{"id":1953,"date":"2022-06-20T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plbint.com\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2023-11-08T08:12:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:12:14","slug":"plb-reduces-its-energy-consumption-and-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plbint.com\/en\/news\/plb-reduces-its-energy-consumption-and-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"PLB Reduces its Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PLB reduces its energy consumption and carbon footprint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An energy analysis, financed in part by the&nbsp;\u201cFonds&nbsp;\u00c9coleader\u201d, has enabled PLB to identify priority strategies for&nbsp;reaching&nbsp;its goals: reducing energy costs, modernizing production&nbsp;processes,&nbsp;and improving&nbsp;food&nbsp;quality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action plan&nbsp;towards&nbsp;energy reduction objectives was developed with&nbsp;\u201cPG&nbsp;\u00c9nergie\u201d, a firm of&nbsp;energy efficiency and building mechanics&nbsp;experts.&nbsp;The drying, packaging and extrusion equipment\u2019s performance&nbsp;was analyzed. These key operations represent 80% of PLB\u2019s total natural gas consumption. The goal is to reduce&nbsp;natural gas&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;to make way for&nbsp;dual&nbsp;energy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Completed projects:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LED lights replace all plant and office&nbsp;lighting.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acquisition of new robots in the packaging area modernizing&nbsp;the plant.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acquisition of a vapor recovery system&nbsp;and&nbsp;corrections&nbsp;to the&nbsp;compressed air piping system.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upcoming projects:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acquisition of a&nbsp;dual-energy boiler and a new generation dryer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acquisition of new production tools consuming&nbsp;less energy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent modifications have already reduced electricity consumption by 400,000\u202fkWh\/year. Once all the strategies proposed in the action plan&nbsp;are&nbsp;implemented, PLB will benefit from substantial savings, increase its&nbsp;performance,&nbsp;and significantly improve its environmental&nbsp;footprint.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, you can read the following article&nbsp;<strong><em>(French<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;version&nbsp;only):<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-fonds-ecoleader wp-block-embed-fonds-ecoleader\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Qg3J80Q37a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondsecoleader.ca\/entreprises-leaders\/fabriquer-de-la-nourriture-pour-chats-et-chiens-tout-en-reduisant-sa-consommation-energetique%ef%bf%bc\/\">Fabriquer de la nourriture pour chats et chiens tout en r\u00e9duisant sa consommation \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique\ufffc<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&laquo; Fabriquer de la nourriture pour chats et chiens tout en r\u00e9duisant sa consommation \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique\ufffc &raquo; &#8212; Fonds \u00c9coleader\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondsecoleader.ca\/entreprises-leaders\/fabriquer-de-la-nourriture-pour-chats-et-chiens-tout-en-reduisant-sa-consommation-energetique%ef%bf%bc\/embed\/#?secret=70fNJGnzm8#?secret=Qg3J80Q37a\" data-secret=\"Qg3J80Q37a\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLB reduces its energy consumption and carbon footprint An energy analysis, financed in part by the&nbsp;\u201cFonds&nbsp;\u00c9coleader\u201d, has enabled PLB to identify priority strategies for&nbsp;reaching&nbsp;its goals: reducing energy costs, modernizing production&nbsp;processes,&nbsp;and improving&nbsp;food&nbsp;quality.&nbsp;&nbsp; The action plan&nbsp;towards&nbsp;energy reduction objectives was developed with&nbsp;\u201cPG&nbsp;\u00c9nergie\u201d, a firm of&nbsp;energy efficiency and building mechanics&nbsp;experts.&nbsp;The drying, packaging and extrusion equipment\u2019s performance&nbsp;was analyzed. 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