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E3 Success Story - San Antonio E3 Case Study: UEMC “Now Hiring”
exas Manufacturing Assistance Center conducted an E3 assessment as part of the local Lean-Clean-Energy program in October of 2009. Overall, UEMC has reduced demand by approximately 30kw and reduced consumption by over 100,000 kwh/year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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E3 Success Story -Reducing Rework With the Lean and Green Advantage: Metal Finishing Technologies, Inc
Green Suppliers Network representatives Judy Wlodarczyk and Bill Caplan, of CONNSTEP, Inc., trained the MFT review team, and together they completed current and future state value stream maps for the zinc plating line.
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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.
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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.
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E3 Fact Sheet How to Recognize Your Green Suppliers
Fact sheet to help manufacturers provide recognition for their green suppliers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Accomplishments Report for the National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship
This page holds the NSES report, which charts the progress and accomplishments of the NSES in addressing sustainable management of electronics and highlights the benefits of continued leadership from the federal government.
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A Guide to Conducting Student Food Waste Audits: A Resource for Schools
This guide is intended to help educate students about the amount of food they waste in their school cafeterias and to encourage them to reduce waste and eat more of the nutritious foods provided through USDA's school meals programs or brought from home.
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Food Stewardship Resources for Faith Facilities, Congregations, Communities and Individuals
This page contains a document that lists resources for reducing wasted food aimed at faith organizations.
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Fact Sheets on Designing for the Disassembly and Deconstruction of Buildings
Learn how to divert from disposing C&D materials through recycling and reusing whenever possible.
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Resources for Participating in the U.S. State Data Measurement Sharing Program
These documents provide a comprehensive introduction to State Date Measurement Program (SMP).
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Western Region: Maps
Map of the Western Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Region, more than 100 abandoned uranium mine claims generally located along the Little Colorado River and Highway 89 in the Cameron, Coalmine Canyon, Bodaway/Gap, and Leupp Chapters in Northern Arizona.
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EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
EPA to Hold Open House August 20 in Lake Linden
EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula