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Saving You Money

Piece of a PuzzleLike most businesses, the bottom line is of prime importance to your company. How can you cut costs and increase productivity? By working with BestPractices, you can save money, increase production, reduce harmful emissions, and enhance global competitiveness.

BestPractices helps you save money by saving you energy. Companies that have successfully enhanced their energy management efforts include:

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  • Rohm & Haas, Inc. (PDF 607 KB) saving $7.7 million in energy costs annually
  • Weirton Steel (PDF 555 KB) saving $12 million annually
  • AMCAST Industrial Corporation (PDF 295 KB) saving $3.7 million annually

Environmental savings

The BestPractices energy management team identifies ways to cut energy use in your company's plant which in turn helps your company reduce emissions. Reduced energy use leads to significantly lower emissions, which in turn leads to better community relations and a cleaner environment for everyone.

Examples:

  • Pechiney Rolled Products (PDF 416 KB) has the potential to reduce CO2 production by 69 million pounds and the plant could save $2.5 million annually.
  • Georgia Pacific (PDF 463 KB) reduced annual emissions of CO2 by 34.6 million pounds, SO2 by 3,460 pounds, and Nox by 26,000 pounds.
  • AMCAST (PDF 295 KB) reduced CO2 emissions by 11 million pounds annually.

These improvements benefit not only the companies, but their communities and the nation as well. These are just a few of the benefits that BestPractices brings to industry.

Increased production

BestPractices helps you streamline and increase productivity at your plant by implementing emerging technologies that have been successfully demonstrated in industry. These technologies help your company remain competitive in a constantly shifting global economy

Examples:

  • U.S. Steel saves $10,000 a month in production costs through the use of a new vessel lining measurement technology that reduces system downtime, completing checks in 30 seconds instead of 30 minutes.
  • AMCAST (PDF 295 KB) increased its productivity by more than 75% using BestPractices energy management services, including a plant-wide assessment.