The SituationKimberly-Clark consistently receives high accolades from various groups for its environmental and energy programs. For example, in 2009 and 2010, the company earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) prestigious Energy Star Partner of the Year award in recognition of its comprehensive approach to energy management.

Kimberly-Clark’s goal is to continue achieving industry recognition for its sustainability programs and aggressively sets five-year energy improvement targets throughout the company’s global manufacturing, distribution and office facilities. The company’s world headquarters -- a 130,000 square-foot, two-story office building with garage located in Irving, Texas -- was one facility identified in 2010 for energy-efficiency upgrades.

Kimberly-Clark retained TDIndustries to perform a three-phase program to be implemented from 2010 to 2012 to reduce energy costs and improve efficiencies at its headquarters. TD’s scope of work included:

All work was to be performed after hours and on weekends to avoid disrupting Kimberly-Clark’s employee productivity. Short installation schedules necessitated flawless planning and implementation turnarounds.

The SolutionTD’s Building Solutions Integration (BSI) team and its Fire Life Safety (FLS) team worked diligently to design systems and install equipment to meet Kimberly-Clark’s highest level of delivery expectations of the best design and product solution for the project.

TD recommended and installed new HVAC mechanical systems consisting of:

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Case Study

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) is a global health and hygiene company that operates in 36 countries and employs more than 56,000 people around the world. Kimberly-Clark’s sustainability plans are designed to drive continuous improvement in achieving energy-, water- and waste-reduction targets at all of its facilities. Energy costs are among Kimberly-Clark’s largest operating expenses. One of the company’s goals is to reduce energy consumption by achieving best-in-class energy-efficiency targets. The company’s world headquarters is located in Irving, TX.

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Millions of Kilowatts Saved for Kimberly-Clark

• Four variable frequency drive (VFD) air handling units;

• One new 200-ton variable speed Trane chiller and one existing 200-ton McQuay centrifugal chiller;

• Two cooling towers; and

• Ten outside air units, 10 fan coil units, 62 fan powered boxes, 30 variable air volume boxes, and 614 supply air diffusers.

• Replacing chiller and HVAC components,

• Upgrading / installing a new enterprise building automation system (BAS),

• Commissioning and audit reporting for EPA certification.

TD designed and installed the best BAS configuration and sequence of operations to meet Kimberly-Clark’s initial requirements along with the ability to expand it in the future. The BAS system featured:

In partnership with Delta-T, a third-party professional Test & Balancing firm, TD performed testing and balancing of the HVAC system. TD also performed the Energy Star audit and processed all required documents and professional stamping to be submitted to the EPA for certification.

The SuccessTD delivered all projects on time and on budget. Kimberly-Clark is very satisfied with TD’s performance and the holistic Life Cycle approach implemented at the facility. Kimberly-Clark will continue to benefit long-term from the energy efficiency improvements at its headquarters as indicated by the results achieved over the last 27 months which include:

All work was completed with zero accidents and zero interruptions to Kimberly-Clark’s operations.

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• An Open Protocol Energy Management System using the TridiumNiagara AX with Siemens TALON Controllers and third party manufacture software integration;

• An Enterprise Level Temperature Control and BAS using open protocols such as LON, BacNet and Modbus with accessibility from anywhere in the world using Kimberly-Clark Network infrastructure; and

• An easy to use high level 3-D Graphic User Interface System. • Ten outside air units, 10 fan coil units, 62 fan powered boxes, 30 variable air volume boxes, and 614 supply air diffusers.

• Savings of over 2.3 million kilowatt hours (KwH);

• Achieving an Energy Star 2012 rating score of 90 versus the 2010 score of 30; and

• Earning the Energy Star Partner designation for 2012.