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Photo collage of landfill gas collection systems, landfill methane utilization options (i.e., greenhouses, electricity), and the LMOP logoInterface & Milliken Carpet Manufacturing

LMOP Award Winner imageSelf Developed (absence of third party developer) image

LocationLaGrange, Georgia
End User(s)InterfaceFLOR, Milliken & Company
Sector(s)Industrial (textiles)
Landfill(s)City of LaGrange Landfill
Landfill Size3.48 million tons waste-in-place (2004)
Project TypeBoiler and Direct Thermal (3 hot oil burners and a steam boiler for process heat conditioning equipment)
Project Size400 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
SavingsReplaces 30 percent of natural gas consumption for Milliken & Company, and reduced natural gas usage by 20 percent for Interface, Inc.
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 10,800 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 8,700 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 110,100 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 1,300 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0129 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedInterfaceFLOR, Milliken & Company

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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