Nissan North America
During an Energy Treasure Hunt, teams walk around a facility looking for quick ways to save energy. Those quick fixes can add up to big savings. Hundreds of organizations have used Energy Treasure Hunts to reduce their facilities’ energy use by up to 15 percent. Are you and your crew ready to find the treasure buried within your facilities?
2023
Number of Treasure Hunts: 3
Average Size of Treasure Hunt Teams: 12
Top O+M Savings Opportunities Identified:
- Replace E-Coat pumps with VFDs to allow reduced motor speed
- Turn off lights on sealer deck, major metal repair, and along E-Coat
- Repair compressed air leaks
- Replace pneumatic hand tooling with electric tooling
- Turn off personal fans during non-production
- Commission new desiccant air dryers in penthouse
- Turn off extra RTO since LCV line is not running
- Repair roll-up door to bulk storage area to insulate HVAC spaces
Potential Percentage Savings Identified from the Treasure Hunts: 2.00%, 0.46%, 0.31%
2022
Number of Treasure Hunts: 6
Average Size of Treasure Hunt Teams: 14
Top O+M Savings Opportunities Identified:
- Replace pneumatic agitators in mix room with electric agitators
- Repair building envelope to better insulate the plant
- Repair compressed air leaks
- Laser Cell Vacuum Seal left running
- ASH 1 HVAC set point controls to optimize for ambient air fluctuations
- Lights left on at all production lines and at metal finish
- Tire conveyor, unload conveyor, and scrap conveyor left running
- 14 pneumatic rivet guns can be replaced with electric
- Hydraulic recirculation pumps left running
- Washer blowoff stations could use venturi nozzles to conserve compressed air
Potential Percentage Savings Identified from the Treasure Hunts: 0.3%, 0.3%, 0.4%, 0.2%, 0.2%, 1.2%
2019
Number of Treasure Hunts: 1
Average Size of Treasure Hunt Teams: 84
Top O+M Savings Opportunities Identified:
- Optimize wire harness heaters
- Reduce weekend HVAC airflow and setpoints in the paint shop
- Utilized Compressed Air Brigade (CAB) on four of the seven Treasure Hunts conducted in 2019 to repair air leaks immediately, instead of just identification, which led to an elimination of 472 CFM of compressed air loss.
Potential Percentage Savings Identified from the Treasure Hunt: 2.9%
