EPA’s ENERGY STAR program helps companies develop and refine strategic energy management across their operations. This presentation will discuss ENERGY STAR resources and how they can be leveraged to improve an organization, as over 1,500 companies have already done.
Sustainability through Innovation- The Shaw Green Edge: An Overview of Shaw Industries long commitment to sustainability and innovation. Focus on key environmental initiatives that include “Cradle to Cradle” product design, closed loop carpet recycling, a PET bottle recycling operation in Fayetteville, NC and ground breaking achievements involving the use of post consumer carpet as an alternative energy source.
A discussion of one company’s journey on the path to sustainability and the issues and challenges and successes in building an award-winning program that has become a pillar of Keystone’s global strategy.
Kimberly-Clark (K-C) is committed to sustainability and conscious of its growing responsibility to create a better future through responsible environmental stewardship. This presentation will share K-C’s strategic initiatives and approaches that embrace sustainable energy leadership. Included in the presentation will be an overview on the integration of K-C’s enterprise sustainability strategy with energy conservation efforts.
The Raytheon energy conservation program has been highly recognized across the Nation as well as internationally by the US EPA ENERGY STAR program, US EPA Climate Leaders program and the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA). The panel will focus on what Raytheon has done and is continuing to do to reach out to their employees to reduce plug load as well as how to tune up the infrastructure, conserve energy, and reduce costs. In addition, Raytheon has developed an energy survey tool which they use to identify and eliminate energy waste.
Energy Program Communications: The presentation will contain insight related to experience gained from working with Nissan North America’s energy management program. The presentation will show internal and external real-world communications examples with comments on challenges and opportunities gained from experience. The key takeaway is a better understanding of how effective communications are vital to energy awareness, engagement and program sustainability.
Vice President of Strategy and GoGreen Americas region for DHL Global Forwarding, a business unit of DP DHL, the world’s largest logistics group. He is responsible for business strategy, the environmental sustainability, PMO, competitive intelligence and communications functions. He previously held positions of leadership including Associate Partner with DP DHL Business Consulting and, Director of Strategy for DHL Global Forwarding North America, DHL Express USA and International Americas.
Metrics, systems and applications are now commonplace in most sustainable environmental programs. In the current global economy, making effective use of tools has become more important in advancing environmental objectives, sustaining the environmental function, and remaining competitive. This session will discuss ways to approach and use three common tools, ISO 14001 EMS, the US GBC LEED program, and business integration, with focus on portions of the tools which deliver higher value and produce measurable results.
“Unlike a lot of other conferences that we’ve gone to in the past it’s not just vendor taking to vendors, it’s actually end users, facility leaders, engineering leaders, energy & sustainability leaders that attend, that want to have thoughtful deep conversations about your product and how you can help them.”
Mike Norelli North American Sales Manager General Electric
“Unlike a lot of other conferences that we’ve gone to in the past it’s not just vendor taking to vendors, it’s actually end users, facility leaders, engineering leaders, energy & sustainability leaders that attend, that want to have thoughtful deep conversations about your product and how you can help them.”
Mike Norelli North American Sales Manager General Electric