Here are the top ways that dairy farmers throughout Vermont are lowering their energy bills:
| Milk Cooling |
Cool milk for less - Reduce your milk cooling costs by up to 50% with a plate-type milk pre-cooler. Milk cooling is one of your largest electricity users.
| Milk Transfer |
Optimize your milk transfer system - Regulate the flow of milk through the plate cooler with a variable speed drive. Milk entering the bulk tank can be cooled to within one degree of the temperature of the incoming water.
| Vacuum Pump Controllers |
Make your vacuum pump more efficient - with a variable frequency drive. It will cut your vacuum pump energy costs by up to 66%.
| Water Heating |
Cut water-heating costs - Save about half the energy you use for water heating. Install a heat recovery system. It uses the heat from the compressor to pre-heat water.
| Switch to less expensive fuel |
Use the least expensive fuel - Why pay electricity prices when you can run your heating and water heating equipment with less expensive oil or propane? We'll help you with the switch.
| Energy-Saving Lighting |
Use energy-saving lighting - Save as much as 65% on lighting costs. Replace older incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient fluorescent lights.
Download the Energy Efficiency Solutions for Agricultural Business brochure (pdf 131kb)
