ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Metalcasting

The “metalcasting focus” is a partnership between EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, the American Foundry Society, and metalcasting 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.

Metalcasters 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 metalcasting focus to learn best practices from the industry.  If you are a metalcaster 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 casting plant EPIs to assess how efficiently a plant uses energy, relative to similar plants in the U.S. The 1 - 100 ENERGY STAR score enables a quick understanding of how a plant is performing. Plants receiving a score of 75 or higher are eligible to earn ENERGY STAR certification

To learn more about the development of the aluminum and iron casting EPIs, read the following report:

To learn more about how EPIs are developed, how to interpret an EPI score, and how to value benchmarking view the Benchmarking Industrial Energy Performance guide.

Plant energy guide

Use the ENERGY STAR metalcasting energy guide Energy Efficiency and Cost Saving Opportunities for Metal Casting to find ways to improve the energy performance.

Participating organizations

  • Advanced Cast Products/Belcher Corp.*
  • A.F.K. Corporation*
  • Alcast*
  • Alcoa*
  • American Foundry Society*
  • Atlas Foundry Company
  • Aurora Metals (Hiler Ind.)
  • Benton Foundry
  • Bradken*
  • Circle Finishing, Inc.*
  • Eck Industries, Inc.*
  • General Motors Corporation**
  • Grede Holdings Inc.**
  • Griffin Wheel
  • The Harrison Steel Casting Co.*
  • Lodge Manufacturing*
  • Matrix Metals
  • Maynard Steel
  • McWane Inc.
  • ME-Elecmetal, Duluth Castings*
  • M-Tek*
  • Nissan North America**
  • North Star Casteel Products, Inc.*
  • Pacific Steel Casting Company*
  • Rockford Foundries
  • Rolls Royce Naval Marine
  • Sigma Electric*
  • Spokane Industries
  • Stainless Foundry
  • Torrence Casting, Inc.*
  • Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America **
  • Tpi Casting
  • Tyco International, LTD
  • Unistress Corp.*
  • Vermont Castings
  • Willman Industries*

* denotes ENERGY STAR Partners

** denotes ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year awardees