This Year’s Power Savers

Big Cuts

Møre Trafo has cut its power consumption by well over ten percent, even though it is hard to measure it completely

accurately, according to Technical Manager Knut Stadheim. Together with Factory Manager Steinulf Gjøvik, he has led the way

in cutting the company’s power costs. The company is the market leader in Norway for

distribution transformers.

We have involved the employees and they have come up with ideas, and we have changed routines in the factory

explains Stadheim.

Ideas and suggestions

Møre Trafo has held meetings with employees where they have brainstormed ideas and suggestions for how
you can save power. That way, routines have changed – like switching off lights in unused rooms,

and doing the same with machines. That gives savings that cost nothing to achieve.

The Energy Thieves

– The production managers, Steinulf and I have also had regular meetings about energy saving, and we have mapped

these “energy thieves” so we can do something about them, says Stadheim.

56 vinduer er skiftet ut med nyere vindu, alle utelys er skiftet ut med led-lys, videre er en stor el-kjel

med store varmetap sikret, en for stor kompressor er skiftet og Møre Trafo har fått sentral

driftskontroll på ventilasjon og varme. Til sammen er det gjort investeringer for 3,2 millioner kroner

for å spare mest mulig strøm.

Environmental Commitment

– The investments are worth it, but it’s not just about money. We also have an

environmental commitment to not use more energy than necessary, says Technical Manager Knut Stadheim.

He has taken part in all the gatherings at Tafjord EnergiArena and believes it has been important to be

challenged and “pushed” in the right direction to take action.

Proud
“We are proud. The prize is a big recognition of the work we have done,” says Knut Stadheim.
For ten years, Tafjord EnergiArena has pushed companies to save power – it’s about both how much you use and when
during the day the power is used. Over 100 industrial companies in Sunnmøre are said to have saved 150 million
kroner in this period. This is the first time a Tafjord EnergiArena Company of the Year has been named.