KBR Case Study: Whitbread
Whitbread is the owner of Premier Inns the UK’s biggest budget hotel brand offering quality accommodation at affordable prices with over 85000 rooms in the UK and a further 10000 rooms in Germany. Leading Whitbread brands include Premier Inn, Beefeater, Cookhouse & Pub and Brewers Fayre.
Whitbread have invested in our KBR energy saving technology across their estate installing over 2500 individual units that are saving them over 1.3M per year in electricity consumption. Over 10 years our innovative technology will save Whitbread over £15million in electricity overspend.
Our KBR energy saving technology is delivering a competitive average ROI of just over 16 month!
KBR Cellar Manager
Whitbread engaged our KBR Cellar Manager on 440 cellars across their estate consisting of Premier Inn, Brewers Fair, Beefeater and other leading brands. The cellar manager controls the cellar cooler according to the conditions of the cellar optimising the cooler operation during the day.
Each KBR cellar manager unit is saving on average 24.67kWh per day or over 9000kWh per annum Installed at over 600 Whitbread sites the KBR cellar manager is delivering the following savings:
• 5,403,480kWh per annum
• C02 emissions reduced by 1,259 tons per year
• KBR Cellar Manager ROI was sub 15 months
KBR Bottle Fridge Manager
Whitbread have installed over 1000 bottle fridge managers across their estate consisting of single under counter bottle fridges and their larger double upright bottle fridges Daily bottle fridge usage was recorded at an average 3.94kWh per day.
Installed on just over 1000 bottle fridges the KBR Bottle Fridge Manager is saving Whitbread on average 1.39kWh per day delivering the following:
• 507,350kWh per annum
• C02 emissions reduced by 118 tons per year
• KBR Bottle Fridge Manager ROI was just under 13 months
KBR WiFF Manager
A typical Whitbread walk in fridge is using just over 18.2kWh per day. The KBR Fridge Manager is reducing electricity consumption by just over 32% or saving 5.82kWh per day.
Across 564 Whitbread walk in fridges the KBR Fridge manager is delivering the following savings:
• 1,198,105kWh per annum
• C02 emissions reduced by over 279 tons per year
