Energy/Emissions

Banner-Day teams with their customers to address the growing concern of rising energy costs and increased pressure to reduce emissions. By upgrading oven systems, a bakery can improve its processes and lower its energy costs while lowering its emissions.

Banner-Day’s goal is to improve quality while lowering energy costs and reducing emissions. The ultimate impact is improved overall performance. Achieving these goals ensures that our customers gain a financial and competitive advantage while reducing their “carbon footprint” and positioning them as a “green” corporate citizen.

Banner-Day’s overall performance with energy reduction has been an estimated 22%, which is a significant impact, while maintaining or improving product quality. Recent installations suggest that even greater reductions are available. To see what one major bakery is doing, review the following chart.

If you are concerned with your energy costs and emissions, review a few of the ways that Banner-Day can help improve your oven performance:

• Shuts off gas flow to any burner that fails to light or stay lit.
• Saves electrical energy by shutting off the ignition spark once the burner is lit.
• Provides precise temperature control (~ ± 2°F) under all modes of oven operation; full or empty.
• Eliminates nuisance shutdowns from power outages of short duration (up to 8 seconds). Energy and product are saved by the elimination of the necessity to re-purge the oven.

All these improvements are possible with the Banner-Day “Total Oven Control” System, including “recipe control,” “product tracking,” “tray skipping,” oven zone switches and more, providing the opportunity for energy conscious oven operation.

For more information, contact us.