Case Study - Pharmaceutical Improving air quality, reducing waste, energy consumption and CO2 emissions for Pfizer Global Research and Development – and delivering savings of over £2 million Client: Building: Environment:
Pfizer Global Research and Development Pharmaceutical manufacturing/research Rural location
Pfizer is the world’s largest research based pharmaceutical company, operating in 180 countries worldwide. Camfil Farr specialists have worked closely with the Capital Projects team at Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, Kent, to help them realise significant savings on their existing HVAC plant serving laboratory and R&D facilities on their 340-acre site. In 2006, Camfil undertook several trial installations in Pfizer building 500. These were extremely successful, demonstrating energy savings and reductions in operational costs from improved air filter efficiency and reliability (i.e. requiring fewer maintenance interventions). Following the success of these trials, Pfizer rolled this programme out to another nine major buildings during 2009. The project scope was to replace the filter banks on a number of existing Air Handling Units (AHU’s). This included filter framework modification and renewal, installing new gauges, deep-cleaning the AHU’s and fitting Camfil high-efficiency/low-energy F7 grade air filters, manufactured at our facility in Haslingden in Lancashire. For the nine buildings selected, savings were greater than £2.1million over five years, with a capital payback of less than 10 months. The first phase of installation was completed within the required timeframe and before the end of Pfizer’s financial year.
Our specialist work for this client.... Expert Air Handling plant assessment Successful delivery and management of trial installations Filter framework modification, installation of new air pressure gauges, deep cleaning of AHU units and fitting Camfil low energy air filters across the Pfizer Global Research and Development Campus.
Delivering benefits including.... Improved air quality Using Camfil Low Energy Air Filters reduced energy consumption but also enhances the filters’ service life, reducing waste disposal Reduced energy consumption and CO2 emissions Significant costs savings
The client view David Mellon, overseeing the project on behalf of Pfizer with responsibility for implementation of all capital projects on the Pfizer site that have an energy reduction component, comments:-
“This prioritised energy-reduction project at the Pfizer site demonstrates that understanding the base criteria for running expensive HVAC plant is key to maintaining lean and agile facilities in the face of economic uncertainty and volatility in energy prices. The filters reduce air resistance by over 17% and therefore also reduce energy consumption by the motors. Other benefits we at Pfizer can now see with this work include reduced change frequency of the filters and thus less waste disposal, reduced energy consumption, reduced C0 2 emissions and of course saving Pfizer money!” For a confidential discussion about how Camfil Farr can deliver benefits to your business, Please contact Mark Taylor at Mark.Taylor@camfil.co.uk Camfil Farr: delivering clean air for health, well-being and performance Camfil Farr Group is a world leader in the development and production of best-in-class air filters and sustainable clean air solutions, with 48 years’ experience of delivering superior client service, energy and carbon savings and cost reduction. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Camfil Farr is also one of the most global air filtration specialists in the world with 23 production units and R&D centres in four countries in the Americas, Europe, South East Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.