Adoption of sustainable practices often is stifled by lack of information, data and quantifiable results. These unknowns need to be addressed in order to validate findings and reassure decision-makers about their efforts to embrace alternate solutions.

While preparing for $35 million plant expansion between 2017 and 2018, the engineering team at Wako Chemicals U.S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of FujiFilm, realized they needed to increase cooling capacity and provide a level of redundancy. At its facility in Richmond, Va., the producer of antibodies, enzymes, molecular biology, and bio and organic chemicals opted to replace and upgrade the facility’s primary R-22 process cooling chiller system.