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White Knight Laundry and Dry Cleaning, the south's leading independent door-to-door laundry and dry cleaning company, is making even greater efforts to save water and energy in light of the water restrictions and rising energy costs across the UK. Thanks to its regularly maintained and continually enhanced water recovery and heat exchanging systems, White Knight saves around 30% in water and energy during its daily washing and drying cycles. White Knight's Eastbourne laundry, with its system of continuous batch washers, has the capacity to process up to 1.5 tonnes of washing per hour. During the different stages of the batch washing, the amount of energy needed to heat the water is being reduced by more than 30% thanks to the company's heat exchanging system. The system, which put simply, consists of the cold water pipes flowing through the hot water pipes, saves 30% of the energy that would usually be needed to raise the temperature of the cold water because it has already been greatly heated by flowing in close proximity to the hot water. This in turn saves energy during the drying stage because the hotter the water, the less moisture laundry retains. Finally, the higher temperature of the water means that White Knight's compliance to the thermal disinfection regulations is more efficiently obtained. At White Knight's Woking laundry, the company has prioritised its water-saving devices and recovers almost 30% of its wash water. The laundry has the capacity to wash 550 kg of laundry, which equates to approximately 9,500 litres of water, per hour. Thanks to the water management system which recovers water from the final rinse of the previous wash for the pre-wash of the following wash, White Knight uses only 6,900 litres of water per hour, saving more than 2,600 litres, or in other words, almost 30%. Robert Adams, director of franchising at White Knight Laundry and Dry Cleaning says, "In respect of the news about restrictions on water and rising energy costs that have hit the headlines recently, White Knight continues to do all it can to reduce its water and energy consumption." White Knight's water recovery and heat exchanging systems have been installed by Christeyns. *** ENDS *** White Knight Laundry and Dry Cleaning has served households and businesses in the south of England since 1904 and is a holder of the Royal Charter "By appointment to Her Majesty". White Knight provides a two-tiered service of home collection and delivery of laundry and dry cleaning - the superior quality, hand-finished Mayfair service and the high quality, machine-finished Blue Ribbon service. White Knight's laundry and dry cleaning services include the speciality cleaning of such items as leatherwear, wedding dresses, rugs and curtains, as well as shoe repairs and alterations. Based centrally at Woking, White Knight's domestic business operates via an expanding franchise network across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire. The business-to-business arm of White Knight offers laundry and short-term linen hire services to a wide range of companies such as hotels, restaurants, health clubs, colleges and theatrical studios and is based out of the Eastbourne and London laundries. White Knight is headquartered in Caversham, Berkshire. For more information on White Knight and its activities, contact Joanne Matcham at Idealogy on 02380 211642 or jo.m@idealogyltd.com, visit www.white-knight.co.uk or call 01483 762567. About Christeyns Christeyns is a privately-owned chemical manufacturer with significant focus on the professional laundry market offering a full package of product, equipment and technical service to professional laundries across Europe. The group manufactures 50,000 tons p.a. at three locations (Bradford, Gent and Nantes), employs 350 people and had sales of ¬ 65 million last year. Since 1990, the company has been transformed from a local Belgium business into a modern, professionally managed operation still privately owned by an entrepreneur. October 2006 Back to Memebers' Press Release |