Case Study: Jeptha Creed Distillery achieves $20,000+ annual energy savings with Trane thermal storage cooling

Jeptha Creed Distillery saves $20,000-$30,000 a year with Trane Commercial

Jeptha Creed Distillery, a family-owned craft distillery, required an economical way to meet its significant process cooling needs for distillation, which involved large, fluctuating demands for chilled water. Their challenge was managing high BTU loads quickly without incurring excessive energy costs from peak electrical demand spikes. Trane Commercial was engaged to provide a solution involving chillers and a thermal energy storage system.

Trane Commercial implemented a thermal storage system featuring a CGAM chiller and IceBank energy storage tanks, controlled by a Tracer building automation system. This solution shifted the distillery's cooling demand to off-peak hours, allowing a smaller 40-ton chiller to replace a much larger one. The result was a significant reduction in energy costs, saving Jeptha Creed Distillery between $20,000 and $30,000 annually while reliably meeting all process cooling requirements.

Jeptha Creed Distillery