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Trane presents leaders at FSSI with the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Award for the company's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency.
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For more information about high performance buildings, visit: hpb.trane.com / Financial Statement Services, Inc., to Receive
Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Award
Upgrades expected to save nearly $72,000 annually
Financial Statement Services, Inc. (FSSI) is a full-service print and mail leader specializing in the design, production and delivery of high-impact statements, letters, notices and other time-critical customer communications.
With the help of Trane, FSSI recently completed energy conservation measures (ECMs) expected to save nearly $72,000 a year at its 168,000 square-foot corporate headquarters.
Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, worked closely with FSSI to help the company implement ECMs that would significantly reduce operating costs while reflecting FSSI's strong corporate commitment to sustainability. FSSI anticipates that the energy conservation measures, completed in 2011, will have less than a one-year payback.
Additional savings include a one-time rebate from Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest utilities, for nearly $53,000. Improvements were completed to increase energy and operational efficiency in a competitive industry, reduce operating costs and maximize system reliability to maintain customer confidence. The upgrades also improved employee comfort and productivity.
FSSI also is participating in a pilot test of a comprehensive intelligent building services program to ensure that infrastructure systems run at optimum performance and reliability.
The reduction in energy-related operating costs has allowed FSSI to reinvest savings in operations and equipment to grow its business, enabling FSSI to be more competitive in the marketplace when competing for new business.
High Performance Buildings Journey
While the financial benefits of the upgrades implemented by FSSI are considerable, perhaps the most significant benefit to the company is an enhanced ability to confidently meet client service-level agreements while reflecting the company's corporate commitment to environmental stewardship.
The improvements represent a major step in transforming the FSSI headquarters facility into a high performance building that reflects the organization’s business mission. High performance buildings take a whole building approach to performance, while creating spaces that are reliable, safe, healthy, comfortable and efficient.
High performance buildings meet specific standards for energy and water consumption, system reliability and uptime, environmental compliance and occupant comfort. All standards are set to deliver established outcomes that help building owners and occupants achieve their business missions.
Energy Conservation Measures
Upgrades included replacing lighting throughout the building with high-efficiency fixtures. This significantly reduced energy consumption, while improving the working environment for FSSI employees and enhancing the company’s productivity. In one production area, for example, overall lighting was increased 38 percent, while energy demand fell 40 percent.
The company began participating in California’s automatic demand response program, which includes resetting production room setpoints, reducing fan speeds and automatically unloading chilled water systems to reduce energy use. The demand program helps California maintain a reliable electricity supply while reducing the possibility of rotating power outages and the need to build new power plants.
FSSI also implemented high-occupancy sensors in its warehouse that are activated only when forklifts are operating on a particular hallway. Other upgrades included enhancing control optimization on an existing high efficiency chilled water system to increase energy and operational efficiency.
Intelligent Building Services
The upgrades at FSSI include an evaluation of the potential benefits of intelligent building services. Using advanced technology and analytics, Trane Intelligent Services will continuously collect, interpret and act upon data compiled from building systems and other sources. If operating anomalies are detected, Trane automatically responds or recommends steps the company can take to keep the building operating efficiently and within the predetermined performance parameters.
Experts from Trane are available to discuss how Trane Intelligent Services and the high performance buildings approach can help owners reduce operating costs, increase profitability and grow their businesses.
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About FSSI
Founded in 1980,FSSIis afull-serviceprovider, specializing in the secure, outsourced production and delivery of targeted customer communications, such as statements, bills and mandated compliance documents. FSSI’s printed and online solutions reduce clients’ overhead, capital and postal expenses, while providing unprecedented tracking and audit controls, includingUnique Piece Tracking™.Industries servedby FSSI include: financial services, telecom, public utilities, healthcare, government and others. Visit: www.fssi-ca.com.
About Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) advances the quality of life by creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments. Our people and our family of brands—including Club Car®, Ingersoll Rand®, Schlage®, Thermo King® and Trane® —work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings; transport and protect food and perishables; secure homes and commercial properties; and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. Trane solutions optimize indoor environments with a broad portfolio of energy efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building and contracting services, parts support and advanced control. Ingersoll Rand is a $14 billion global business committed to a world of sustainable progress and enduring results. For more information, visit ingersollrand.com or trane.com.
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FSSI received the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Award for their commitment to sustainability. Pictured with the award (left to right) are Gene Archer, technical services manager for FSSI; Henry Perez, chief operating officer of FSSI; Jennifer Dietz, president of FSSI; Dave Regnery, president of Trane North America; and Jon Dietz, FSSI chief executive officer and founder. /
Upgrades at FSSI's 168,000 square-foot corporate headquarters
are expected to save
$72,000 per year. /
Upon completion of the upgrades, FSSI received a rebate of nearly $53,000 from Southern California Edison, one of the nation's largest utilities. Pictured are (left
to right) Jon Dietz, FSSI chief executive officer and founder; Jennifer Dietz, president
of FSSI; and Dave Regnery, president of Trane
North America. /
FSSI replaced lighting throughout the headquarters building with high-efficiency fixtures, significantly reducing energy consumption while improving the working environment for FSSI employees and enhancing their productivity. /
Pictured is the Tracer SummitTM Building Automation System (BAS). FSSI benefits from advanced technology and analytics called Trane Intelligent Services (TIS) that continuously collects, interprets and acts upon data compiled from building systems and other sources. If operating anomalies are detected, Trane automatically responds or recommends steps the company can take to keep the building operating efficiently and within the predetermined performance parameters.
The 168,000 square-foot FSSI headquarters uses two Trane chillers to handle cooling, including a 400-ton Trane centrifugal water-cooled chiller and a 100-ton
Trane Series RTM
water-cooled chiller. /
Gene Archer, technical services manager for FSSI, demonstrates the Trane Tracer SummitTM Building Automation System (BAS). /
In production areas overall lighting was increased by 38 percent while energy demand fell 40 percent. /
Jon Dietz, FSSI chief executive officer and founder, discusses the company's commitment to
environmental stewardship.
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