ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Aluminum Casting
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The “aluminum casting focus” is a partnership between EPA’s ENERGY STAR program and aluminum casters to improve energy efficiency within their operations. Tools are available here to help improve manufacturing energy efficiency, save money, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Aluminum casters 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 aluminum casting focus to learn best practices from the industry. If you are an aluminum caster who wants to get involved in your industry’s efforts to save energy, contact energystrategy@energystar.gov.
Plant energy performance indicator (EPI) tool
Use the aluminum casting plant EPI to assess how efficiently a plant uses energy, relative to similar casting plants in the U.S. The 1 - 100 ENERGY STAR score enables a quick understanding of a plant's energy performance. Plants receiving a score of 75 or higher are eligible to earn ENERGY STAR certification.
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.
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 STAR metalcasting energy guide Energy Efficiency and Cost Saving Opportunities for Metal Casting to find ways to improve the energy performance.