DOE has launched the ‘Save Energy Now’ initiative to reduce industrial energy intensity by providing US companies with access to technical support to help them take steps toward becoming energy efficient.
The Leader companies provide a model for strategies to reduce energy consumption and costs to others interested in energy efficiency.
Alcoa has placed all US manufacturing locations other than aluminium smelting in the program to reach its goal of reducing 25% energy intensity by 2020 from a 2005 baseline.
These downstream manufacturing locations produce a variety of products, such as turbine fan blades for jet engines, aluminium sheet used to make cans and Reynobond, an aluminium composite used on the exteriors of commercial buildings.
In order to meet its energy goals, Alcoa has also formed a global energy efficiency team to coordinate energy efficiency activities across the company.
Alcoa is one of five companies, that have recently joined the voluntary Leader initiative, which now has more than 60 companies.
Rick Bowen, president of Alcoa Energy, said: “Alcoa has long recognized that energy efficiency is central to our success as a company. We are pleased to partner with the Department of Energy not only to improve our own performance, but to provide a benchmark that could help other companies reach their goals.”
