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Energy Utilization

With projected costs of $50.00 per barrel of oil or $10.00 per therm for natural gas, it is an absolute necessity for laundries to implement thermal energy conservation. But what can you expect to save by installing energy conservation systems? For each of the products listed below, you'll find the percentage of total energy conservation.

Conservation In The Laundry

Everywhere, rising gas prices and water shortages are forcing companies to look for ways to conserve energy and keep budgets inline. With limited resources available, equipment – from cars to toilets -- is being re-tooled for energy efficiency. For laundry managers interested in realizing financial savings, opportunities exist to improve productivity and utility efficiencies.

LAUNDRYESP Update - Conservation Program Gets Ready To Release Results

For the last four years, LaundryESP, an environmental stewardship program run jointly by Uniform & Textile Service Association (UTSA) and Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA,) has asked members to voluntarily reduce water and energy consumption in their laundry plants by ten to twenty percent, increase the use of environmentally friendly wash chemicals by the same amount, and reduce the discharge of pollutants to sewer systems.

Ozone-Applications & Benefits Of Ozone In Tunnel Washing

TUNNEL HISTORY
Tunnel washers began production in the mid 1970's. Initially, they were designed as a tube where the linen was fed in a rope-like fashion. Linen passed through several treatment baths accomplishing the wash process. Water was fed in a counter flow arrangement to the linen and chemicals were added through a hollow tube with a cup on the dip end.

Saving Water and Energy At The University Of Delaware

NEWARK, Del. -- Faced with a five-year state-wide drought as well as sky-rocketing utility costs, the University of Delaware has taken a proactive stance in energy conservation.

With 55 new retrofitted laundry rooms, the University is spearheading a conservation effort which puts them in a position to save 3.5 million gallons of water per year and 769,000 kilowatts of electricity per year - enough energy to light every household in Newark for three weeks.

Quick Rinse - News From Around The World

Mac-Gray Corporation’s Lighten The Load™ Initiative

WALTHAM, Mass. — Mac-Gray Corporation, a provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-unit housing locations announced that it received the Carbonfund.org Foundation’s first annual For People and Planet award in the education category. Since Mac-Gray launched its Lighten the Load(TM) initiative in 2008 with Carbonfund.org, they have partnered with 29 academic institutions to offset more than 40 million pounds of carbon.

“This award highlights Mac-Gray’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Our Lighten the Load™ initiative is helping to reduce the carbon footprints of college and university laundry programs, while educating students on the benefits of being ‘green’ in the laundry room,” said Stewart G. MacDonald, Mac-Gray’s chief executive officer.