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Manufacturers may conduct a number of energy-management activities to improve the efficiency of energy use at their facilities. The four top management techniques used by the forest products industry include energy audits, electricity load controls, power factor correction or improvement, and facility lighting. The most commonly used of these is the energy audit, employed by almost 2,000 facilities in 1998. Approximately 25% of the forest products facilities reported using at least one type of energy-management activity. [MECS 1998]

Energy-Management Activities – 1998

Activities Number of Establishments Participants (Percentage of Forest Products Population) % Establishment Paid Activity Cost/Participants
All/Some None
Wood Products
Energy Audits 984 8.4 48.6% 30.5%
Power Factor Correction of Improvement 1,103 9.5 74.5% 11.0%
Electricity Load Control 1,099 9.4 49.3% 22.6%
Facility Lighting 1,150 9.9 59.6%  
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Energy Audits 984 21.0 45.1% 44.9%
Power Factor Correction of Improvement 656 14.0 67.4% 13.3%
Electricity Load Control 681 14.6 55.5% 26.4%
Facility Lighting 589 12.6 85.2% 9.0%

Source: MECS 1998




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