion and more than 225 retail stores across seven Midwestern states, Hy-Vee ranks among the top 30 supermarket chains in the nation. Their mission is to be a provider of the most economical supplier of goods and services to their stores.
Business Challenges Hy-Vee operates over 3,000 refrigeration and air-conditioning systems that are serviced by 29 outside maintenance companies and one internal maintenance group. It was difficult to know with confidence if EPA requirement were being met.
Solution Approach In 2005 Verisae provided a hosted enterprise application for refrigerant management across all sites within their organization. Technical Situation Hy-Vee needed an enterprise solution to manage their technicians and systems in order to stay within EPA section 608 refrigerant tracking compliance. Hy-Vee’s ongoing efforts to reduce their overall environmental footprint cover a broad range of topics including energy conservation, recycling, improved designs and improved packaging. Refrigerants on average account for 15–20% of grocers carbon footprints. Products & Services • Enterprise Refrigerant Management • ASP model, 100% hosted solution comprised of: • Equipment/Asset Database • Tracking of misuse/abuse • Enterprise Refrigerant Management • Contractor report cards • Monthly management reports • Weekly exceptions reporting
For more information: Call us 612 455 2300 or [email protected]
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Benefits & Results Hy-Vee has been able to monitor their EPA section 608 record keeping requirements and lower refrigerant usage by at least 1% each year since implementation. They were able to accomplish reduction by monitoring and following up on individual usage events. Moreover, they were able to maintain their refrigerant spend while growing the overall size of their operation. They anticipate greater reductions in 2009 of more than 2%. They have significantly reduced their management costs associated with tracking by pushing the data entry to the technicians.
EPA Rules Explained In the early 1990’s the EPA implemented rules requiring owners and operators of equipment containing 50 pounds or more of ozone depleting refrigerant keep stay under an annual leak rate of 35% for commercial refrigeration and 15% for comfort cooling (air conditioning). Furthermore refrigerant can only be handled by EPA certified technicians. To ensure the trigger rates aren’t exceeded companies must make a calculation of leakage EVERY time refrigerant is added. In order to make this calculation the person must know how much refrigerant is in the system and track the days between additions. Failure to comply with the law can result in fines as large a $32,500 per day, per system.
For more information: Call us 612 455 2300 or [email protected]
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About VeriSae Verisae (www.Verisae.com) develops, markets, and licenses Sustainability Resource Planning (SRP) ™, an enterprise solution that empowers organizations to make “sustainability actionable”. Verisae helps measure, manage and monetize energy costs and carbon emissions. SRP covers the core functions of sustainability needs by combining multiple business processes and systems into one database to use across the enterprise. Our platform improve operational efficiency, make sustainability initiatives actionable, and reduce energy costs carbon emissions for distributed enterprises and energy companies.
Environmental Management
Asset Management
Carbon Emissions Manager
Service Manager
• Scope 1 & 2 Emissions
• Service Provider Management
• Scope 3 Emissions
• Financial Management
Sustainability Project Manager
Asset Manager
Water Manager
• Facilities Management
Waste Manager
• Equipment Management
Energy Management Energy Supply Manager • Utility Bill Processing • Active Energy Response • Utility Contracts Management • Energy Spend Manager
• Asset Monitoring & Alarming • Parts & Inventory Management Procurement Manager • Rebates & Incentives Management • Total Capital Planning • Equipment Procurement
Energy Demand Manager • Real-Time Energy Management • Active EE Dispatch • Energy Efficiency Projects Given the heightened priority of corporate sustainability, Verisae is positioned right now to enable organizations to establish a carbon footprint baseline, outline energy management options, and provide a comprehensive corporate sustainability action plans in a manner of months. All of which can be implemented with metrics in place to highlight bottom-line cost savings and return on investment timelines. Today, Verisae delivers a broad range of sustainability solutions to over 40 global clients with a service network of 7,500 third party service providers consisting of 60,000 application users. Our integrated sustainability platform actively tracks over 2,100,000 million assets across 20,000 sites. We help measure, manage and monetize energy costs and carbon emissions. We are uniquely position to help organizations prove return on investment (ROI) for sustainability initiatives.
VERISAE WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS 100 North First Street, Suite 701A Minneapolis, MN 55403 USA
SRP™ and Sustainability Resource Planning™ are trademarks of Verisae Inc. ©2010 Verisae Inc. All rights reserved.
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HyVee Refrigerant Tracking Case Study_Version1.0
CASE STUDY
Hy-Vee supermarkets From Verisae, Inc. | November 2009
Hy-Vee—Refrigerant & fugitive emissions tracking
Executive Summary: Verisae implemented the refrigerant tracking solution to allow HyVee to save operational expenses related to refrigerant gas usage and to remain in compliance with EPA regulations. HyVee knows, to the pound level, where all refrigerants reside and how to accurately report to the EPA refrigerant usage.
ERM Delivers: Refrigerant Leak Tracking Refrigerant Gas Inventory Management EPA Leak Rate Calculations U.S. Clean Air Act Compliance
(financial risk avoidance of $37,500 per system per day in fines)
ERM Benefits: Hy-Vee has been able to monitor their EPA section 608 record keeping requirements and lower refrigerant usage by 1–5% each year since implementation. They were able to accomplish reduction by monitoring and following up on individual usage events.
After implementing Verisae’s refrigerant tracking product, HyVee experienced a 5% first year reduction in refrigerant usage for an $180,000 per annual savings. With a minimum of 1% refrigerant usage reduction each year thereafter, HyVee continues to save at least $36,000 each year. Moreover, they were able to maintain their refrigerant spend while growing the overall size of their operation. They anticipate greater reductions in 2009 of more than 5%. They have significantly reduced their management costs associated with tracking by pushing the data entry to the technicians.
For more information: Call us 612 455 2300 or [email protected]
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Hy-Vee—Refrigerant & fugitive emissions tracking
Hy-Vee Grocery Stores Implementation of Refrigerant Gas Tracking & Management Solution Company Profile Hy-Vee is an employee owned retailer operating retail grocery stores across Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota and Minnesota. With sales of more than $6.2 billion and more than 225 retail stores across seven Midwestern states, Hy-Vee ranks among the top 30 supermarket chains in the nation. Their mission is to be a provider of the most economical supplier of goods and services to their stores.
Business Challenges Hy-Vee operates over 3,000 refrigeration and air-conditioning systems that are serviced by 29 outside maintenance companies and one internal maintenance group. It was difficult to know with confidence if EPA requirement were being met.
Solution Approach In 2005 Verisae provided a hosted enterprise application for refrigerant management across all sites within their organization. Technical Situation Hy-Vee needed an enterprise solution to manage their technicians and systems in order to stay within EPA section 608 refrigerant tracking compliance. Hy-Vee’s ongoing efforts to reduce their overall environmental footprint cover a broad range of topics including energy conservation, recycling, improved designs and improved packaging. Refrigerants on average account for 15–20% of grocers carbon footprints. Products & Services • Enterprise Refrigerant Management • ASP model, 100% hosted solution comprised of: • Equipment/Asset Database • Tracking of misuse/abuse • Enterprise Refrigerant Management • Contractor report cards • Monthly management reports • Weekly exceptions reporting
For more information: Call us 612 455 2300 or [email protected]
Page 3
Hy-Vee—Refrigerant & fugitive emissions tracking
Benefits & Results Hy-Vee has been able to monitor their EPA section 608 record keeping requirements and lower refrigerant usage by at least 1% each year since implementation. They were able to accomplish reduction by monitoring and following up on individual usage events. Moreover, they were able to maintain their refrigerant spend while growing the overall size of their operation. They anticipate greater reductions in 2009 of more than 2%. They have significantly reduced their management costs associated with tracking by pushing the data entry to the technicians.
EPA Rules Explained In the early 1990’s the EPA implemented rules requiring owners and operators of equipment containing 50 pounds or more of ozone depleting refrigerant keep stay under an annual leak rate of 35% for commercial refrigeration and 15% for comfort cooling (air conditioning). Furthermore refrigerant can only be handled by EPA certified technicians. To ensure the trigger rates aren’t exceeded companies must make a calculation of leakage EVERY time refrigerant is added. In order to make this calculation the person must know how much refrigerant is in the system and track the days between additions. Failure to comply with the law can result in fines as large a $32,500 per day, per system.
For more information: Call us 612 455 2300 or [email protected]
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Hy-Vee—Refrigerant & fugitive emissions tracking
About VeriSae Verisae (www.Verisae.com) develops, markets, and licenses Sustainability Resource Planning (SRP) ™, an enterprise solution that empowers organizations to make “sustainability actionable”. Verisae helps measure, manage and monetize energy costs and carbon emissions. SRP covers the core functions of sustainability needs by combining multiple business processes and systems into one database to use across the enterprise. Our platform improve operational efficiency, make sustainability initiatives actionable, and reduce energy costs carbon emissions for distributed enterprises and energy companies.
Environmental Management
Asset Management
Carbon Emissions Manager
Service Manager
• Scope 1 & 2 Emissions
• Service Provider Management
• Scope 3 Emissions
• Financial Management
Sustainability Project Manager
Asset Manager
Water Manager
• Facilities Management
Waste Manager
• Equipment Management
Energy Management Energy Supply Manager • Utility Bill Processing • Active Energy Response • Utility Contracts Management • Energy Spend Manager
• Asset Monitoring & Alarming • Parts & Inventory Management Procurement Manager • Rebates & Incentives Management • Total Capital Planning • Equipment Procurement
Energy Demand Manager • Real-Time Energy Management • Active EE Dispatch • Energy Efficiency Projects Given the heightened priority of corporate sustainability, Verisae is positioned right now to enable organizations to establish a carbon footprint baseline, outline energy management options, and provide a comprehensive corporate sustainability action plans in a manner of months. All of which can be implemented with metrics in place to highlight bottom-line cost savings and return on investment timelines. Today, Verisae delivers a broad range of sustainability solutions to over 40 global clients with a service network of 7,500 third party service providers consisting of 60,000 application users. Our integrated sustainability platform actively tracks over 2,100,000 million assets across 20,000 sites. We help measure, manage and monetize energy costs and carbon emissions. We are uniquely position to help organizations prove return on investment (ROI) for sustainability initiatives.
VERISAE WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS 100 North First Street, Suite 701A Minneapolis, MN 55403 USA
SRP™ and Sustainability Resource Planning™ are trademarks of Verisae Inc. ©2010 Verisae Inc. All rights reserved.
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WEB
612 455 2300
www.verisae.com
[email protected]
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