Jeremy Kahn—EERE Digital Team
Hi everyone, I'm Jeremy Kahn with the EERE Digital Team at the 2016 World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington, D.C., where our Better Plants Program is taking center stage and improving efficiency for U.S. manufacturers and utilities.
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This three-day event recognizes current partners and achievements made through the Better Plants Program and will conduct sessions and workshops on hot topics facing manufacturers in 2017, ranging from tips on energy management to smart data.
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Better Plants Partners are leading manufacturers and public water utilities committed to reduce energy intensity by 25% within 10 years across their U.S. operations.
To date, the program has a cumulative energy savings of more than 457 trillion British Thermal units. That's the same amount of energy used by the state of Tennessee, or 2.4 billion dollars in energy costs.
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Mark Johnson—Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office
"A big part of this partnership is how you end up getting energy efficiency into the boardroom. The CEOs, the presidents, the directors are saying energy efficiency matters. We want to set targets, we want to transparently report our results on how energy savings are happening across our companies, and as a result of that they wind up then driving that culture throughout their corporation."
Jeremy Kahn
Another big attraction this week is our Advanced Manufacturing Office booth. It demonstrates the latest technologies coming out of the national labs, such as superhydrophobic coatings that deflect water and also an ultrasonic dryer that uses vibrations instead of heat to dry clothes.
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Also this week, our Advanced Manufacturing Office and Tech-to-Market Program announced the launch of a new technology incubator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Innovation Crossroads will select up to 5 energy innovators to explore their technology ideas at the lab and they will utilize the resources they need to develop a viable clean energy business.
This is the third lab-embedded entrepreneurial program at the national labs supported by our office. Lawrence Berkeley's Cyclotron Road Program launched in 2014 and chain reaction innovations started up earlier this year at Argonne National Laboratory.
For more information on better plants or our new technology incubator, head to our website, energy.gov/eere.
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