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Energy Matters: Winter 2011

Energy Matters, the quarterly newsletter for the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program, provides in-depth articles to help industry professionals save energy, reduce costs, and increase productivity.

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In This Issue

Features

  • 3M Company Hosts Save Energy Now LEADER Showcase
  • Compressed Air Challenge

Success in Industry

  • Three-Tiered Energy Audit
  • Brown Printing Company
  • New Belgium Brewing Company
  • DOE Grant Funds R&D Project

States & Utilities Corner

  • Sherwin-Williams Partners with Kentucky's Save Energy Now

Tools of the Trade

  • The Energy Management Toolkit

Research & Development

  • Aerogel: Material of the Future

Implementation

  • Sherwin-Williams and Alcoa Discuss Strategies
  • ITP Case Studies Highlight Industrial Efficiency
  • IMPACTS

Ask the Energy Expert

  • UTC's Five-Pronged Approach

International

Funding Resources

Training Opportunities

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Program Contacts

Features

3M Company Hosts Save Energy Now LEADER Showcase, Promotes Launch of Save Energy Now Corporate-Wide

On October 21–22, 2010, the 3M Company—in partnership with the U.S.Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program (ITP)—hosted the Save Energy Now LEADER Showcase, "Launching and Implementing Save Energy Now Corporate-Wide," at the company's world headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The goal of the Showcase was to demonstrate how industrial companies can increase their competitiveness by implementing energy efficiency and/or process improvements identified through participation in the LEADER initiative.
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Compressed Air Challenge: Training and Resources Designed with You in Mind

For the typical industrial manufacturer, compressed air is one of the most important utility requirements, but is commonly the most misunderstood energy system. Optimization of compressed air systems is key to greater productivity, efficiency, and profitability. The Compressed Air Challenge® (CAC), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program, has developed a rich portfolio of useful compressed air-related information resources, tools, and training seminars—all available with a few clicks of your mouse.
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