Cemex Plants Given EPA Energy Star Awards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have awarded five Cemex cement manufacturing plants in the United States with its 2011 Energy Star Award.
The company's plants in Clinchfield, Ga.; Louisville, Ky.; Miami; New Braunfels, Texas; and Demopolis, Ala., re‐ ceived the awards in recognition of superior energy per‐ formance. 2011 marks the fifth consecutive year for the plants in Clinchfield, Ga., and Louisville, Ky., to receive the award and the third consecutive year for the plant in Demopolis, Ala.
Over the last year, these plants have conducted process surveys, installed variable‐frequency drives to replace damper control on fans, installed area power metering equipment to better analyze consumption, installed more efficient motors, and conducted energy audits to reduce unnecessary power usage. All of the plants improved their energy performance using the Energy Star guidelines for energy management developed by the EPA and DOE.
"CEMEX in the USA is proud of our successful efforts in energy management and conservation and is honored to be recognized by the Energy Star program," said Karl Watson, Jr., president of Cemex in the USA. "These awards are testament to our ongoing commitment to en‐ vironmental stewardship and to the reduction of our carbon footprint."
All of the plants improved their energy performance using the Energy Star guide- lines for energy management developed by EPA and DOE.
The Energy Star program is a joint initiative by the EPA and DOE that focuses on strategic energy man‐ agement and emphasizes the importance of demon‐ strating environmental leadership for future generations.
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