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The manufacturers' efforts not only cut pollution but also lowered energy consumption and reduced costs.
"By committing to smart energy use,
The plants represent 6 percent of cement production capacity; 7 percent of wet corn milling capacity; and 23 percent of auto assembly capacity.
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Plant owners are eligible to earn the Energy Star award for a plant if the plant's energy performance score is in the top 25 percent nationally using EPA's plant energy performance indicators. The scores are based on actual energy use. EPA is currently working with 10 industries to advance innovative corporate energy management tools.
The first plants being recognized with the Energy Star award, listed by industry, include:
Auto Assembly
The Ford Motor Company assembly plant in
The Ford Motor Company assembly plant in
The Ford Motor Company assembly plant in
The Ford Motor Company assembly plant in
The Nissan North America, Inc. assembly plant in
The Nissan North America, Inc. assembly plant in
The Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. assembly plant (NUMMI passenger) in
The Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. assembly plant in
The Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. assembly plant in
Cement
The Ash Grove Cement Company plant in
The Ash Grove Cement Company plant in
The California Portland Cement Company plant in
The California Portland Cement Company plant in Mojave,
The Lafarge North America plant in
The Lafarge North America plant in
Wet Corn Milling
The Penford Products Company plant in
The Tate and Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc. Sagamore plant in
Energy Star is a voluntary, market-based partnership designed to offer business and consumers effective energy efficiency solutions for saving energy, money and the environment. Programs like Energy Star are vital to meeting the Bush Administration's goal to cut the greenhouse gas intensity by 18 percent by 2012. In 2005, Americans with the help of Energy Star saved about $12 billion on their energy bills and prevented greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those produced in powering 11 million single family homes.
For more information about this plant recognition and the energy-efficiency rating system, visit:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=in_focus.bus_industries_focus