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ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Pulp and Paper Manufacturing

The “pulp and paper manufacturing focus” was a partnership between EPA’s ENERGY STAR program and pulp and paper manufacturing companies to improve energy efficiency within their operations. Tools are available here to help improve manufacturing energy efficiency, save money, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Annual Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Focus Meeting Participants
Annual Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Focus Meeting

Pulp and paper producers can get started on a path of saving energy by using the ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management to build an energy management program, and then work within this pulp and paper manufacturing focus to learn best practices from the industry. If you are a pulp and paper producer who wants to get involved in your industry’s efforts to save energy, contact energystrategy@energystar.gov.

Plant energy performance indicator (EPI) tools

Use the ENERGY STAR EPIs for pulp mills and integrated paper and paperboard plants to assess how efficiently a plant uses energy relative to similar plants in the U.S. ENERGY STAR EPIs provide a 1 - 100 ENERGY STAR score for a quick understanding of how the plant is performing. Plants receiving a score of 75 or higher are eligible to earn ENERGY STAR certification. Read about Georgia-Pacific's Leaf River Cellulose plant being the first pulp mill to earn ENERGY STAR certification.

  • Download Pulp Mill EPI
  • Download Integrated Paper and Paperboard EPI

For further information on these EPIs, contact Gale Boyd, Duke University at gale.boyd@duke.edu.

EPIs can also be used as a management tool to inform meaningful goal setting and enable simple scenario analysis. They can provide insight into both the current and potential performance of a manufacturing plant. To help you leverage the EPI for maximum impact on managing your energy savings efforts, review the Getting Value from Your Industry’s Plant Energy Performance Indicator guide.

Plant energy guide

Use the energy guide, Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for Pulp and Paper Industry, to find ways to improve pulp and paper mill energy performance.

Participating organizations

  • Boise Inc.*
  • BPM, Inc.*
  • Caraustar Industries
  • Cascades*
  • Georgia-Pacific*
  • Graphic Packaging International*
  • International Paper
  • Kapstone (Historic)
  • Kimberly-Clark**
  • Longview Fibre (Historic)
  • MeadWestvaco (Historic)
  • NewPage Corporation (Historic)
  • Resolute Forest Products
  • Rock Tenn Co.
  • The Newark Group (Historic) 
  • Thilmany, LLC (Historic) 
  • West Linn Paper Co.

* denotes ENERGY STAR Partners

** denotes ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year awardees

RELATED RESOURCES

  • ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management
  • Pulp Mill EPI
  • Integrated Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing Plant EPI
  • Read about development of the Pulp and Paper Plant EPIs
  • ENERGY STAR plant certification
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Pulp & Paper Industry
  • Getting Value from Your Industry’s Plant Energy Performance Indicator (EPI)
  • ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award
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