Tony shares how he is using solar and water technology to reduce his California based manufacturing plant's impact and drive financial savings.

1. Solar Plant Performance
3-09-2017

2. Cardinal Solar Plant

3. • 30 Year Old Aging Manufacturing Plant
• Growing Demand for Energy in Factory for Growing
Production
• Increasing Cost of Energy
• Control Production Cost Increases in to Stay Competitive in
Market Place
• Increased Awareness of Corporate Responsibility
• Changing Cultural Environment – Consumer Demands
Reasons for Infrastructure Upgrades:
Ecology, Economics and Culture
AKA Sustainability

4. Solar Power Plant Output
November 2009 – March 2017
Source of calculations U.S. EPA -- Cost saving include energy associated charges
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Avoided
Year Total yield [kWh] Av kWh / Mo Pounds
2009 (2 mo.) 14,680.00 7,340.00 23,625.59
2010 133,420.00 11,118.33 214,722.49
2011 209,485.85 17,457.15 337,140.79
2012 210,048.40 17,504.03 338,046.14
2013 205,886.84 17,157.24 331,348.64
2014 203,068.52 16,922.38 326,812.91
2015 202,415.04 16,867.92 325,761.22
2016 200,042.87 16,670.24 321,943.51
2017 (3 mo.) 46,307.37 15,435.79 74,525.81
Total Output 1,425,354.89 1,792,578.70

5. Cost and Savings
• Initial Cost of Solar System $ 925,122.00
• Less Federal Tax Credit $ 277,366.00
• Less Performance Based Incentives $ 438,000.00
• Net Cost of Solar System $ 209,856.00
• Energy Savings $ 220,288.60
• Monthly Energy Savings $ 31,469.80
• Net cost of system after 7 years $ (10,432.60)
• Expected additional energy cost savings (over 15 yrs. ) $ 566,456.40

6. 2,151,579 Miles driven by average passenger car
Cardinal Pet Care contribution in reducing greenhouse emission (CO2).
1,425,354.89 kWh of electricity produced by our Solar System LTD
1040.51 Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent. This is equivalent to:
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from:
285 Metric tons of waste sent to the landfill instead of recycled
CO2 emissions from:
101,017 Gallons of gasoline consumed
957,976 Pounds of coal burned
36,699 Propane cylinders used for home barbeques
23,266 Tree seedlings grown for 10 years
850 Acres of U.S. forests in one year
Carbon sequestered by:
The Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator uses the Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) U.S.
annual non-baseload CO2 output emission rate to convert reductions of kilowatt-hours into avoided units of CO2 emissions.

7. Today's power plants depend on
MASSIVE amounts of water for cooling.
9 %
Industrial /
Other
37 %
Agriculture
13 %
Drinking
Water
41 %
Power Plants
More water is withdrawn
For cooling power plants
Than for any other use.
©Union of Concerned Scientists 2012
Source: UCS Report, Power and Water at Risk

8. Water lost for every kWh produced by
Thermoelectric and Hydroelectric
Power Plants

9. How much water did Cardinal
save with its Solar Power Plant
Gallons of Water to produce 1 KWh of Electricity 4.42 Gallons
Cardinal total electric power production LTD 1,425,354 kWh
Water lost by Hydroelectric & Thermoelectric plants 6,300,068 Gallons
Water used by Cardinal to generate LTD Power 0 Gallons
Total water saved by Cardinal
6,300,068 Gallons
The California Solar Initiative, which provided solar rebates to
homes and businesses, has installed enough solar power systems to
conserve 684 million gallons of water a year

10. The Next Step 2016
Training and internal communication
Water Conservation through employee involvement – meaningful and obtainable
goals were set.
Results 2016
2.5 % savings in water use per Gallon of finished product production .
2017 initiative for Westwood Laboratories Inc.
Installation of a new water purification and recovery system .
Our goal is to increase recovery of gray water and production
cooling water to be used in selective future product production
We expect to recover an additional 125,000 gallons of water Annually

11. Things We Encourage
• Benefits of Sustainability
• Small Steps: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Small Steps Lead to Large Savings
• Establish a Program, Believe in the Program,
Sell the Program

12. Please Encourage Your Pet Industry Friends and Associates to Join!