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Lafarge Canada targets energy reductions in Edmonton

17 May 2021, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Canada Inc has participated in three Edmonton City initiatives, d emonstrating how local community and businesses can underpin an energy transition. The three initiatives are:  Corporate Climate Leaders, Building Energy Retrofit Accelerator Rebate, and Energy Benchmarking. As a part of the endeavour, Lafarge measured the energy consumption (natural gas and electricity) of its participating buildings with over 400 local buildings. From there, and with the help of a rebate from the B...

CalPortland's Rillito plant receives EPA Energy Star certification

14 January 2021, Published under Cement News

CalPortland's cement plant in Rillito, Arizona, USA, has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star certification. Facility certification signifies that the industrial plant performs in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. This is the ninth consecutive (2012-20) year that the Rillito plant has earned the Energy Star, reflecting a legacy of continued energy savin...

Ash Grove Cement names Louisville plant AGem winner

12 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Ash Grove Cement Company’s Louisville (NE) plant won top honours in the annual Ash Grove Energy Management (AGem) Outstanding Plant of the Year competition. “Ash Grove created the AGem program in order to improve efficiency, reduce emissions and continually look for new ways to drive sustainability in our operations,” said Andy Lippert, Ash Grove corporate energy director. “The Louisville plant went above and beyond to make energy efficiency a top priority.” Since 2008, eight Ash Grove cem...

Three Holcim Philippines plants receive energy efficiency accolade

05 February 2015, Published under Cement News

Three cement plants owned by Holcim Philippines have been commended by the Department of Energy (DOE) for their respective energy saving initiatives. The Bulacan facility received its third consecutive Outstanding Award under the Don Emilio Abello Energy Efficiency Awards. The Lugait works in Misamis Oriental achieved its first Outstanding Award, while Holcim's Bacnotan, La Union plant received a citation. A total of 91 companies were recognised at the awards held in December. Holcim Ph...

St Marys Cement Bowmanville plant wins gold energy excellence award

30 May 2014, Published under Cement News

Community leaders and St Marys Cement Inc executives were on hand yesterday to celebrate St Marys Cement – Bowmanville plant receiving the Gold Award Certification in Energy Excellence. Certification in Energy Excellence is a programme which tests an organisation's energy management processes and performance. Over 160 energy management criteria, based on world-class best practices, are assessed. The program is independently moderated and validated by the United Kingdom's National Energy F...

Holcim sees better performance in Morocco

21 May 2014, Published under Cement News

Holcim Morocco improved its business results in 2013 despite the difficult economic context. By lowering its production costs and optimising its support functions, the company achieved a cost saving of MAD100m (US$12.23m), despite a five per cent decline in operating income compared to 2012. The company succeeded in optimising its clinker factor, lowering power consumption and increased thermal substitution rates as well as rationalised its production process.   In the first quarter of ...

Essroc’s Nazareth cement plant earns Energy Star certification

04 April 2014, Published under Cement News

Essroc’s cement plant in Nazareth, PA has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star certification which signifies that the facility performs in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. “Essroc is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Paul Stewart, Nazareth plant director. “Through this achievemen...

Lafarge awarded Carbon Trust Standard recertification

11 October 2012, Published under Cement News

Lafarge, has joined an elite set of ‘green' firms to achieve recertification of the Carbon Trust Standard. Only a third of companies have succeeded in regaining the Standard - the world's first carbon reduction award for organisations taking action on climate change.   Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, based in Syston, Leicestershire, obtained recertification thanks to ever evolving energy saving initiatives which have slashed carbon emissions by 16 per cent over the last five years.   The ...