America’s Energy Coast Initiative September 30, 2009 New Orleans, LA
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Transcript of America’s Energy Coast Initiative September 30, 2009 New Orleans, LA
WBCSD Energy & Climate Focus Area
Working Group MeetingParis, July 2, 2008
America’s Energy Coast InitiativeSeptember 30, 2009
New Orleans, LA
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WBCSD
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The US BCSD is affiliated with the World BCSD, a CEO-led coalition of some 200 companies with a shared commitment to Sustainable Development via the three
pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress.
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WBCSD Global Network
The US BCSD is one of 58 country business councils working on implementing sustainable development at the local, operational level.
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Who are we and what do we do?
The United States Business Council for Sustainable Development creates cross-industry, public-private relationships that solve environmental and social challenges while improving the bottom line.
Current Platforms:WaterEcosystem ServicesEnergy & Climate Change
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Need for Innovation Engines
By-Product Synergy is the matching of under-valued waste, transportation, energy and other streams from one facility with potential users at another facility to create new revenues or savings, environmental and societal benefits.
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Product A
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DisposalDisposal
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Product B
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Company A
Company B
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By-Product
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Network
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US BCSD Regional BPS Projects
Active/Complete– New Jersey– Kansas City– Chicago– Seattle– Gulf Coast– Mobile– Houston
In Development– Ohio– Boston– SE Michigan– New Orleans– Wisconsin– Central Texas
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Participants in One or More North American BPS Projects
Abbott Laboratories Acme Refining Akzo Nobel Alabama Power - Barry
Steam Plant Alabama Power Southern
Company ArcelorMittal Arkema BASF Baxter Healthcare Burlington County
Resource Recovery Complex
Canyon Creek Cabinet Company
Cascade Designs Christy Webber
Landscaping City of Chicago
Department of Aviation City of Chicago
Department of General Services
City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation
City of Chicago Department of the Environment
City of Chicago Department of Transportation
City of Chicago Department of Water Management
City of Kansas City, Missouri
Cloverhill Bakery Computers for Schools Cook Composites and
Polymers Cook Composites and
Polymers (CCP) Curb Appeal Dow Chemical Company E.I. DuPont de Nemours
and Company East Balt Commissary Endres Services Engineered Glass
Products Envirosafe Consulting Evonik Degussa Exxon Mobil Ferro Corporation General Iron Genie Industries Gerdau
Ameristeel Goose Island Brewery Grays Harbor Paper Hallmark Cards Inc. Hargrove Engineers +
Constructors Harley Davidson Hercules
Huntsman Advanced Materials
Jackson County, Missouri Johnson County, Kansas Kansas City Power and
Light Kimball International Kraft Foods LaFarge Leader International Little Blue Valley Sewage
Dist. M1 Energy Mannington Mills Merck Midwest Generation Missouri Organic
Recycling Mitsubishi Polysilicon Motiva Enterprises Naylor Pipe NJ American Water Nucor Steel O’Hare Modernization
Program Oil Recovery OTC-Burlington County Port of Seattle PSC Public Service Enterprise
Group (PSEG) S & C Electric Sara Lee Schultze and Birch Biscuit
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Seattle Public Utilities Shell Puget Sound Refinery
Sherwin Williams Shield Alloy Smurfit Stone Snohomish County Public
Works Southern Ionics Systech Corporation The Dow Chemical
Company TriVitro United States Gypsum
Company (USG) University of South
Alabama - College of Engineering
URS US Pipe Veolia ES Technical
Solutions Waste Management and
Research Center (WMRC) Winzinger Corporation
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Climate Change Benefits from BPS
• Since 2007, Chicago Waste to Profit BPS has cut more than 50,000 tons/yr CO2 equivalent emissions reductions
• Kansas City BPS cut 19,183 tons CO2 and 140 tons NOx per year
• Houston BPS project full focus on greenhouse gas reduction opportunities beyond the fenceline
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BPS Projects Provide Benefits Other Than Climate Change
• Dow Chemical Annual Cost Reduction Estimate of $15MM
• Chicago Project Realized Over $5.5 million per year in economic impact to local companies
• 33,650 tons per year diverted from Landfill in Kansas City Project
NISP England Outputs, Apr05 - Mar09
Metric Output
NISP England
Per £ invested
Landfill diversion (tonnes) 5,222,384 1.61
CO2 reduction (tonnes) 5,238,059 1.61
Water conservation (tonnes) 9,469,738 2.91
Natural Resource savings (tonnes)
7,954,711 2.44
Hazardous Waste reduction (tonnes)
357,626 0.11
Sales generated (£) 151,097,919 £ 46.44
Cost reduction (£) 131,082,258 £ 40.29
Jobs 2,216
Private Investment £ 116,017,487
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For More Information
Visit the following websites for more information:
www.usbcsd.org
www.greaterhoustonbps.org
www.wbcsd.org