Energy Efficiency Award Application

Please direct any questions to PCA Director/Assistant Counsel,
Government Affairs, Louis Baer, lbaer@cement.org

The Energy Efficiency category focuses on energy planning, applications of efficient technologies and practices, and climate change mitigation efforts.

Please provide answers to the sections (A – G) below in the boxes provided. If answers are provided on a separate sheet, identify the section you are responding to, e.g., “Section B. Regulatory Requirement, Section C. Project Completion Dates, etc.”

First and Last Name

Title

Company

Plant Name

Address

Phone

A. Submission Summary

Please provide a short high-level summary of the project that was completed in 2020:

B. Regulatory Requirement

Was the activity completed in response to a regulatory requirement (e.g., new regulation, consent order, etc.)?

Yes
No

If yes, describe the regulatory requirement.

C. Project Completion Dates

The project was initiated on:

(Insert date)

The project was completed on:

(Insert date)

D. Energy Management Practices

Describe the plant’s efforts to develop and maintain a comprehensive energy management program to maximize energy efficiency. Describe the program including a description of the major components of the program (such as appointment of an energy manager, development of an energy policy, establishment of energy goals, tracking of energy use, benchmarking of energy performance, and how this program interacts with the company’s corporate energy management program, etc.). Describe the value of good energy management to your organization.

E. Energy Saving and Intensity Applications

Describe specific 2020 applications that have saved energy in the plant’s operation and quantify the energy saved in both physical units (Btu/Joule) and in units that relate the business aspects of the savings (such as dollars saved or relevant tons of product that would have been sold to equal the amount of energy saved). Include activities that reduced the facility’s energy intensity, or energy use per ton of product.

F. Promoting and Communicating Success

Describe specific 2020 efforts to communicate the facility’s energy conservation activities to staff, customers, and other stakeholders. Describe how awareness of energy use has been promoted within the plant and the community. If the facility participates in community energy-related events (Earth Day, conservation programs, etc.), please describe how the plant is involved.

G. Climate Change Mitigation

Describe any 2020 efforts on or offsite to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in an effort to mitigate potential impact on climate change. Please relate and/or quantify the environmental benefits of such reductions (include estimate of emissions prevented).

H. Other

Describe any other examples of efforts to enhance energy efficiency (such as how you are actively participating in the ENERGY STAR Program, how energy efficiency was promoted beyond the plant, etc.).

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