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Success Story: Brewery
Utility Management Services, Inc. Reduces Utility Expenses for
Highland Brewing Company
Over $50,000 in Total Savings to Date
Highland Brewing contracted UMS to audit the 3,500 square foot brewery in downtown Oscar Wong, Founder, Owner, Board
their utility accounts. Asheville. Highland Brewing Company Chair, Chief Peddler, Schmoozing and
rolled out its first kegs in December 1994. Cleanup Guy.
Our Business Energy Professional Certified Today, Asheville’s first brewery since
analysts acquired two years worth of Prohibition is also the largest family-owned
billing and usage data directly from the brewery native to the Southeast. Their beers
power provider and performed an in-depth are distributed throughout the nine states
analysis using our proprietary software,
RateMaster, to search for errors and Washington, DC.
and overcharges.
Infrastructure and planning are
UMS secured a one-time now underway to channel
refund of almost $4000 rainwater from the roof and use
and an ongoing savings it for grey-water, irrigation,
of $7500 per year. To and possibly additional
date, Highland Brewing power production. After 20
has saved over $50,000. years, Highland continues to
grow in sustainability efforts,
UMS continues to monitor
and analyze the utility accounts brewing capacity, and quality.
at Highland Brewing to ensure that It is now in its second generation of
they are paying the lowest possible costs for family ownership.
energy.
Highland Brewing Goes Solar
How It All Started
Highland Brewing cares about economics
Highland founder, Oscar Wong, retired and protecting the environment. After years
from an engineering career after traveling of planning, many of Highland Brewing's
all over the country, and chose Asheville operations will now be powered by the sun.
to start Highland Brewing "as a hobby" in Under peak conditions the system can create
up to 324 kW.
$160 Million In Savings For Our Customers
Utility Management Services, Inc.
Tel: 888.867.3230 | Fax: 910.793.2946
Email: Info@UtilManagement.com
www.UtilManagement.com
