U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Industrial Technologies Program – Forest Products Industry of the Future

Tools and Publications

The Industrial Technologies Program offers a wide array of publications, videos, software, and other information products for improving energy efficiency in the forest products industry. Most items are available on-line or may be obtained by contacting the EERE Information Center.

Energy Savers

Check out our energy savers tips and tools for spotting the biggest energy-saving opportunities in your plant today!

The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Presentations

• March 15, 2005 - Department of Energy Resources to Make Paper Mills More Energy Efficient (PDF 880 KB), Presented by Paul Scheihing at the "Paper Industry Energy Symposium" during the Lake States TAPPI meeting.

Vision & Roadmap

The industry's vision (PDF 94 KB) document outlines broad goals for the future. The Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap (PDF 203 KB) establishes the industry's R&D priorities.

BestPractices

Check out the Cost Reduction Now Brochures that help you recognize low-cost and quick-payback energy-saving opportunities!

• Motors (PDF 107 KB)
• Compressed Air (PDF 137 KB)
• Pumps (PDF 181 KB)
• Combined Heat and Power (PDF 189 KB)
• Process Heat (PDF 168 KB)
• Systems Management (PDF 115 KB)
• Industrial Assessments (PDF 99 KB)

The ITP Best Practices web page also contains more tips and software tools to help improve your plant's energy efficiency, enhance its environmental performance, and increase its productivity.