Overview
Energy Management is more than just turning off the TV and lights like your mother told you as a child. Increasing energy demand, global climate change, and constrained energy supplies are likely to impact how energy affects your business in the future. Often, there is an interest in reducing energy bills. But how do you really go about permanently impacting energy? This lunchtime workshop reviews the basics of implementing and/or improving energy management for industry, universities, laboratories, or for offices.

Topics Include:

• The Value of Energy Management
• The 7 Steps to Improving Your Energy Efficiency
  • STEP 1: Make Commitment - Appoint an energy leader, energy team, energy policies, management support
  • STEP 2: Assess Performance - data collections, baseline, benchmarks, data analysis, assessments and audits
  • STEP 3: Set Goals - scope, priorities
  • STEP 4: Create Action Plan - technical targets, resources, projects identification
  • STEP 5: Implement Action Plan - track and monitor, communication, awareness, training
  • STEP 6: Evaluate Progress - measure results, review action plan
  • STEP 7: Recognize Achievements - internal and external recognition
• Examples and discussion from companies and a university with energy management programs

Date and Time:  Tuesday, March 1, Noon to 2:00 p.m.

Event Location:  TMS 2011 Exhibition Hall, San Diego Convention Center

Speakers Include:

• Cindy Belt, Consulting Energy Engineer, previously with Superior Industries and Aleris International
• Brajendra Mishra, Professor and Assoc. Head, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
• Steve Coppinger, Director, Energy Services, CalPortland Company
  

Presentation completed in conjunction with Elizabeth Dutrow, Director, ENERGY STAR Industrial Partnerships at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ENERGY STAR, created in 1992, is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The ENERGY STAR Program has been guiding industries to manage energy for over a decade to reduce energy costs, reduce use of limited natural resources, and reduce greenhouse gases. Manufacturers, universities, laboratories, and offices can join with current ENERGY STAR Partners to learn to save energy through energy efficient products and practices. While the ENERGY STAR program will be highlighted in this workshop, the energy management tools may be applied by anyone.

How to Register:
This session is included as part of the full conference registration fee and all meeting attendees are invited to attend. Lunch is not provided, however daily boxed meals are available for pre-ordering at a discounted rate on the meeting registration form.