Responsible Consumption of Energy

2016 Goal

  • Reduce annual energy consumption by 40 percent (from 2005 levels)

Introduction

Mercury Marine will move forward with smart energy practices aimed at reducing consumption of natural gas and electricity in all facilities. These efforts will minimize our carbon footprint, will help conserve the earth’s energy resources and will reduce costs. Our goal will be met by seeking greater efficiency and by employing new energy technologies as they become feasible and available.

Actions

  • Establish energy baselines and develop systems for aggregating and reporting global energy usage
  • Develop energy-reduction strategies for each operating facility
  • Report performance results each year
Mercury U.S. Energy Usage
Mercury U.S. Energy Usage Graph
Mercury Marine’s energy use in 2009 was about half its use in 2005, and goals and actions have been developed to further improve efficiency.
Mercury U.S. Energy Improvement
Mercury U.S. Energy Improvement Graph
Documented energy savings from base year 2005.

Achievements

Reduced Consumption of Energy

  • Mercury has achieved four consecutive years of meeting or exceeding its goal of reducing overall energy consumption by 34 billion Btu annually. This equates to a reduction of more than 13,000 tons of carbon dioxide, 60 tons of sulfur dioxide and 29 tons of nitric oxide.
  • Factory ventilation and HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) improvement projects have better balanced air flows with factory ventilation requirements, reducing the amount of energy required to heat or cool outside air drawn into facilities. These efforts have reduced annual energy consumption by more than 31 billion Btu.
  • Updates to processes and equipment in foundry operations provide 40 billion Btu of annual energy savings. This is equivalent to the emission prevention of 11,690 tons of carbon dioxide.
Improved Lighting Systems photo
Improved Lighting Systems
Installation of long-life, high efficiency T8 fluorescent fixtures in Wisconsin facilities has reduced bulb consumption by 20 percent, improved lighting performance by 30 percent and reduced energy use by 60 percent (365 watt vs. 150 watt).
Reducing Emissions, Saving Natural Gas photo
Reducing Emissions, Saving Natural Gas
Natural-gas use was cut 72 percent and carbon monoxide emissions were reduced 92 percent following an efficiency upgrade to the regenerative thermal oxidizer in Mercury’s Research and Development Indoor Test Center.