Learn the Issues

Lean and Clean Value Stream Mapping

This document explains value stream mapping: a Lean process -mapping method for understanding the sequence of activities used to produce a product.

E3 Sample Follow-up Email

Sample follow-up email to assist in identifying and nominating those suppliers who you think could benefit most from joining the Green Suppliers Network; your role is to facilitate supplier selection and engagement.

E3 Success Story - Plastic Molding Technology, Inc.

Customer surveys prompted PMT to address new areas which included sustainability issues and reduction goals for energy, water and solid wastes; they were looking for a way to link their reduction projects into their system.

E3 Success Story - Continuing Success in San Antonio, Tx

E3 Texas, launched in San Antonio in 2009 continued to expand with 23 facilities participating statewide in 2011.

E3 Success Story - Making an Investment in the Company: C.U.E.

C.U.E. in Mount Hope, West Virginia, makes molded and cast parts.An array of opportunities were found by WVMEP to implement lean production principles in areas such as mistake proofing, kanban systems, rapid exchange of dies, 5S, and value stream mapping.

E3 Sample Media Release about Supplier Efforts

Template for a media release to let suppliers and the public know they are embarking on a green endeavor.

E3 Fact Sheet How to Recognize Your Green Suppliers

Fact sheet to help manufacturers provide recognition for their green suppliers.

E3 Success Story - Advancing Performance in Sustainability and Workforce Development

E3: North Carolina advances performance in sustainability and workforce development strategies for the state's manufacturers. The initiative helps communities and manufacturers address energy and sustainability challenges by leveraging expertise.

E3 Success Story - Seeing E3's Benefits: Metso Power

Metso Power in Fairmont, WV, under a grant, conducted an E3 assessment and identified potential cost savings and efficiency improvements.

E3 Success Story - Working Together: E3 Ohio and the Ohio By-Product Synergy Network

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) received funding to support the integration of the national E3 sustainability initiative with the Ohio By-Product Synergy (BPS) Network to create an efficient and replicable model for reducing GHGs.

E3 Success Story - Southern Folger Unlocks the Tools to Energy Management

Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center led a team of Southern Folger employees to identify potential sustainability opportunities.

Summary Report Assessment for the Product Standards and Labeling Interagency Workgroup

This is a summary assessment for the product standards and lableling interagency workgroup.

Technical Questions and Answers on the Draft Framework

These are FAQ's on the draft guidelines.

Technician and Shop Owner Resources

Overview page provides information for shops and technicians that repair or service motor vehicle air-conditioning systems, including information on proper training, approved equipment, and regulatory practices.

NSR 90-Day Review Background Paper

New Source Review Report to the President

Supplemental Analysis of the Environmental Impact of the 2002 Final NSR Improvement Rules

SunWise UV Index Mobile App

This page provides a list of links for downloading various Envirofacts applications and information to your mobile device.

Nonpoint Source Pollution Awareness: What's Wrong with This Picture?

This page contains a photo will examples of nonpoint source pollution that users can identify

Guidance: Monitoring and Evaluating Nonpoint Source Watershed Projects

This guide is written primarily for those who develop and implement monitoring plans for watershed management projects. it can also be used evaluate the technical merits of monitoring proposals they might sponsor. It is an update to the 1997 Guide.