Savings Calculator (Deeper Dive)

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SEE YOUR BUSINESS' COST SAVINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.



First, click your average daily usage (give it your best guess).

Paper Towel Costs

1. Number of cases of paper towels used annually
2. Cost per case delivered (include freight and tax)
(typically $15.00 - $25.00/case)
3. Number of towels per case
For example:
2,400/case for C-fold towels
4,000/case for multi-fold towels
4,800 linear ft/case for roll towels
4. Your KWH rate
(typically $0.10 per KWH)
5. Total paper towel costs per year

Handling cost
(50% of item total paper towel costs - includes the cost of generating requisitions and purchase orders, receiving, storing, servicing towel dispensers, collecting and disposing of used towels.)
Total cost of using paper towels per year


Hand Dryer Costs

6. Number of paper towels used annually
(Item 1 multiplied by total sheets per case)
7. Number of hand dryings annually
(Item 6 divided by 2.5 towels per hand dry)

SMARTdri

VERDEdri

VMax

SLIMdri

Airforce
8. Hand dries per hour
(Use 360 hand dries per hour for SMARTdri)
(Use 300 hand dries per hour for VERDEdri)
(Use 300 hand dries per hour for VMax)
(Use 240 hand dries per hour for SLIMdri)
(Use 300 hand dries per hour for Airforce)
9. Total annual energy consumption
(Item 7 divided by 120 hand dries per hour for conventional)
(Includes "in-use" and "standby" energy consumption)
10. Total annual hand dryer costs
(Line 8 multiplied by line 9)
11. YOUR ANNUAL SAVINGS
(Item 5 minus item 10)
COMPUTE YOUR % SAVINGS
(Item 11 divided by item 5)


Calculate Your Payback

Cost of each dryer
Installation cost
(Typically $125 - $200/dryer)
Number of hand dryers purchased
(*See note below)
12. Total purchase price
SMARTdri

VERDEdri

VMax

SLIMdri

Airforce
13. Savings multiple
(Item 11 divided by item 12)
Payback period in months (12 months divided by item 13)