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Jun 4, 2015

GREEN NEWS * USA: Volvo Group hits energy efficiency target

* Noth Carolina - Mack Trucks cuts energy usage in Lower Macungie 

 -- Efforts at the Mack Trucks plant in Lower Macungie Township have helped Volvo Group North America hit its goal of reducing energy consumption at its U.S. facilities five years earlier than anticipated... According to the Energy Department, Volvo Group North America has saved approximately 390,000 MMBTUs since 2009, the equivalent to about $2.3 million in cost savings... In November 2013, the company announced the Lower Macungie plant was the first U.S. manufacturing facility to receive a platinum-level Superior Energy Performance certification in the Mature Energy Pathway category. The certification acknowledged the plant improved its energy performance by nearly 42 percent between 2002-03 and 2012-13... At that time, the company said plant investments that improved energy performance included lighting upgrades and controls, a building automation system, air compressor management, changes in heat recovery during manufacturing and HVAC system efficiency upgrades... The Better Buildings initiative was launched in 2011. According to the Energy Department, more than 250 organizations, including manufacturers, cities and school districts, participate in the program and have saved 94 trillion BTUs and $840 million since the initiative began. Each organization has committed to reducing energy use by at least 20 percent in the next 10 years, the Energy Department said... 
(Photo) -- Lower Macungie. NC, USA - The Morning Call, by Jon Harris - 3 June 2015

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