CRESCENT CROWN DISTRIBUTING TAPS INTO ENERGY SAVINGS

ENERGY EFFICIENT BY DESIGN
Crescent Crown’s new building includes 230,000 square feet
of controlled-temperature warehouse, 40,000 square feet of
refrigerated space and 63,000 square feet of office space.
Moffett knew the company would be looking at some steep
electric bills if it
didn’t incorporate
energy-efficiency
measures into the
building design.
Armed with a
vision, Moffett and
Rich Marchant,
Vice President of
Operations for
Crescent Crown,
contacted their
SRP account
manager, Mary
Palomino. Together, they began to identify which energyefficient
features to incorporate in the new facility.
“We were able to tap into resources at SRP to validate our
plans before we jumped in,” Moffett said. “We leaned on SRP
as our energy partner, which gave us peace of mind.”
Crescent Crown participated in both the SRP Standard
Business Solutions and Custom Business Solutions programs.
Although some businesses are intimidated by the prospect
of participating in multiple programs, Moffett explained that
Crescent Crown had very little hesitation.
“We knew the systems would work together and it would allow
us to use the latest technology,” Moffett said.
Lighting was identified as one area to tackle. Moffett and
Marchant elected to install energy-efficient T5 fluorescent and
LED lighting throughout the facility.
Moffett was also keen on installing occupancy sensors in
the warehouse.
“We had been through other facilities that didn’t have sensors,
so we knew that was definitely something we wanted to
incorporate,” Moffett said. The lights now turn off if there isn’t
activity in a warehouse aisle for a specified time.
Crescent Crown Distributing was also fortunate to have
experience with high-efficiency insulation after installing it at its
facility in New Orleans. The company was very satisfied with
the results and wanted to include R-30 wall and roof insulation
at its Mesa facility.
KEEPING IT COOL IN A HOT DESERT CLIMATE
Another obvious choice was high-efficiency package heating,
ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) units to ensure
Crescent Crown’s products would stay cool and its energy
bills would stay affordable.
Ensuring beverages are maintained at the right temperature
is vital to Crescent Crown’s operations. “Because sunlight and
heat can destroy beer, our beverage partners require very
specific temperature settings,” Moffett said.
Crescent Crown’s warehouses are temperature controlled to
ensure zero heat-related damage to the packaged beer. The
company also has large refrigerated coolers, which are kept at
38° for its draught products and some packaged beer.
Most large facilities opt to use chillers rather than package
HVAC units, but that wasn’t the best fit for Crescent Crown.
Should a chiller fail, all of the products would be at risk.
However, with package units, the nearby units can pick up
the slack should one unit fail.
“We wanted to make the building as
efficient as possible. Designing from
the ground up and using SRP rebates
provided us the opportunity to do this.”
— James “Bubba” Moffett, President,
Crescent Crown Distributing