{"id":802,"date":"2017-05-15T19:24:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hutchbiz.com\/commercial\/?p=802"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:12:40","slug":"flying-fish-brewing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hutchbiz.com\/commercial\/2017\/05\/15\/flying-fish-brewing-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Fish Brewing Company Testimonial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Energy Efficiency Upgrades Generate Savings<\/p>\n

Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NJCEP Direct Install\u00a0<\/strong>incentives: <\/strong>$28,414<\/p>\n

Technology
\n<\/strong>\u2013 High efficiency Lighting
\n\u2013 Packaged HVAC units
\n\u2013 Dual enthalpy and electronic fuel-use economizers<\/p>\n

Direct Install paid\u00a0<\/strong>70% of upgrades<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project payback:<\/strong> 2.6 years<\/p>\n

Estimated annual savings:<\/strong>
\n$4,015 \u00a035,644 kWh\u00a0 637 therms<\/p>\n

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Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sustainability is key at Flying Fish Brewing Company, New Jersey\u2019s largest craft brewery. Founded in 1995, it was the first microbrewery to open in South Jersey in morethan 50 years. As popularity forthe craft beer grew, Gene Muller, founder, moved his business from a 13,000-square foot brewery in Cherry Hill, NJ to a 44,000 square foot warehouse in Somerdale, NJ.<\/p>\n

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Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new brewery was equipped with outdated HVAC and inefficient lighting. And as winter approached, the new building\u2019s HVAC system started to fail.<\/p>\n

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Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hutchinson, a participating contractor for Direct Install<\/a> – offered through the NJ Office of Clean Energy \u2013 provided a free energy assessment to identify eligible equipment upgrades, including lighting and HVAC.\u00a0 Incentives covered 70 percent of the cost to replace the new building\u2019s inoperable and outdated equipment.<\/p>\n

Energy efficiency upgrades included:<\/strong><\/p>\n