MENOMONIE — Bright Wood Corporation out of Menomonie was one of 13 Focus on Energy award winners which took place on Earth Day, April 22.
Focus on Energy recognizes businesses and other groups across Wisconsin for the impact each made on the state through energy efficiency.
“It was very competitive this year. The submissions we received from our field staff and partner utilities were among the best we’ve seen,” Erinn Monroe-Nye, Focus on Energy Director, said in a press release sent out on Wednesday.
Bright Wood, a maker of wood components and millwork, completed six energy efficiency projects in 2019 which included lighting upgrades, installation of a pressure/flow controller for its compressed air, and replacement of air paint mixers with electric paint mixers.
The projects completed will provide the company an annual savings of 100,109 kilowatt hours of electricity, which has the carbon dioxide equivalent of 77,000 pounds of coal burned.
Focus on Energy offers expertise and financial incentives to help Wisconsin homeowners, businesses, and other groups invest in energy-efficient equipment and practices.
In 2018 all projects completed contributed to first-year annual electricity savings of more than $90 million, and every dollar invested in Focus on Energy programs creates more than $5 in benefits for Wisconsin, including economic benefits, reduced energy costs, and reduced pollution.
It is also Wisconsin utilities’ statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource program funded by the state’s investor-owned energy utilities and participating municipal and electric cooperative utilities. Focus on Energy information, resources, and financial incentives help to implement projects that otherwise would not be completed.
For more information visit Focus on Energy’s website at http://www.focusonenergy.com.
