The 5th Annual Flex Your Power Awards

Unilever Foods North America

Demand Response Award Winner

Unilever Foods North America

Unilever's margarine-manufacturing plant has adjusted HVAC temperatures, turned off non-essential lights and equipment, and explored a pre-cooling process that allows them to turn off an ammonia refrigeration line on high-demand days. Average demand reduction has been approximately 300 KW - 25% of site demand. Unilever also installed a high-efficiency boiler, replaced metal halide with high bay linear fluorescent fixtures, and initiated rigorous energy conservation. The company has been a consistent participant in PG&E and CPP demand response programs. Unilever voluntarily participated in a PG&E integrated audit and is currently pursuing the incentive applications that the auditors recommended.

Pete Ybarra, Unilever Foods, receives Demand Response/Conservation Award

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Together the 4th and 5th Annual Flex Your Power Award winners saved more than

1 billion kilowatt hours

which is equivalent to taking more than

80,000 cars off the road.

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