The company successfully applied for grant funding through the
Resource Efficient Business (REBiz) programme. Through free audits and impartial guidance from resource efficiency managers, Kadel found they could lower their energy usage rates by upgrading to a more efficient variable speed drive air compressor. The business also had an additional duct fitted to the compressor to blow waste heat into the building in winter to help heat the factory – and vice versa in the summer to keep the building cool.