GreenRoo® Success Stories |
TVA (The Tennessee Valley Authority) is one of the largest and most
influential power consortiums in the US. Being this large, and being
government run, you can imagine it’s no easy chore to sell these guys
a new product.
Fortunately, the GreenRoo® sells itself.
TVA is continuously looking for ways to improve safety, reduce
operating costs and to be a good environmental steward. One continual
problem they have is constantly maintaining the flock of roof exhaust
fans they have ventilating their plants.
This constant maintenance is expensive, and a safety hazard, not to mention
the tens of thousands of dollars a year it costs to run the fans. Many of
their existing fans had become inoperative over the years and the cost to
re-wire and retrofit new fans was daunting.
Enter the GreenRoo®.
On this particular plant they had (22) 30” diameter fans ventilating their
turbine building. One 36” GreenRoo® unit provided more airflow than one of
their existing fan, but with no operating costs, no wiring, no maintenance
and no noise.
The GreenRoo® bases were factory modified to fit the existing curbs and
were provided with manual dampers to keep heat in the building in the winter.
And here is the kicker…All (22) GreenRoos were installed in just one day.
The installation was completed in September 2004 and TVA is watching them
closely for performance. Their big concern is water leakage. The GreenRoo®
never leaks, but we will be patient and prove it to them. TVA has advised
us that if this installation continues to be successful over the winter
(it will) that they will continue to replace fans over the rest of their
plants.
Paper Mill: If you have ever been in a Paper Mill then you know two things.
First, they all have ventilation problems. And second, getting them to try
something new is like pulling teeth. But this time things turned out different
thanks to the obvious benefits of the GreenRoo®.
Greif-Massilion paper this summer was once again fed up with their ventilation
in their Paper Machine building. Not only was their ventilation poor but also
it was difficult and costly to keep their existing exhaust fans operable.
Oh, one other thing about a Paper Mill, they are very tight with expenditures.
That’s what helped sell this project. Greif Massilion immediately recognized
the advantages of the GreenRoo® such as eliminating all future maintenance,
the ability of the aluminum construction to stand up to the wet environment
and the elimination of power costs. But, what they couldn’t believe was how
affordable the GreenRoos were. That affordability and the ease of installation
are what enabled the project to move forward and for Greif Massillion to install
(6) GreenRoos.
Now here is the really exciting part. The GreenRoos worked so well that they
immediately turned around and ordered (6) more. Check out the photo with the
fan cast to the side and a GreenRoo® in its place. A SIGN OF THE TIMES TO COME!
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