Is your Compressed Air System Wasting Energy

The good news is that most of these savings are practical and measurable.

BCAS case studies show what’s achievable. A carpet manufacturer spent just over £3,000 on leak repairs and saved an estimated £36,785 annually. A crisp manufacturer introduced central control across seven compressors and cut predicted running costs by 45%. A construction materials company installed heat recovery from its compressors and recouped the project cost within a year.

The pattern across all of them is the same: the waste was already there, it just hadn’t been measured.

The good news is that most of these savings are practical and measurable.

BCAS case studies show what’s achievable. A carpet manufacturer spent just over £3,000 on leak repairs and saved an estimated £36,785 annually. A crisp manufacturer introduced central control across seven compressors and cut predicted running costs by 45%. A construction materials company installed heat recovery from its compressors and recouped the project cost within a year.

We’ve seen the same on sites we work with. At Rotable Repairs, an ageing and insufficient compressed air and nitrogen system was redesigned from the ground up – improving process control, increasing capacity and reducing energy consumption.

At Makevale, a containerised compressor solution avoided more than £10,000 in structural installation costs. At BBC Studios Elstree, a properly specified compact system solved an application that had no off-the-shelf answer.

The pattern across all of them is the same: the waste was already there, it just hadn’t been measured.