Henningsen Cold Storage named Pacific Power wattsmart(R) 2019 Business partner of the year
Grandview, Wash. – Henningsen Cold Storage will be presented with the Pacific Power wattsmart 2019 Business Partner of the Year award tomorrow, Friday, January 25. The brand new 5 million sq. ft. cold storage warehouse was completed in June 2018. Central to the project was incorporating comprehensive energy efficiency measures so Henningsen Cold Storage could continue to provide the high-quality refrigeration service their customers’ have come to expect for more than 90 years, but as environmentally friendly as possible.
Media are invited to Henningsen Cold Storage for a tour of the new facility and an opportunity to interview Pete Lepschat, engineering services manager for Henningsen Cold Storage, and Lori Froelich, regional business manager for Pacific Power.
Date: Jan. 25, 2019
Time: 9:30 a.m to 10:30 am
Address: 98 Stover Road, Grandview, WA 98930
Contact: 800-570-5838 ( Pacific Power media hotline. Call us and we’ll notify folks on the ground to expect you)
Project facts:
- New 5 million sq. ft. of cold storage space was built in 2018
- New refrigeration system uses compressed carbon dioxide as refrigerant
- Allows for volumetric cooling capacity with smaller piping and heat exchanger surface
- Results in significant operational energy savings for the new warehouse
- Uses heat recovered from refrigeration system for underfloor heating system and evaporator defrosting
- Energy savings exceeded 1.9 million kWh/year in 2018
- Project received over $280,000 in wattsmart incentives from Pacific Power
- Annual savings equals $115,000 on utility bills