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Articles on Energy Efficiency

Below you may browse Energy Matters newsletter articles on energy efficiency.

• Fostering Superior Energy Performance in U.S. Industry

  (Summer 2009)

• The Texas Pilot Project Tests for Success

  (Summer 2009)

• Lessons from the Texas Pilot Project: Interview with Glenn Haley of Owens Corning

  (Summer 2009)

• Raising Energy Efficiency Standards for Industry

  (Summer 2009)

• Ask an Energy Expert: A New International Energy Management Standard

  (Summer 2009)

• Top Technology Company Decreases Risk, Improves Data Center Efficiency

  (Summer 2009)

• Cool Software Tools For Managing Industrial Energy Use

  (Spring 2009)

• Go for the Gold with Software Tool Training

  (Spring 2009)

• Awards Help States to Save Energy Now

  (Spring 2009)

• Industrial Companies Get Energy Savings Results with Innovative Utility Programs

  (Spring 2009)

• Combined Heat and Power: A Clean, Local Energy Solution

  (Winter 2009)

• CHP Regional Application Centers: Paving the Way for Combined Heat and Power

  (Winter 2009)

• New Report Highlights Jobs, Emission-Savings Benefits of Combined Heat and Power

  (Winter 2009)

• Combined Heat and Power in Action: Demonstration Projects Showcase Technologies

  (Winter 2009)

• Maximize System Efficiency with Proper Insulation

  (Winter 2009)

• Is Combined Heat and Power Right for Your Facility?

  (Winter 2009)

• Recognizing Companies that Save Energy Now

  (Winter 2009)

• Data Center Energy Efficiency: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

  (Fall 2008)

• Applying Energy Solutions to Real-World Data Centers

  (Fall 2008)

• Five Ways to Reduce Data Center Server Power Consumption

  (Fall 2008)

• Use DC Pro Tool to Measure Data Center Energy Use

  (Fall 2008)

• Lucasfilm Data Center Assessment Reveals Energy Savings

  (Fall 2008)

• Industrial Assessment Centers: Growing the Energy Workforce of Tomorrow

  (Fall 2008)

• Ask an Energy Expert: Optimizing Industrial Steam Systems

  (Fall 2008)

• Motor System Reliability Impacts the Bottom Line

  (Summer 2008)

• CEMEX Mixes Sustainable Manufacturing with Profitability

  (Summer 2008)

• The 2007 Energy Act: Good News for Motor Users

  (Summer 2008)

• Ask an Energy Expert: Optimizing Your Industrial Fan Systems

  (Summer 2008)

• New Motor Technologies Boost System Efficiency

  (Summer 2008)

• Power Factor Correction: What It Can and Cannot Do

  (Summer 2008)

• Financial Opportunities Help Advance New Technologies

  (Summer 2008)

• Utility Companies and ITP Pool Efforts to Help Industry Save Energy Now

  (Spring 2008)

• Isothermal Melting: Reaching for the Peak of Efficiency in Aluminum Melting Operations

  (Spring 2008)

• Assessments Reveal Steam Energy Savings Opportunities for Chemical, Automotive, and Paper Manufacturing Companies

  (Spring 2008)

• Self-Assess Your Energy-Saving Opportunities Today with Resources from DOE's Industrial Technologies Program

  (Spring 2008)

• Boost Process Heating System Performance with New Sourcebook and Software

  (Spring 2008)

• Energy Efficiency in the Spotlight

  (Winter 2008)

• Super Boiler: A Super Hero of Steam Generation

  (Winter 2008)

• Save Energy Now Assessment Helps Energy Savings Grow for Fertilizer Company

  (Winter 2008)

• DOE Industrial Software Tools Go Metric

  (Winter 2008)

• DOE Works with the States on Energy-Efficient Industrial Products and Practices

  (Fall 2007)

• Purdue and Indiana WIRED Work With DOE to Train and Certify Industrial Energy Efficiency Practitioners

  (Fall 2007)

• Top 10 Ways to Reduce Steam and Process Heating Costs and Save Energy Now

  (Fall 2007)

• Featured Technology: DOE and Industry Create a New Generation of Wireless Sensors

  (Fall 2007)

• A New Partnership to Help Smaller Plants Become "Leaner and Greener"

  (Spring 2007)

• Employers Benefit from Hiring IAC-Trained Engineers

  (Spring 2007)

• Proposed New Motor Efficiency Standards Can Save Industry Energy and Money

  (Spring 2007)

• Forming Energy-Saving Partnerships with U.S. Computer Data Centers

  (Spring 2007)

• Featured Technology: Oxy-Fuel Firing for High-Temperature Combustion

  (Spring 2007)

• Seven Ways to Increase Your Motor Systems' Efficiency

  (Spring 2007)

• Why Your Plant Should Be Energy Efficient

  (Winter 2007)

• Owens Corning Builds Energy Efficiency into Both the Process and the Product

  (Winter 2007)

• ESA Experts: Training the Trainers in Texas

  (Winter 2007)

• "Top 10" Ways to Improve Process Heating and Steam Systems

  (Winter 2007)

• Companies Forge Individual Paths to Energy Management

  (Summer 2006)

• DOE Announces Second Round of Energy Savings Assessments

  (Summer 2006)

• Super Boiler Looks Promising for High Efficiency, Cost Savings

  (Summer 2006)

• Texas Technology Showcase Set for December 2006

  (Summer 2006)

• DOE Industrial Energy Savings Assessments Point Out Millions in Savings

  (Spring 2006)

• DOE and Dow Join Forces to Save Energy Now

  (Spring 2006)

• New Alliance Targets Industrial Energy Efficiency in Northwest

  (Spring 2006)

• Pumping System Improvements Save Energy at Texas Power Plant

  (Spring 2006)

• Chemical Plant Assessment Uncovers More Than $3 Million in Potential Savings

  (Spring 2006)

• Identifying Opportunities for Waste Heat Reduction

  (Fall 2005)

• Compressed Air System Upgrade Increases Efficiency and Saves Energy at a Newspaper Plant

  (Fall 2005)

• Identifying Ways to Decrease Waste Provides Opportunities to Improve Resource Utilization, Conserve Energy, and Save Money

  (Fall 2005)

• Identifying Waste Heat Reduction Opportunities

  (Summer 2005)

• Cost-Saving Strategies at a Metal Forging Plant

  (Summer 2005)

• Electric Motor Voltage Quality Problems

  (Spring 2005)

• Plant-wide Energy Savings Identified at Ford Motor Plant

  (Spring 2005)

• Ask the EERE Information Center

  (Spring 2005)

• Stopping a Costly Leak: The Effects of Unbalanced Voltage on the Life and Efficiency of Three-Phase Electric Motors

  (Winter 2005)

• Compressed Air System Improvement Project Yields Substantial Energy Savings at a Paper Mill Annually

  (Winter 2005)

• Mill Identifies Energy and Operational Improvements that May Save $9.6 Million

  (Winter 2005)

• Berkeley Lab Finds Industrial Energy Efficiency Strategies Can Help Ease Natural Gas Prices

  (Winter 2005)

• 20 Ways to Save Energy Now

  (Fall 2004)

• Questions Answered by the DOE's EERE Information Center

  (Fall 2004)

• Identifying Savings Opportunities through Plant-Wide Assessments

  (Summer 2004)

• What Can a Plant-Wide Assessment Do for You?

  (Summer 2004)

• Don't Miss Out on Energy Savings

  (Spring 2004)

• Insulation Improves Economic Returns in Manufacturing

  (Spring 2004)

• Look for These New BestPractices Titles from the Industrial Technologies Program

  (Spring 2004)

• Miami Device: Data Loggers Help IAC Team Identify Wasted Power

  (Winter 2004)

• Fostering Good Habits Through Planned and Proactive Training

  (Winter 2004)

• Lunching on Leftovers

  (Winter 2004)

• North Star Steel Completes Plant-Wide Energy Assessment at Mini-Mill

  (Winter 2004)

• Infrared Oven Saves Energy, Lifts Production at a Metal Finishing Plant

  (Winter 2004)

• Energy Efficiency Tools Go to School

  (Summer 2003)

• 10 Tips for Saving Natural Gas

  (Summer 2003)

• Steam Assessment Gauges Energy Savings Potential for Industries

  (Spring 2003)

• Fan System Optimization Improves Production, Saves Energy at Cement Plant

  (Spring 2003)

• Performance Optimization Tips: A Symptoms Approach to Identifying Efficiency Improvement Opportunities

  (Spring 2003)

• Compressed Air System Project Improves Efficiency and Production at Harland Publishing Facility

  (Spring 2003)

• Presenting an Energy Management Project to Management

  (Winter 2003)

• Boiler Blowdown Energy Recovery

  (Winter 2003)

• Compressed Air System Upgrade Results in Substantial Energy Savings

  (Winter 2003)

• DOE and Flying J Refinery Cooperate to Determine Energy Savings

  (Winter 2003)

• Retrofit Project Helps Mobil Refinery Avoid a Major Capital Investment

  (Winter 2003)

• Compressed Air's Role in Productivity

  (Fall 2002)

• Refinery ID's $52.5 Million in Savings Via Plant-Wide Energy Assessment

  (Fall 2002)

• When Utility Costs Rival Labor Costs, Management Takes Notice

  (Fall 2002)

• The Human Side of Energy Efficiency: The Value of Training

  (Summer 2002)

• Low-Emission Boiler and Combustion Equipment Guide

  (Summer 2002)

• IAC Benchmarking Study Identifies Steam Efficiency Opportunities

  (Spring 2002)

• New NEMA Premium™ Efficiency Motor Standard Helps U.S. Industry Compete

  (Spring 2002)

• Combustion Control Strategies for Single and Dual Element Power Burners

  (Winter 2002)

• Upgraded Tools CD Helps Assess and Improve Energy Management Systems

  (Winter 2002)

• Increased Efficiency through Waste Heat Recovery

  (Fall 2001)

• California Cement Plant Battles Electricity Interruptions with Its Own Cogeneration Plant

  (May/June 2001)

• Performance Optimization Tips: Liberal Application of a Conservative Principle

  (March/April 2001)

• Guest Column: Computerized Maintenance Management Systems—Justifying the Cost

  (January/February 2001)

• Performance Optimization Tips: The Rules of the Game

  (January/February 2001)

• Assessment Helps Aluminum Casting Plant Key In to Potential Improvements

  (November/December 2000)

• Guest Column: Get it Done by Sharing the Benefits of Energy Projects

  (September/October 2000)

• Guest Column: Selling an Energy Project to Management

  (July/August 2000)

• Guest Column: Energy Savings in Industry Through Use of Insulation and Refractories

  (May/June 2000)

• M.J. Soffe Company Improves Manufacturing Efficiency with Help from North Carolina State University

  (January/February 2000)

• Industrial Energy Efficiency in the New Millennium: A Perspective

  (November/December 1999)

• Small Town Plastics Manufacturer Produces Big Local Energy and Cost Savings

  (September/October 1999)

• Technical Advances Improve Industrial Energy Efficiency

  (September/October 1999)

• Guest Column: Making a More Compelling Energy Efficiency Case to Management

  (July 1999)

• Boiler System Efficiency Improves with Effective Water Treatment

  (May 1999)

• GM Seizes Opportunity to Improve System Efficiency and Save Energy and Money

  (January 1999)