U.S. Dept. of Energy recognizes Flowers' bakery for energy efficiency initiatives
The awards are given to companies which implement and promote energy management practices, principles, and procedures.
Flowers Foods, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Plants program recently recognized Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville with a Better Practice Award for its energy efficiency projects, which have reduced annual energy use by more 13,000 MMBtu—the equivalent of nearly 250 homes per year.
In partnership with local utility providers, the bakery leveraged tiered incentives to enable energy-saving practices during capital projects. From 2016 to 2021, the bakery implemented 13 efficiency projects including boiler, compressed air, and LED lighting upgrades, waste heat recovery, and variable-frequency drives for exhaust fans, among other projects.