Case study 案例
Operations Manager Luke Rhodes was sitting in his office at Tridon Australia, a manufacturer and distributor of automotive parts, when he got an unusual email.
It was from the utility company asking if something was wrong at their Sydney factory – the energy bill in one building had dropped a staggering 65% in four weeks.
運營經理盧克•羅德斯（Luke Rhodes）坐在澳大利亞特裏頓（Tridon Australia）的de辦ban公gong室shi裏li，他ta是shi一yi家jia汽qi車che零ling部bu件jian製zhi造zao商shang和he分fen銷xiao商shang，突tu然ran收shou到dao一yi封feng不bu同tong尋xun常chang的de電dian子zi郵you件jian。這zhe是shi一yi家jia公gong用yong事shi業ye公gong司si打da來lai的de電dian話hua，詢xun問wen他ta們men在zai悉xi尼ni的de工gong廠chang是shi否fou出chu了le問wen題ti：
“一棟大樓的能源賬單在四周內下降了65%，令人震驚。”
Instead of being worried, Rhodes and his colleagues were amused. “It was pretty funny,” he recalls. They were also pleased that their strategy to make their large industrial site more energy efficient had paid off.
羅德斯和他的同事們沒有擔心，反而覺得很有趣。“這很有趣，”他回憶道。他們還高興地看到，他們提高大型工業場地能效的戰略取得了成效。
Over the past year, Tridon Australia had been implementing a range of energy savings measures including LED lighting and solar panels. The massive drop in energy, however, was largely attributed to their new compressed air system, which the NSW government partially paid for.
Tridon is one of around 90 sites across NSW —nearly half of them in the regions— which have taken advantage of government funding which helps businesses be more energy efficient. Manufacturers have upgraded their boilers and refrigeration systems, installed new meters and looked into improving their processes.
Tridon是新南威爾士州約90gezhandianzhiyi，qizhongjinyibanweiyugaidiqu，zhexiezhandianliyonglezhengfudezijin，bangzhuqiyetigaonengxiao。zhizaoshangyijingshengjiletamendeguoluhezhilengxitong，anzhuanglexindeyibiao，bingkaolvgaijintamendegongyi。
For Tridon, their old compressed air system was the problem. Rhodes says it was pumping around 55 to 60 kilowatts while the rest of the facilities —air conditioning, heating, everything included— were around 18 to 20 kilowatts.
對特裏頓來說，他們的舊壓縮空氣係統就是問題所在。羅茲說，它的抽水量約為55至60千瓦，而其他設施——空調、暖氣，包括所有設施——的抽水量約為18至20千瓦。
He says getting the government funding was easy and “serendipitous” as it happened just as they were assessing their compressed air system. The NSW government contributed $10,000 towards the project and Tridon pitched in $32,000. With the money they will save from their electricity bill dropping, Rhodes says they will break even in two years.
“I back the program 100% just for the sheer volume of money and energy you can save. It’s a no-brainer, really. I didn't anticipate that we’d get this much energy savings, so it's been fantastic.”
他說，獲得政府資助很容易，而且是“偶然的”，因為就在他們評估壓縮空氣係統的時候。新南威爾士州政府為該項目捐助了10000美元，特裏頓投入了32000美元。羅德斯說，隨著他們從電費中節省的錢減少，他們將在兩年內實現收支平衡。
“我百分之百地支持這個計劃，僅僅是為了節省大量的資金和能源。真的很簡單。我沒想到我們能節省這麼多能源，所以這太棒了。