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Energy Assessment & Audit Bradford Energy Solutions

Lighting Replacement Program400W Metal Halide Lamps replaced with induction lamps (250W to 150W)

Power Factor Correction (PFC) Capacitor Bank

Case Study | February 2014

CSR is one of Australia’s largest building material companies, a trusted and recognised brand providing building products for residential and commercial construction. CSR is committed to sustainable practices throughout all their business units. CSR’s Gyprock Manufacturing plant, located in Coopers Plains Brisbane, produces plasterboard and cornice for the Queensland and Australian market.

The plant was keen to find ways to reduce their electricity costs, with an average electricity bill of over $50,000 each month. Through the Energex Business program and working with Bradford energy solutions, CSR were able to identify significant areas for permanent load reduction and energy savings.

CSR Gyprock Coopers Plains

• Reduce energy consumption; and

• Carbon emissions

• Improvement of power factor

“We heard about the program through an industry partner and were keen to benefit from the available incentives and assistance to reduce our impact on Peak Demand. The program made sense to be involved in and was a very efficient and easy application process. There was far less red tape then similar schemes offered in other states. We saw a real benefit in participating; you are supported to reduce demand and there is tangible outcomes for us and Energex. It is a forward thinking scheme to reduce further network expansion/cost, it just makes sense.”

Andrew Rowe – General Manager – Bradford Energy Solutions

Objectives Benefits and Outcomes

Solution and specifications

• Over $28,000 saved annually on lighting costs

• Over $21,000 saved annually from Power Factor Correction

• Total annual cost saving over $50,000

• 2.3 years for payback to Gyprocks’s investment in the project

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