March 2, 2006
Department Conducts Energy Saving Assessment at Goodyear Facility in Union City, Tennessee
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that an industrial Energy Saving Assessment is taking place at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber facility in Union City, Tennessee, as part of the comprehensive national energy efficiency effort undertaken by the Bush administration. Through no-cost assessments, DOE is working with major manufacturing facilities to identify energy- and money-saving opportunities, primarily by focusing on steam and process heating systems.
“President Bush has called on all Americans to be more energy efficient. Private industry is joining the federal government in taking a lead role in this effort,” Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman said. “DOE’s Energy Saving Teams will play a key role in assessing and recommending energy efficiency strategies for some of the largest industrial facilities across the nation.”
The Union City, TN, Goodyear plant was the original manufacturing plant for the radial tire, all-season tire, high-performance tire, touring tire, Wrangler radial light truck tire series, the Aquatred family, Eagle #1 tire and the new Eagle GT-HR tire. The plant's tire production lineup currently includes radial passenger, light truck and p-metric tires. The facility employs approximately 2,400 workers.
DOE’s Energy Saving Teams have completed visits to 29 large federal facilities and are in the process of visiting 200 manufacturing facilities in the United States as part of the national “Easy Ways to Save Energy” campaign launched by Secretary Bodman on October 3, 2005.
The first nine Energy Saving Assessments have identified, in aggregate, $28 million per year in energy cost savings and will reduce natural gas consumption by more than three trillion Btu per year, equivalent to the natural gas consumed by more than 40,000 typical U.S. homes.
For tips on easy, inexpensive steps consumers can take to lower their energy bills this winter, please visit http://www.energysavers.gov/ or call DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Hotline at 1-877-337-3463.
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