Netting Great Energy Savings at the Island Fishermen Co-operative

The Island Fishermen Co-operative Association Ltd. is a vertically integrated seafood operation made up of member fishermen, employees and management who fish, process, package, and manage the plant. Looking at energy within the plant was a natural progression for the management team, and with the help of Efficiency NB, the facility is now saving 19% of their energy costs while continuing to process quality products destined for world markets. Cooking and freezing seafood, along with lighting and heating, accounts for 5% of the Co-operative’s processing costs. Reducing this means improving the Co-operative’s profit margins, securing the plant’s future and jobs in the region.

Managing energy, managing people: Groupe Savoie’s EMIS relies as much on its staff as it does on technology to reduce costs
Groupe Savoie is a family-owned business with operations primarily in northern New Brunswick. Plant facilities include: sawmills, pallet and component plants, and a recycling plant. The company applies the highest industry standards to its operations and has been certified by ISO14001, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification.)

Plaster Rock produces dimension lumber and studs for residential and commercial construction applications. A study examining the detailed feasibility of installing a new biomass boiler to eliminate oil use and cost became the basis of a modernization investment by the company. The energy savings provided by the modernization projects have helped save the mill and make the company more competitive.

On track for energy savings: Marwood’s energy champion helps the company reap the benefits of energy-efficiency investments

Since the 1920s, Marwood Ltd. (formerly Atlantic Pressure Treating) has been manufacturing a variety of wood products including deck accessories, lattice, siding, and fencing. Marwood is keenly aware of its role in protecting our natural resources for future generations.

Twin Rivers’ Edmundston pulp mill produces bleached softwood sulphite pulp and groundwood pulp for the manufacture of specialized packaging and publishing papers at its Madawaska paper mill.

For more than 20 years, Fancy Pokket of Moncton, New Brunswick has been Atlantic Canada’s leading manufacturer of Greek pita, pita and flat breads, bagels, pizza crusts and tortilla wraps. In recent years, the company faced rising product costs, shipping charges and energy prices, which affected its competitiveness in the market.

Flakeboard Company Limited is a world-scale producer of composite wood products. Using lumber industry by-products and under-utilized wood species once landfilled or burned as waste by forestry operators or sawmills, Flakeboard manufactures a variety of particleboard, medium density fibreboard (MDF) and FIBREX® thin high density MDF.

Wastewater heat recovery makes up Phase 1 of Irving Paper's energy reduction initiatives.  By identifying waste heat sources and installing heat exchangers and a thermocompressor, Irving Paper cut fossil fuel use by 13%.  The capital cost of the project was $4.1 million with annual savings of approximately $2.3 million, a payback of less than two years.

Xstrata Zinc - Brunswick Mine, located in Bathurst, New Brunswick, is the world's largest underground zinc mine.  Since the 1970s, the company has employed energy management techniques to reduce costs and improve efficiency.  With an EMIS in place and a goal to reduce energy intensity by 1% each year; the company exceeded its target, cutting energy intensity by 8% from 2006 to 2008.