Titan America LLC, a heavy building materials producer in the United States, recently announced the fact that four of its distribution terminals have achieved the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry. The four sites include: Castle Hayne, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Front Royal, Virginia; and Chesapeake, Virginia.
The challenge is a call to action to improve energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial sites. To receive recognition from the EPA for completing the challenge, the parent company must be an ENERGY STAR partner and the site must achieve a minimum of 10% improvement in energy efficiency within five years. At each of the four sites, Titan has achieved this goal with an average intensity reduction of 21.76%. Management at the plant and corporate level recognize the amount of team effort necessary to achieve this reduction. Don Ingerson, VP of Cement and Aggregates, Sales and Marketing, said, “This achievement was the result of a supreme team effort. The focus on reducing energy by each and every one of our people at the terminals is an excellent example of our commitment to continuous improvement; with that, our energy management knowledge continues to grow as we share it with our customers and our community”.
Hopefully the ENERGY STAR challenge will continue to spur many industrial and commercial sites to improve energy efficiency and reduce our impact on the environment.