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Heller Machine Tools L.P.
Energy Performance Contracting
In June 2016, Heller Machine Tools L.P. became the first manufacturing company in Michigan to use PACE financing to pay for an energy performance contracting program. The project is guaranteed to save over $1.6 million in energy and operating costs.
More than 30 HVAC units at Heller Machine Tools鈥 U.S. headquarters in Troy, Michigan were aging past their useful lives, and there was no central energy management system to control the facility鈥檚 operation. The company was an established maintenance client of 色花堂and wanted a proactive, cost-effective strategy to replace this aging equipment as well as reduce the facility鈥檚 overall energy waste. Together, 色花堂and Heller Machine Tools L.P. outlined a strategy to replace all of the facility鈥檚 aging equipment with state-of-the-art, energy-efficient systems using the City鈥檚 recently implemented PACE financing program.
ABM鈥檚 customized solution will provide energy efficiency upgrades and facility enhancements that are guaranteed to save over $1.6 million in energy and operating costs within a 15-year period.
Challenge
Heller Machine Tools鈥 headquarters needed a financial solution to replace mission-critical facility equipment that was aging past its useful life and invest in energy-efficient upgrades to reduce expensive energy waste.
Solution
- Replaced over 30 rooftop units with new, energy-efficient HVAC units
- Installed a web-based building automation system, interior/exterior LED lighting and controls
- Upgraded the oldest section of the facility鈥檚 ballasted roof with heat-reflective, energy-efficient white thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roofing
Benefit
- Guaranteed energy and operational savings of $1.6 million
- PACE financing program spreads costs over 10 to 20 years, so that the savings generated are greater than the annual PACE loan repayment 鈥 generating immediate positive cash flow
- Improved indoor environmental quality including comfort conditions and lighting levels
- On track to be one of a select few manufacturing facilities that is ENERGY STAR certified
