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- Procter & Gamble: Compressed Air System Upgrade Saves Energy and Improves Production at a Paper Mill
- P&G is a major producer of consumer goods; it produces and sells a wide range of paper, laundry, cleaning, beauty care, health care, and food and beverage products to more than 5 billion consumers in more than 140 countries. In 2002, Procter & Gamble (P&G) improved the compressed air system...
- Case studies
- Implementing a Compressed Air System Leak Management Program at an Automotive Plant
- The Monroe plant, located in Monroe, Michigan, employs over 2200 people and produces a variety of structured metal parts such as coil springs, sway bars, driveshafts and catalytic converters for the automotive industry. The leak management program that the Monroe Team developed was unique because it combined the traditional air...
- Case studies
- Mcbroom Electric Teams With Cummins Engine Company to Save an Estimated $200,000 Per Year in Annual Energy Costs
- McBroom Electric Company Inc. initiated and successfully completed the biggest and most complex project in its 66-year history. McBroom put some Motor Challenge tools to use while managing the installation of the energy-efficient motors in Cummins' existing and new machining lines. Cummins decided to change-out an initial 296 existing motors...
- Case studies
- Optimizing Electric Motor Systems at a Corporate Campus Facility
- The company was founded in 1902, employs about 70,000 people worldwide, and manufactures more than 50,000 products and services for a wide variety of consumer, commercial, professional, and industrial markets. The primary purpose of this project was to emphasize the methodology that was developed to carry out a project of...
- Case studies
- Energy Team Pursues a Wide Range of Projects to Improve Operations at a Steel Plant
- U.S. Steel Group is part of USX Corporation, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The energy team has implemented a wide variety of energy-saving projects on different systems in the plant. A total of forty projects have been completed, with an estimated total annual savings of at least $2 million....
- Case studies
- Modernization of Electrolysis System at MagCorp Reduces Costs and Waste
- MagCorp formerly Amax is the oldest primary magnesium producer in the United States; the company has provided high-quality magnesium metal ingots to the world market since 1972. To improve the MgCl2 cell-feed purity and electrolyzer performance, MagCorp initiated two separate upgrade projects during the 1990s. The success of this project...
- Case studies
- Performance Improvements at Wastewater Treatment Plants
- For most facilities, identifying system performance improvements requires a coordinated effort between system operators and management. Operator familiarity with system performance, combined with proper training and management support, can provide useful recommendations that lead to lower system operating costs. Several examples of the success of such teamwork can be found...
- Case studies
- The Challenge: Improving Sewage Pump System Performance
- Located just north of Bridgeport in southwestern Connecticut, the Town of Trumbull has a population of 32,000 and, with ten sewage pumping stations, a total raw sewage handling capacity of 3.3 million gallons per day. The Town of Trumbull was looking for a way to increase the energy and operating...
- Case studies
- The Challenge: Saving Energy at a Sewage Lift Station Through Pump System Modifications
- The City of Milford, located just south of New Haven, Connecticut, operates 37 sewage stations that serve more than 48,000 people. To determine whether or not energy savings could be realized at the lift station, team engineers developed a test plan based upon the systems approach. The new system includes...
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- The Challenge: Improving the Performance of a Waste-to-Energy Facility
- The City of Long Beach, California was looking for a way to improve the operational efficiency of its Southeast Resource Recovery Facility SERRF, a recycling and solid waste-to-energy plant. To increase system efficiency, the Showcase Demonstration team retrofitted each of the three induced draft fan systems with VFDs, designed to...
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- Burns & McDonnell CHP System Team
- Burns & McDonnell has teamed with Broad USA, Solar Turbines and Austin Energy to develop a modular system that integrates on-site/near-site power generation and thermally activated technologies to serve a micro utility grid in Austin Texas. Energy uses for prototype Integrated Energy System IES are electricity to local area and...
- White papers 2003-09-15
- Renewables for Sustainable Village Power
- The key elements of NREL?s Renewables for Sustainable Village Power RSVP program were a multidisciplinary team, an application- and village-need-driven focus, a technology-neutral approach, a broad set of in-country activities, the development of complimentary partnerships, and the evolution of an integrated approach. The essential activities of the RSVP team included...
- White papers 2000-11-01
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- U.S. Independent Sentry Petroleum Announces Appointment of Dr. Geoff Weir to Its Operations Team
- Oil and gas exploration company Sentry PetroleumLtd. (OTCBB: SPLM) announced today that Dr. Geoff Weir has agreed to act asoperations planning manager for the company's upcoming Adavale explorationprogram. Sentry President Dr. Rajeswaran commented, "I have known and worked withDr. Weir for over eight years. He started his career with the...
- Articles 2008-06-12
- Team Led by URS Corporation Selected to Manage Department of Energy Hanford Site
- SAN FRANCISCO -- URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) today announced that a team led by the Company has been awarded the contract to manage the remediation of the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE radioactive and hazardous underground waste tanks located on the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. The performance based,...
- Articles 2008-05-29
- Fluor-Led Team Wins Five-Year $4 Billion Management and Operations Contract at Savannah River Site
- Fluor, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell and Lockheed Martin Comprise Winning Team IRVING, Texas -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, a Fluor-led team, won a U.S. Department of Energy DOE contract at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The estimated $4 billion...
- Articles 2008-01-10
- Conservation Nets H.C. Brill 2007 Department of Energy Award
- To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Jeff Wohl, H.C. Brill Marketing Department, 1-800-892-3039, ext. 2050, jeff.wohl@hcbrill.com TUCKER, Ga., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For conservationefforts in its Tucker, GA icing plant H.C. Brill Co., Inc. has beenhonored with a 2007 Energy Saver Award by the U.S. Department ofEnergy's Industrial Technologies Program. ...
- Articles 2007-12-10
- Sandia National Laboratory Working on Prototype to 'Reenergize' CO2
- Sandia National Laboratories - part of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration - is working on a prototype device to chemically "reenergize" CO2 into CO using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion, it announced this week. The CO produced by the process could then be used to make hydrogen or...
- Articles 2007-12-01
- Ohio diecaster wins U.S. DOE's Energy Champion Plant Award.(North America)
- Empire Die Casting Co., Cleveland, was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Energy Champion Plant Award on Sept. 21. Out of 700 companies participating in energy reduction programs, 65 won an award. To qualify for the Energy Champion Plant Award, a company ...
- Articles 2007-11-01
- Santa Clara University Shines in Solar Decathlon
- California Team Nabs 3rd Place in International Competition SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Santa Clara University won third place in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition on the National Mall, in Washington D.C. today. The long road to Washington, D.C. began nearly 18 months ago for the...
- Articles 2007-10-19
- Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions Welcomes Energy Awareness Month With Support for 2007 Solar Decathlon
- To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Felicia Spagnoli, Corporate Communications Manager ofPhilips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, +1-781-418-9292,felicia.spagnoli@philips.com BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Philips Solid-StateLighting Solutions, the new entity formed by Philips' acquisition ofColor Kinetics, marks the nation's 16th annual Energy Awareness Monthwith continuing support for programs that increase awareness and useof...
- Articles 2007-10-09
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