Supporting Manufacturing Leadership Through Sustainability
E3: Economy, Energy, and Environment
Federal Programs Working Together
Antonio Doss, SBA/SBDC: Roger Kilmer,
NIST/MEP; Kathleen Hogan, DOE/EERE;
Jim Jones, EPA/P2; Jane Oates, DOL/ETA
What is E3?
A model for collaboration among manufacturers, utilities, local
government, and federal resources intended to:
• Invest in local communities
• Address energy and sustainability challenges
• Provide valuable technical training and assessments
• Enable economic growth
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Benefits for Manufacturers
Cost Savings
• Significant cost savings result from increased process
efficiencies and reduced waste
• Profitable sustainability practices
Increased Competitiveness
• State-of-the-art sustainable business practices
• Technical support to drive entry into new markets
• Job creation and retention
Access to Technical and Financial Resources
• Additional funding through federal and state programs
• Enhanced skills and capabilities for workers
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Benefits for Communities
Economic Growth
• Improved competitiveness of existing manufacturers
• Enhanced ability to attract new business
• Increased manufacturing jobs and/or job retention
• Trained workforce with skills for a sustainable economy
Progress toward Environmental and Climate
Change Goals
• Catalyze meeting local government’s environmental and
climate change goals
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Benefits for Utilities
Increased Competitiveness
• Invest in local communities
• Strengthen and stabilize industrial rate-payers
Progress toward Environmental and
Climate Change Goals
• Catalyze meeting environmental and climate change goals
• Achieve organizational carbon reduction goals
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How we work together
• DOC and its Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs) brings years
of experience in cost reduction, business growth, lean manufacturing,
and innovation to the E3 team
• SBA and its Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide
business excellence counseling services and financing through
guaranteed loan programs
• DOL and its Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) provide green job and
skills training and apprenticeships supported by workforce development
and training grants
• DOE and its Save Energy Now and Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs)
programs provide energy audits and other energy efficiency assistance
• EPA and MEP and their Green Supplier’s Network provides Lean and
Clean assessments to small- and medium-sized manufacturers
• EPA and its Climate Leaders tools are used to benchmark greenhouse
gas (GHG) emission profiles
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E3 Delivery System
1. Coordinated Technical Assessments
DOC, Manufacturing Extension Partnership
DOE, Industrial Assessment Centers
EPA, Pollution Prevention (P2) Network
State Environmental Programs
2. Post Assessment Recommendations
Guide each facility toward improvements in overall efficiency, reduced
waste, more efficient use of resources including energy and water, and cost
savings.
3. Implementation Support
SBA, Small Business Development Centers
4. Training and Continuous Improvement
DOL, State Workforce Development/Investment Boards
State Environmental Programs
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E3 Metrics
Economic Metrics:
• Environmental savings identified
• Lean savings identified
• Other cost savings
• One time potential cost savings
identified
• Individuals trained
• Jobs created
• Jobs retained
• Total annual potential impact identified
• Number of small businesses engaged
• Percentage of small businesses engaged
• Number and value of SBA loans granted
• Capital infusion dollars invested
• Hours of counseling provided
Energy Metrics:
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Energy conserved (MM BTU/kWh)
Energy intensity per unit of production
Carbon reductions (tons)
Carbon intensity per unit of production
Environment Metrics:
• Air emissions reduced (lbs)
• Solid waste reduced (lbs)
• Material intensity per unit of production
• Hazardous waste reduced (lbs)
• Hazardous materials reduced (lbs)
• Water pollution reduced (lbs)
• Water used/conserved (gal)
• Water intensity per unit of production
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E3 Results: Columbus Ohio Pilot
PILOT COMPANIES
AGGREGATED RESULTS
Identified recurring savings - Annualized
Energy Savings - $1.7 MM
Environmental Savings - $2.6 MM
Lean Savings - $1.033 MM
Water pollutants avoided – 257,000 pounds
CO2 emissions avoided – 19,000 tonnes
SOx Reduction – 215 tonnes
Solid waste reduction – 24,000 pounds
Realized savings – Annualized
$660,000 implemented or committed since
project began
$50,000 increase in sales identified
5 jobs identified as retained
Here is where we are TODAY
Discussion just started
as of May 9, 2011
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E3: North Carolina
Strengthening the Next Generation Strategy in North
Carolina:
Deploying E3 for Growth through
New Partnerships
NC E3 officially kicked-off on December 13, 2010
E3 Assessments scheduled for Burke and Forsyth counties
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E3 North Carolina Adds State and Local Partners
IES and NCDENR
GSN Lean and
Green Reviews
WRP and NCSU
Energy Systems
Assessments
NC OSH Worker
Safety Audits
NC Economic
Development Regional
Partners
NC Small Business and
Technology
Development Centers
NC Workforce
Development Boards
and Community Colleges
Community Business Partners
including Utilities and Manufacturers
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Deploying E3 in a Community
E3: Economy, Energy, and Environment
Assess
Transform
Sustain
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Components of a E3 Program
E3: Economy, Energy, and Environment
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Community involvement
Team Building
Leadership in local messaging
Manufacturing support and commitment
Technical assessment and discovery
Workforce evaluation and training
Project identification and implementation
Monitoring and measuring improvements
Sharing success
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E3 North Carolina - Technical Assessments
E3: Economy, Energy, and Environment
Manufacturers will have access to the following E3
technical assessments and training.
• Business Excellence Assessment
• Lean and Green Review
• Energy Systems Assessment
• Greenhouse Gas Evaluation
• Worker Safety Review
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Becoming an E3 Manufacturing Partner
• E3 manufacturing partners are asked to contribute
approximately 20% of the value to receive the
comprehensive set of assessment services - $7500
• Additionally, partners must make a project
commitment amount of $2500 to be held in escrow to
apply to a selected transformation project
• Make the necessary time commitment and contribute
to E3 assessment activities
• Collect and report appropriate E3 metrics
• Participate and share at local E3 sustainability
councils
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E3 and WIBs
• Example: South Carolina - SC E3 partners completed a two day training
workshop featuring Lean and Green introductory concepts, practices, and
applications along with discussions on roles and responsibilities. This
value added workshop also included participation from the local workforce
investment boards that helped to align their services and programs with E3.
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WIBs visited participating E3 manufacturing companies to see first hand
how additional green skills could be achieved.
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The next critical conjuncture for building green skills occurred when key
staff inside the manufacturing facilities not only observed environmental
assessments (SC TAPS) and energy assessments (SCMEP) but were
provided hands on training in developing a value stream map for a specific
process During the second day of the assessment process, a future state
value stream map was developed---a pivotal piece in identifying future
training needs and strengthening strategic planning efforts.
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E3 and WIBs
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In the next phase of E3, SC team will involve DOL’s Apprenticeship
Program for on the front end of projects to work with manufacturers to add a
“green” component for E3 positions. By partnering with the MEP, work
force investment boards and local community colleges SC plans to fulfill the
training requirements of the Apprenticeship Program.
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Example: Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley Workforce Investment Board
partnered with the VA Division of Registered Apprenticeship and other
partners for a grant for assisting incumbent workers. The community and
technical colleges are involved in providing apprenticeship related
instruction based on the needs of the participating employer.
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E3: North Carolina – Value of Services
Service
Lean and Green Assessment
(2 facilitators for 2-3 days on-site and 1 day off-site)
Carbon Footprint Assessment
(1 expert for 1day on-site, additional time off-site)
Energy Systems Assessment
(1 expert for 1-2 days on-site, additional time off-site)
Business Excellence Assessment
(1 expert for 1-2 days on-site, additional time off-site)
Worker Safety Review
(1 expert for 1 day on-site, additional time off-site)
Follow-up assistance to develop an action plan
for implementation of recommendations
resulting from assessments.
SBTDC Assistance and training for facility fiscal
health, access to loans etc.
Workforce Board--Workforce development and
training for participating E3 facilities
TOTAL PROGRAM VALUE
Value Estimation
$8,000-$12,000 (range exists depending on availability of grant
funding, and contributions from participating E3 client)
$1,500 - $3,000
$3,000-6,000 (depending on size of facility and operations)
$2,500
$2,500
$800-1250/day - potentially covered through grants and
contributions from participating E3 client
$800-$1,250/day
No cost currently identified
Up to $28,500 PLUS THE LONG TERM SAVINGS
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Why E3 Matters
Harnesses the existing services of
local, state and federal government
Provides manufacturers with a
prioritized set of recommendations
that focuses on energy natural
resources conservation, fiscal health,
competitiveness and workforce
development
Establishes replicable, self-sustaining
initiatives to increase the
sustainability and profitability of
local and regional manufacturers
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Contact Us- E3 Headquarters' Programs
Kristin Pierre, EPA
pierre.kristin@epa.gov
202-564-8837
Scott Hutchins, DOE
scott.hutchins@hq.doe.gov
202-257-6062
Alex Folk, DOC
folk.alex@nist.gov
301-975-8089
Kevin Thompson, DOL
thompson.kevin@dol.gov
202-693-2925
Rachel Newman-Karton, SBA
Rachel.newman@sba.gov
202-619-1816
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