Mar 5 2013
Intertape Polymer Group® (TSX:ITP) ("IPG®", or the "Company") announces that it has taken a positive step toward improving energy efficiency. IPG® has achieved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry at its tape manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia by reducing its energy intensity by 14.7% within two years.
The U.S. manufacturing industry is responsible for nearly 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and spends almost $100 billion annually on energy. Under the umbrella of the ENERGY STAR® Challenge for Industry, EPA is working with individual manufacturing sites and their parent companies to fight climate change through improvements in energy efficiency.
The ENERGY STAR® Challenge is a national call-to-action to improve energy efficiency of America's commercial and industrial buildings by 10% or more where ENERGY STAR® Partner's industrial sites can now be recognized by the U.S. EPA for these energy efficiency achievements.
"We were able to reduce our energy intensity by promoting a culture of energy efficiency and implementing several projects that included the installation of energy efficient lighting, improving our compressed air systems, monitoring combustion equipment, and reinforcing a shut off/turn down program" said Philip Kauneckas, IPG®'s Danville, VA Energy Coordinator.
"The Danville facility is the sixth IPG® facility to achieve the ENERGY STAR® Challenge. This achievement further demonstrates the commitment of IPG® employees to help promote energy efficiency and protect the environment" stated Mike Jones, IPG®'s Corporate Energy Team Leader.
For additional information regarding IPG®'s sustainability efforts, please send an e-mail to [email protected].