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Distilleries Can Slash Costs, Energy Use with Waste Heat Recovery

“One of the biggest opportunities for distilleries is waste heat recovery. Distilling involves heating and cooling the ingredients multiple times. Recycling waste heat or cooling can go a long way to improve the environmental footprint of a distillery,” notes Ernst … Continue reading

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DISCUS Joins Energy Star to Develop Energy Benchmarking Tool

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) is partnering with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Eneregy Star program  to develop energy-saving tools and resources for distilleries. One key initiative is an Energy Performance Indicator (EPI) benchmarking tool, which will enable … Continue reading

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DISCUS Partners with EPA’s Energy Star Program

As part of the partnership, DISCUS will encourage its members to: Measure and track the energy performance of facilities, operations, and commercial new construction projects using tools such as Energy Star Portfolio Manager for buildings, Energy Star Energy Performance Indicators … Continue reading

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Bell’s Brewery Honored for Cutting Energy 10.3% Over 2 Years

Bells’ Brewery, Comstock, Mich., was honored by the Environmental Protection Agency for reducing Bell’s energy per barrel packaged by 10.35% over the last two years. The three projects that yielded significant reductions were: Compressed air leak detection: small holes or … Continue reading

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