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E3 Success Story - Teaming with the Green Suppliers Network: Har-Conn Chrome Company
This page describes the initiatives that the Har-Conn/CONNSTEP team has completed in its lean/green awareness and value stream mapping.
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E3 Success Story - Reducing Electrical Demand in San Antonio, TX
To meet its goal of reducing electrical demand by 9 megawatts CPS Energy in San Antonio, TX partnered with the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) and the Southwest Research Institute to provide lean, clean and energy efficiency training.
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E3 Success Story - Examining Inefficiencies Facility-wide: Triad Manufacturing
Missouri Enterprise, a NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership, approached Triad about participating in the Green Suppliers Network since they were aware that Triad routinely looked for opportunities to improve its operations.
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E3 Success Story - Fort George Brewery and Public House
A walk-through at the Fort George Brewery + Public House (Oregon) demonstrating E3 enhancements and improvements.
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E3 Sample Energy Bill
This is an example of a sample energy bill; an energy bill is just one of many data points that can be useful to establish a base line for E3 assessments.
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E3 Success Story - Accelerating Adoption of E3 Recommendations
The state of Michigan, along with numerous local and state partners, formed E3 Michigan in 2010. This partnership will allow for up to 10 E3 assessments in southeast Michigan and 10 E3 assessments in western Michigan.
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Green Suppliers Network Calculator
This calculator is intended to help you prepare for Green Suppliers Network Reviews, estimate projected savings, and track actual reductions following program support and implementation.
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E3 Charter Template
This is a charter template which includes decisions made during the project planning phase, as well as local project goals, a communication strategy, an outreach strategy, distribution of responsibilities and a schedule.
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E3 Supplier Engagement
A fact sheet to help large manufacturers identify and nominate those suppliers who they think could benefit most from joining the Green Suppliers Network.
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E3 Success Story - Whirlpool Trains Staff on Lean and Green Advantage
Whirlpool Corporation invited Green Suppliers Network representatives to its Monterrey facility to provide training on the Lean and Green Advantage. The project sought to expand E3 initiatives to every part of the company's operations.
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E3 Value Stream Mapping How-to Guide
Presentations and PDFs on value stream mapping for various sectors, which can reveal substantial opportunities to reduce costs, enhance production flow, save time, reduce inventory, and improve environmental performance.
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E3 Success Story - E3 Southwest Virginia: Economy, Energy and the Environment
E3 Southwest Virginia supports sustainable manufacturing in 17 counties in southwest Virginia. The MTC provides manufacturers with assessments of production processes to reduce their energy consumption and drive innovation.
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E3 Success Story - San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind
Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center conducted an E3 assessment that identified nine specific recommendations in the area of energy efficient lighting, compressed air usage and HVAC controls.
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E3 Success Story - Taking Small Bites Out of an Elephant
In 2006, Rapid-Line Inc. turned to the Green Suppliers Network to help reduce its operational costs and environmental impact.
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Blue Ridge Fiberboard E3 Success Story
Case study of Blue Ridge Fiberboard, participating in the Danville/Pittsylvania County Regional E3 effort. Its goal is to identify potential opportunities and benefits in the E3 areas.
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E3 Sample Invitation Email
A sample email to begin to craft your invitation to your suppliers when beginning an E3 initiative.
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Planning AD Projects
Page provides information to help make an informed decision about installing an anaerobic digester. Is it a good match for a farm’s organic waste, project financing, development guidelines and permit requirements?
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E3 Sample Commitments
Sample commitments to use in formalizing your Green Suppliers Network.
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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.