ST. LOUIS, October 17, 2007
– Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR),
today announced that its E2 Facility Management System has been
installed in over 50 locations owned and operated by Kwik-Trip, Inc.
Kwik-Trip is
just one of many leading convenience store retailers installing
Emerson’s E2 CX system to more efficiently monitor and manage energy
consumption within their facilities. Already installed in more than
50 locations, the retailer plans to continue upgrading other
existing stores to the E2 system as well as using the E2 in all new
stores. Kwik-Trip operates 330 conveniences stores across Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Iowa, and is widely considered an industry leader
with its unique focus on customer service and innovative operations.
Part of
Emerson’s Intelligent Store™ architecture, the E2 Facility
Management System is a control system that manages all lighting,
refrigeration, and HVAC systems, as well as controls all the
anti-condensate heaters in a store. Integrating all these systems in
the E2 enables multiple stores to be monitored from a central
location.
By collecting
and analyzing data both for individual stores and for their entire
network, Kwik-Trip can quickly identify where improvements in
equipment performance need to be made. Using this, and other Emerson
technologies, the Kwik-Trip location in Rochester, MN documented a
seven percent reduction in electrical consumption (kWh) and seven
percent demand reduction (kW) per year.
“With fuel
margins down and more pressure than ever on operating profits, our
use of Emerson’s technologies has delivered greater energy and
maintenance savings—helping us identify opportunities to further
reduce our energy consumption,” said Erik Peterson, Kwik-Trip’s
store engineering manager.
Todd Bornholdt,
Kwik-Trip’s communication center manager remarked, “This technology
allows store managers to focus on delivering superior customer
service, while enabling our operations staff to keep stores
comfortable and running optimally.”
The E2 CX system
is designed, manufactured and installed by the Retail Solutions
division of Emerson Climate Technologies. Emerson’s Retail Solutions
division is a leading provider of convenience store refrigeration
and building control systems around the world. “We are proud to be
working with Kwik-Trip, and are excited that they have chosen to use
many of Emerson’s products and services. It is Emerson’s goal to
improve human comfort, safeguard our food, and protect the
environment,” said Bill Coulombe, president of Emerson’s Retail
Solutions group. With approximately 20,000 installations and over
5,100 sites actively monitored, Retail Solutions is a global leader
in facility management and monitoring systems for convenience
stores, supermarkets, box retail, and restaurant facilities.
The E2
Facility Management System and ProAct® Service Center in
Atlanta, GA form the core of Emerson’s Intelligent Store™
architecture. The architecture creates an integrated suite of
products and services that provide retail operators a new level of
sophistication and insight into their operations. When integrated or
linked together, these innovative products and services can provide
maintenance, energy and reliability gains. Also included in the
Intelligent Store architecture are the Control Link™ device
controllers and Intelligent Store Discus® compressor,
select Lennox® rooftop units, and other third party
devices. For more information on Emerson’s Intelligent Store™, the
E2 CX, or facility monitoring and field services, visit
www.EmersonRetailSolutions.com.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in
bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative
solutions to customers through its network power, process
management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and
appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2006 were $20.1
billion. For more information, visit
www.Emerson.com.
About Emerson Climate Technologies
Emerson Climate
Technologies™, a business of Emerson, is the world’s leading
provider of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration
solutions for residential, industrial and commercial applications.
The group combines best-in-class technology with proven engineering,
design, distribution, educational and monitoring services to provide
customized, integrated climate control solutions for customers
worldwide. Emerson Climate Technologies’ innovative solutions, which
include industry-leading brands such as Copeland Scroll™ and
White-Rodgers®, improve human comfort, safeguard food and protect
the environment. For more information, visit
www.EmersonClimate.com.
About Retail Solutions
Retail Solutions
is the leading provider of comprehensive facility management systems
& services for the retail industry. Emerson has been at the
forefront of developing new technologies and trends in refrigeration
and HVAC systems, lighting controls, third party interoperability,
field services, remote monitoring services, and building engineering
for decades. Emerson Climate Technologies’ Solutions is a part of
Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. For more
information, visit
www.EmersonRetailSolutions.com.
About Kwik-Trip, Inc.
Kwik-Trip employs
more than 7,500 co-workers who service customers at 330 Kwik-Trip
and Kwik Star stores located throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa. Kwik-Trip is a leader in its industry and has a unique
business model that allows it to maintain total quality control over
a wide variety of products by producing and packaging these items in
its own state-of-the-art facilities. In addition to its corporate
Support Center, which handles the administrative needs of all the
stores and co-workers, Kwik-Trip operates its own Bakery,
Commissary, Dairy, Distribution Warehouse and Vehicle Maintenance
divisions. In this way, Kwik-Trip can effectively control costs and
waste while supplying its stores and customers with products and
services of the highest quality, 365 days a year. For more
information, visit
www.kwiktrip.com.
