We had the opportunity to travel with one of our dealers, Matt Reischer of Northeastern Energy Consultants to view the newly installed Frigitek motors and controllers at World Class Flowers in Egg Harbor City, NJ. 

World Class Flowers is a floral warehouse, serving a large area of New Jersey.  Their flowers are beautiful! World Class Flowers is aggressively pursuing measures to save energy and go green.   They recently completed a solar project in which they installed solar panels not only on their roof, but on freestanding parking covers as well.  "Our goal is to be as neutral as possible, drawing little or nothing off the grid," says John Fietkiewicz, the company’s controller.

When Matt approached World Class Flowers with the energy-saving option of changing out their shaded pole motors with 2-speed electronically commutated (EC) motors and installing Frigitek controllers, John Fietkiewicz was intrigued.  After due diligence (including a phone call to Watanabe Floral Inc. of Hawaii, who has also installed Frigitek), John came to the conclusion that the technology made sense and the less-than 2-year ROI made the decision easy.  He claims, “You can run the numbers.  It makes perfect sense.” 

Matt Bassett, of Four Seasons Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration, World Class Flower’s refrigeration specialist was quite enthusiastic about the project.  He knew that the motors in the facility were inefficient, and the dirty fan motors were created further inefficiency.   The installation went smoothly.  Four Seasons' Matt and his associate, Rob, found that the installation literature was well illustrated, and that Energy Control Equipment, the manufacturer, provided all of the connectors making it, as Matt described, “very user friendly.”                                                                                                           
                                                                                               

Though the Frigitek motors and controllers are new to both World Class Flowers and Four Seasons, they’ve already determined from their real-time energy monitoring that when the motors switch to the slower speed, it really saves money.  Pre-installion analysis has demonstrated that World Class will save approximately 175,000 kWh per year or $28,000. 

They’ve also noticed that the noise in the warehouse is reduced, making it a much more pleasant place to work.  One potential benefit that they are eager to see is whether or not the number of freeze-ups is reduced. 

Matt at Four Seasons is eager to introduce Frigitek motors and controllers to other companies that he services.  “There are other shops that are looking for these things (energy savings technologies)”, because “everyone is out to save money.  We’re introducing new for the old.”

Matt Reischer agrees.  He’s eager to duplicate the success of World Class Flowers with other companies.

GWT is eager too!