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ArcelorMittal USA

Partner of the Year — Energy Management
ArcelorMittal USA
Chicago, Illinois

ArcelorMittal USA, one of the largest steel producers in the world, has set a goal to reduce energy intensity in its U.S. operations by 6 percent over a 3 year period. Strong goals and leadership, starting with the company's owners and extending through all layers of management, contribute to the success of the company's energy management program. Two years ago, ArcelorMittal partnered with EPA to use ENERGY STAR tools and resources to develop its program. Resulting accomplishments include:

  • Achieving nearly half the savings toward the company's goal in year one, resulting in a reduction in energy cost of 4 percent on a constant price basis.
  • Establishing corporate energy management as an ongoing process that continues after initial reduction goals are achieved and becomes a company-wide, continuous commitment to energy reduction.
  • Benchmarking energy consumption in all facilities, and comparing energy management systems with those of leading ENERGY STAR partners.
  • Creating best practice sharing groups known as "agoras" across the company's plants to identify improvements in core processes. Fourteen plants also participated in the no-cost plant energy evaluations provided by the Department of Energy's Save Energy Now program.

ArcelorMittal has invested in a corporate energy efficiency culture by educating its broad network of internal and external stakeholders and by involving them in energy management. The company has also used resources such as ENERGY STAR worksite posters and the ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Campaign to activate individual responsibility in energy efficiency, resulting in more than 10,600 pledges to switch to ENERGY STAR qualified lighting in 2007.

To continue making corporate energy management a priority, ArcelorMittal's President and CEO has established 2008 as a year of operating excellence and energy efficiency.