by Jbs100908 d3 — October 15, 2008—The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) recently recognized 128 US manufacturers with Save Energy Now Awards.
DOE annually presents awards to individual plants and companies for pursuing energy-saving opportunities identified through a Save Energy Now energy assessment. By implementing assessment recommendations over the last year, these industrial plants have achieved more than $37 million in cost savings and 2.9 trillion Btu in total energy savings.
Save Energy Now is a national initiative of DOE’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) to drive a 25 percent reduction in industrial energy intensity over 10 years. Through Save Energy Now, ITP conducts no-cost, tailored energy assessments at US manufacturing facilities around the country to identify and promote ways to reduce energy use in key industrial energy systems. DOE says Save Energy Now assessments help US manufacturing facilities save an average of $2 million, or 8 percent of their total energy costs.
About 20% of the plants assessed in 2007 are receiving a Save Energy Now award. Companies receiving the Save Energy Now awards met the following criteria:
- Energy Saver: More than 75,000 million Btu total energy savings or more than 7.5 percent total energy savings.
- Energy Champion: More than 250,000 million Btu total energy savings or more than 15 percent total energy savings.
DOE is honoring 83 plants with the Energy Saver award and 45 plants with the Energy Champion award. For a complete list of the 2008 Award Recipients, visit the EERE Web site.
