A Ball Corporation facility in Whitby, Ontario, has achieved significant energy savings by replacing a number of inefficient refrigeration air dryers with a single high-efficiency SPX Hankison HES Series dryer, according to a feature on SustainablePlant. Air compressors are the main use of energy at Ball canning facilities, accounting for around 20 to 30 percent of a canning sites energy, …Continue Reading
Building materials manufacturer Owens Corning is building a 2.6 MW (DC) solar generation project at its thermal and acoustical insulation plant in Delmar, NY. Scheduled for completion in late 2013, the solar project is designed to supply more than 6 percent of the plant’s annual electricity needs. Constellation will finance, build, own and maintain the …Continue Reading
Siemens Energy has opened a facility in Charlottesville, Va., for the commercial production of airfoil ceramic cores for gas turbine blades and vanes using the Tomo-Lithographic Molding (TOMO) technology, initially developed by Mikro Systems. The advancements are expected to improve the cooling capability of gas turbine blading, thus enabling higher levels of engine performance and …Continue Reading
Schneider Electric will supply its online sustainability platform – Resource Advisor – to John Deere. Resource Advisor, Schneider Electric’s enterprise-level StruxureWare software application, provides secure access to the data, reports and summaries that drive corporate sustainability and energy programs. Resource Advisor combines quality assurance and data capture capabilities into one energy and carbon management solution. …Continue Reading
Nestle Purina PetCare unveiled its largest solar array at its Atlanta pet food factory. The array on the plant’s rooftop, consisting of 1,900 panels, was designed and installed by United Renewable Energy (URE). The modules will produce more than 585,000 kWh per year, with this energy used to power equipment in various areas of the …Continue Reading
Aquatherm Industries says it has increased the energy efficiency of manufacturing its solar pool heating panels by 18 percent and attributes the increase to improved processes, new technologies, and improved quality control procedures as a result of registration as an ISO 9001:2008 company. In 2011, the manufacturer registered as an ISO 9001:2008 company for improving …Continue Reading
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has presented Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations’ LaVergne, Tenn., tire manufacturing plant with a rebate of more than $350,000 under TVA’s and Nashville Electric Service’s EnergyRight Solutions for Industry program. The LaVergne plant improvements are the result of an overall plant lighting upgrade that began in 2010 to reduce energy costs …Continue Reading
Ecova and San Diego Gas & Electric will collaborate to help SDG&E’s commercial clients have visibility into meter data through Ecova’s Meter Dashboard and the Green Button provided by SDG&E. Green Button is an industry-led effort that enables energy consumers to download their energy usage data via a “Green Button” on electric utilities’ websites. Green …Continue Reading
Efforts to dilute or eliminate Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Resource Standards represent an unfortunate – and risky – step backward for Ohio, according to results from an Ohio Manufacturers Association (OMA) study. The standards, which were established with bipartisan support in Senate Bill 221 and took effect in July 2008, require electric utilities to help customers reduce …Continue Reading
Penn State University is creating an Energy Efficient Buildings (EEB) Hub at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, involving both a new building and the renovation of a 1940s building. Officials broke ground on the project last week, and it is expected to be complete by January 2014. Paul Hallacher, director of the EEB Hub, said Navy Yard …Continue Reading
