Pharmavite: Energy performance

Better Buildings Challenge Partners strive to decrease portfolio-wide source energy use intensity (EUI) and to increase the percent improvement compared to a set baseline. Pharmavites' portfolio consists of 2 manufacturing, one bottling, and one warehouse facility and almost 900 thousand square feet. Pharmavite has improved energy performance by 17% from a 2015 baseline, making progress towards a goal of 25% by 2025. Energy savings have been achieved by implementing recommendations from Kaizen events, including implementing a building management system with an improved heating/cooling strategy and adding a master control system for their steam generators & LED lighting in their facilities. Pharmavite has also completed smaller projects with a positive impact on their energy use. While it does not contribute to their Better Plants' energy savings, they also source greener electricity by working with their utility providers and are working on several water savings projects. 

Pharmavite uses the Department of Energy's EnPI tool to normalize energy data for each facility, allowing Pharmavite to account for variations in production and weather. Pharmavite produces several types of vitamins and minerals (i.e., tablets, gummies, soft gel). Production facilities require intense climate control for their production facilities, resulting in a significant baseload. The energy use and absolute change in use are tracked for each facility on both a monthly and annual basis. These metrics are rolled up to the corporate level, with a corporate-wide percent improvement in energy efficiency normalized for changes in production and other contributing factors.

Pharmavite uses the Department of Energy's EnPI tool to normalize energy data for each facility, allowing Pharmavite to account for variations in production and weather. Pharmavite produces several types of vitamins and minerals (i.e., tablets, gummies, soft gel), additionally, production facilities require intense climate control for its production facilities, resulting in a significant baseload. The energy use and absolute change in use are tracked for each facility on both monthly and annual basis.  These metrics are rolled up to the corporate level, with a corporate-wide percent improvement in energy efficiency normalized for changes in production and other contributing factors.