Improve our industry’s energy efficiency in purchased energy use by at least 10%
- Our facility was the first local industrial facility to enter in to a cooperative program with Cinergy (Cincinnati Gas and Electric) aimed at opting out of purchasing power during peak demand summer months.
- SMART coal fired boilers are operated at about 75% of the allowable emission rate for sulfur dioxide and less than 30% of the allowable emission rate for particulate matter.
- Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) control technology installed on the largest of the coal fired boilers during 2001 and 2002 has reduced the emissions of NOx by approximately 60%.
- Our ongoing efforts are targeted at constantly reducing energy consumed per unit of product produced we have developed and implemented an energy monitoring and management system to improve the energy efficiency of our current operation and have reduced our energy consumption per unit of product produced by more than 10% since 2009.