For Manufacturing and Industrial Processing
Energy efficiency and conservation measures continue to provide the largest benefit in sectors where most of the energy is used.  For natural gas that is clearly the industrial sector.  This website seeks to provide current and emerging technology solutions for manufacturing and industrial process plants. Equipment, processes, and energy management tools provide cost-effective solutions for increased energy efficiency that often also reduce emissions, and improve the productivity of plant and process operations.  Member utilities of the Energy Solutions Center representing both the US and Canada have joined hands in forming an Industrial Energy
Efficiency consortium dedicated to improving the competitive position of its industrial customers by promoting and supporting the deployment of energy efficient technologies and practices.

Sofame Technologies Inc. (www.sofame.com) custom engineers and manufactures unique, high-efficiency direct-contact industrial hot water systems and economizers which extract up to 99 percent of heat from flue gases depending on the application, and return the energy in the form of high-temperature hot water or pre-heated make-up air. Sofame’s products help hospitals, food processing plants, universities, central heating plants, utilities and many more large energy consumers to significantly reduce fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Using world-leading, patented green 

technology, Sofame serves industrial, institutional and commercial markets through a network of dedicated engineering representatives.  more ... 

 


  

Focus on Canada

Utilities in Canada including, Enbridge Gas Distribution, Gaz Metro, Manitoba Hydro and Union Gas are actively promoting energy efficiency programs for their industrial customers.  Utilities are prepared to work with customers to develop comprehensive energy management plans, provide financial grants to help defray the cost of implementing energy efficiency measures, assist with energy audits, and provide technical assistance for energy related problems.

The Canadian government through Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) assists industrial customers by providing information to assist in the selection and purchase of energy efficient products and services.  Visit http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/industrial to learn more about current program initiatives.

NRCan's Office of Energy Efficiency once again is offering four 1-day Dollars to $ense workshops that will help you be more energy efficient and enhance your competitiveness:

  • Energy Master Plan
  • Spot the Energy Savings Opportunities
  • Energy Monitoring
  • Energy Efficiency Financing

For more information, visit the Dollars to $ense website at http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/

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Focus on America

The implementation of sound energy efficiency programs lowers energy bills, helps control energy price volatility, reduces demands on our nation’s strained utility infrastructure, postpones the need for more power plants, reduces the reliance on energy imports, and decreases our nation’s carbon foot print.

Many of our utilities, including DTE Energy, National Fuel Gas Distri-

The Energy Solutions Center is a technology commercialization and market development organization representing energy utilities, municipal energy authorities, and equipment manufacturers and vendors. The mission of the Center is to accelerate the acceptance of and deployment of new energy-efficient, gas-fueled technologies.  

Listed below are the members of the ESC's Industrial Energy Efficiency Consortium.  To learn more about their programs, click on your utility company to find out what they can provide.

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Energy Efficiency Consortium Members










bution,  and Southern California  Gas Company, have active programs that assist industrial customers with the implementation of energy efficient measures.

On the government front, the US Department of Energy has been helping industrial customers identify energy savings through a comprehensive Save Energy Now program.  Current programs for the industrial sector are provided at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry.

Announcement: U.S. industries join DOE to improve energy efficiency

Thirty-two U.S. companies have pledged to reduce the energy intensity of their industrial activities by 25 percent. They spotlighted the effort by joining DOE's new Save Energy Now LEADER program.

For more information on the industries involved click here.


  
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This site provides technology solutions for saving energy in industrial processing companies in the U.S. and Canada ... sponsored by a consortium of energy utilities

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