Bailey Street Bakery, Leeland Baking Co., and FBC of Henderson are the first Flowers Foods bakeries to achieve the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry by reducing energy intensity by ten percent within five years. The bakeries met this goal in one year by reducing start-up times, installing efficient lighting, providing training, and focusing on fixing compressed air leaks.
The combined energy savings of Bailey Street, Leeland and Henderson (compared to their 2015 baseline) was 61,051 MMBtu of energy – equivalent to the annual energy use of 342 U.S. homes.
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