Smart Refrigeration Choices Help Save Energy, Cut Costs
Press Release
NORTH PRAIRIE, WIS. – May 03, 2011 – Businesses are always looking for ways to cut costs. Increasingly they are searching for ways to reduce energy consumption, as well. One way in which supermarkets can do both is through choosing energy-efficient refrigerated display cases and refrigeration systems.
“An effective way in which these savings can be quantified is through partnerships with government agencies,” says Carl Petersen, marketing and advertising manager at Zero Zone, Inc. “For example, here in Wisconsin we work closely with the state’s Focus on Energy program to encourage energy consumption reduction and to track what those energy and monetary savings amount to.”
In conjunction with Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program, Zero Zone has helped Wisconsin businesses reduce their energy costs and achieve record energy savings in 2010. For the past year, Zero Zone has worked closely with the program, which helps eligible residents and businesses install cost effective, energy efficient and renewable energy projects. The program’s efforts help residents and businesses deal with rising energy costs, while also protecting
the environment.
Focus on Energy credits Zero Zone for contributing to its positive results last year. Zero Zone provided energy-efficient products for more than 20 Wisconsin projects that received financial incentives from Focus on Energy, amounting to nearly half a million dollars. Through the program, Zero Zone also helped its customers save more than $650,000 on their energy bills last year.
In addition to the monetary incentives and savings businesses received, the use of energy efficient products made by Zero Zone helped the environment by removing the equivalent of approximately 6,700 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with Wisconsin’s 2010 Focus on Energy projects alone.
“We are proud to have made such a huge impact on our customers’ energy and environmental goals,” says Petersen. “And these numbers are only for the state of Wisconsin. Nationwide, the impact has the potential to be much greater. We look forward to continuing to contribute to these numbers in the years to come.”
Most states have their own energy incentive and/or rebate programs, similar to Wisconsin’s. Information about incentives available in other states can be accessed through the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
Zero Zone, Inc., headquartered in North Prairie, Wisconsin, is a respected manufacturer of refrigerated display cases for supermarkets as well as grocery, convenience, dollar and drug stores. With a half century of manufacturing expertise, Zero Zone also provides the finest refrigeration systems and electrical distribution systems to food retailers and industrial customers through its manufacturing facility in Ramsey, Minnesota. Zero Zone employees are committed to exceeding customer expectations through innovation, quality and responsiveness. For more about Zero Zone, visit www.zero-zone.com.