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Frito-Lay Pulaski plant earns ENERGY STAR certification from EPA

Thursday, February 02, 2012

This story ran in PEPline, PepsiCo’s global employee newsletter, and is proudly brought to you by a PepsiCo employee or a friend or family member of a PepsiCo employee.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently certified Frito-Lay’s Pulaski, Tenn., plant as an ENERGY STAR facility in recognition of the site’s outstanding energy conservation efforts.

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the EPA and U.S. Department of Energy. To be ENERGY STAR certified, a facility must meet strict energy performance standards. Such facilities use less energy, are less expensive to operate and produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than their peers.  For a manufacturing plant to qualify for the ENERGY STAR, it must earn a 75 or higher on the EPA's 100-point energy performance scale, indicating that the facility performs better than at least 75% of similar buildings nationwide.

PepsiCo has been an ENERGY STAR partner since 2004, in recognition of its overall energy conservation efforts. Last year, the company earned Partner of the Year for the fifth consecutive year, including with "Sustained Excellence" for the fourth consecutive year.

Frito-Lay’s Pulaski site maintains a comprehensive energy management program. It aggressively applies good energy practices promoted by ENERGY STAR, including goal setting, energy benchmarking and tracking. 

Technology upgrades have significantly reduced the site’s energy use:

• Ultra-high efficiency water heaters
• Automated energy management system
• Waste oil heating system
• High-efficiency chillers

Overall, Pulaski has reduced energy intensity by 4.2 MMBtu per ton of product manufactured, resulting in a savings of  2,308 MMBtu in 2010 alone.

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Frito-Lay associates celebrate the Pulaski, Tenn. site earning ENERGY STAR certification. From left to right: Steve Gray, Mike Miller, Randy Barnes, Benji Ralston, Jerry Flatt, RB Daniels, John Yurewitch, Ted Holley, Renee Thornton, Danny Gregg and Mike Frazier.