Industrial Energy Savings    

Corporate Sustainability Programs

Energy Management at Saint-Gobain
Compressed Air Best Practices® interviewed Mr. Brad Runda, Manager-Energy, Saint-Gobain Corporation.
Congratulations on Saint-Gobain being named a 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This is the second year in a row you’ve won the award. Why was this award received?
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Atlas Copco Among World's 100 Most Sustainable Corporations
By Compressed Air Best Practices
Atlas Copco was named to the list of Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for the fourth consecutive year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 28, 2009.
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ISO Energy Management Standards
By Wayne Perry, Technical Director, Kaeser Compressors
Most readers of this magazine are familiar with the ISO 9000 and 14000 families of standards.  The 9000 family pertains to quality management systems and the 14000 family deals with environmental management.
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HVAC Optimization
By Thomas Mort, CEM
Reducing energy costs and pollution emissions involves many areas within an industrial facility.  My studies have found seven (7) key (or common) areas where low cost practical projects can be implemented.  Combined, these projects provide savings exceeding 10% of the annual energy spend with an average payback of less than one year.
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Demand Control
By Thomas Mort, CEM
Reducing energy costs and pollution emissions involves many areas within an industrial facility.  My studies have found 7 key (or common) areas where low cost practical projects can be implemented.  Combined, these projects provide savings exceeding 10% of the annual energy spend with an average payback of less than one year.
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Energy Rebates Assist Industrial Sustainability Initiatives
By Rod Smith, Compressed Air Best Practices
The CFO asks the Corporate Energy Manager, “The numbers for this energy efficiency project look too good to be true - $334,000 in annual energy savings requiring a $89,000 investment (after the energy rebate) with a simple ROI of just 3 months?” “How do we know the reduction in kWh useage, which the energy auditor has promised, will actually happen?” “Why don’t we just deploy this same capital into a production project where we have more experience and confidence in the expected ROI?”   The recently hired Corporate Energy Engineer answers, “Those are the right questions to ask - we strongly believe in this opportunity for the following reasons.”
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Lighting Optimization
By Thomas Mort CEM, Saving With Energy
Reducing energy costs and pollution emissions involves many areas within an industrial facility.  My studies have found 7 key (or common) areas where low cost practical projects can be implemented.  Combined, these projects provide savings exceeding 10% of the annual energy spend of a typical industrial facility - with an average payback of less than one year.
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Tubular Membranes Handle Oily Wastewater at Metaldyne
By Bill Cleary, Metaldyne
Finding the most effective, reliable and economical method for separating and concentrating die lubricant is no easy task for die casting plants – and the situation at the Metaldyne aluminum die casting plant in Twinsburg, Ohio was no different. 
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