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October, 2006
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
September 20, 2006
DOE Releases Climate Change Technology Program Strategic Plan
April 26, 2006
Steel Industry Reaches New Milestone in Energy Efficiency-Again!
April 17, 2006
DOE Strengthens Public Registry to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 12, 2006
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Creates Energy Reduction
Strategy for Steelmaking
December 20, 2005
Department of Energy Awards
$2.2 Million to Save Energy in the Pulp and Paper Industry
July, 2005
API held its 3rd Conference on Voluntary Actions by the Oil and Gas Industry to Address Climate Change in September 2004. The event was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Twenty-nine speakers from industry, academia, and government presented papers on voluntary efforts undertaken to reduce carbon dioxide and methane emissions.
June 21, 2005
EPA Announces Energy Performance Benchmark for Improving Auto Assembly Plant Efficiency
Rating the energy efficiency of auto assembly plants starts a process that will cut energy usage, save money and protect the environment.
May 18, 2005
Steel Industry Reaches New Milestone in Energy Efficiency (PDF 78 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
May 11, 2005
New Industry Partner Accepted into the Climate VISION Program (PDF 25 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
May 5, 2005
On May 5, 2005, the cement industry participated in EPA's 2005 Annual ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Cement Manufacturing at California Portland Cement Company's Rillito, Arizona plant. Participants considered methods for improving energy management in cement manufacturing from making the business case for strategic management to understanding the breadth of a corporate energy management program. Discussion also covered the ongoing development of an ENERGY STAR plant energy performance indicator to gauge the energy efficiency of a cement plant. For more information, contact Betsy Dutrow.
April, 2005
EPA Announces Availability of ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Indicator for Auto Assembly Plants
EPA and Argonne National Laboratory, with the support of the auto manufacturers have produced a viable model for evaluating the energy efficiency of auto assembly plants. The energy performance indicator (EPI), developed through EPA's ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Auto Manufacturing, is the first of its kind for a manufacturing industry. Using the EPI, the energy efficiency of auto assembly plants now can be evaluated using several basic pieces of information about a plant. Copies of the EPI will be available for download from the ENERGY STAR website in late May 2005. For more information, contact Betsy Dutrow.
April, 2005
The DOE Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) is making a Plant-Wide Assessment (PWA) award to the California Portland Cement Company for a Plant-Wide Energy Efficiency Assessment at the Arizona Portland Cement Plant. This PWA will analyze the current energy usage and opportunities of three plant areas - cement manufacturing, process optimization, and operation efficiencies; electrical power distribution and lighting opportunities; and compressor air operation - to identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency, and develop an implementation plan. More information on Plant-Wide Energy Efficiency Assessments is available online.
March 22, 2005
Energy Department Releases New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidance, Seeks Public Comment (PDF 100 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
December 13, 2004
Electronic Power Industry Signs Accord with the U.S. on Voluntary Reductions of Greenhouse Gas Intensity (PDF 86 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
December 13, 2004
Department of Energy - U.S. Power Sector Sign MOU on Voluntary Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF 83 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
November 3, 2004
EPA and DOE coordinated on November 3, 2004 to provide the auto industry with an overview presentation on the energy management software offered by the Department of Energy for plant energy management.
August 2004
The auto industry participated in the annual ENERGY STAR Energy Efficiency Focus for Auto Manufacturing in August 2004. Special attention was given to ways to reduce energy use in vehicle painting.
September 22, 2004
New Business Roundtable Report Shows Companies from All Sectors are Taking Voluntary Action to Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF 139 KB) Read Report
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May 3, 2004
U.S. Steel Industry Achieves 17 Percent Reduction in Energy Intensity; Aims for 10 Percent More by 2012 (PDF 72 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
May 2004
The cement industry participated in the 2004 ENERGY STAR Energy Efficiency Focus for the Cement Industry in May 2004. The meeting addressed opportunities for improving the energy efficiency of cement plants in the near-term.
February 9, 2004
EPA Administrator Promotes SmartWay Partnership with Freight Industry
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