Daniel Thwaites Brewery cuts its carbon footprint

Daniel Thwaites Brewery is enjoying estimated energy savings of more than £30,000 per year through a three-year steam trap management contract with Spirax Sarco. The savings are based on Spirax Sarco’s assessment of the steam that is being saved by regular, scheduled monitoring and maintenance of the site’s 220-strong steam trap population. This saving should enable the brewery to reduce its annual carbon emissions by 20,000kg.

Spirax Sarco has been carrying out steam trap surveys at the Blackburn-based brewery for many years, but switching to a longer-term contract including six-monthly surveys offers clear advantages, according to Mick Cockshott, Projects and Utilities Manager at Daniel Thwaites Brewery.

The new contract includes repair and replacement activity as part of the deal, making it more cost-effective and easier for the brewer to manage its maintenance budget. “In the past we have had annual trap surveys done and then had to get the traps repaired at additional cost,” he says. Spirax Sarco now carries out any follow up maintenance automatically.