The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Program (Better Plants) is working with leading manufacturers to improve energy efficiency in the industrial sector. Better Plants is part of DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative, a multi-sector effort with the overarching goal of significantly improving the energy efficiency of commercial, residential, and industrial buildings in the United States. Through the Better Plants Program, manufacturers set a specific goal, typically to reduce energy intensity by 25% over a 10-year period across all their U.S. operations. DOE supports these efforts with technical assistance and national recognition.
Read the 2016 annual report to discover how Better Plants partners have racked up more than $3 billion in cumulative energy cost savings in six years.
Better Plants partners participating in this initiative are working to improve energy efficiency throughout their supply chains.
Better Plants is now partnering with water and wastewater treatment agencies—organizations that face high energy costs as a proportion of total operating costs.
