At Diageo, we are constantly evaluating our facilities to see how we can work to reduce our carbon footprint, said Mark Laven, vice president and supply manager of Diageo Menlo Park. These energy efficient measures are helping us take positive steps towards activating upon Diageo’s commitment to improve the environment. Moving forward, we will continue to look for new and innovative ways to make the Menlo Park facility more environmentally friendly.
With this project, the Menlo Park facility will save 200,000 kilowatts annually, preventing around 460,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the air. To put that contribution into context, it would take almost 10,000 trees to remove that much carbon dioxide from the air in one year. Addition, Diageo will also see energy cost savings of about $ 60,000 annually.
The Menlo Park facility is also planning to convert the lights in its warehouse storage facility to more efficient fluorescent fixtures, improve energy management systems, such as heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, and identify reduction opportunities in systems that need to be constantly running as part of plant’s daily operations.
