MARCH 2017 UPDATE

Tech Deployment Day – Oak Ridge National Lab

Introduction and Better Plants Overview

Agenda

• Better Plants Program Update • New Awards • IAC Jobs and Internships Initiative • Diagnostic Equipment Loan Program • In Plant Trainings • Better Buildings Summit • Other Conferences • Financing Navigator • BP Customer Satisfaction Survey

Recap of 2016

33 new partners joined the Better Plants—our biggest year yet! 10 Goal Achievers and 2 Water Savings Goal Achievers 18 In-Plant Trainings Awarded Grew Supply Chain and Water Savings Initiatives

Thanks to you, 2016 was a great year!

New Partners in 2016

New Awards

Two New Opportunities for Recognition

Better Practice • Recognizing efforts to drive

organizational/cultural changes Better Project

• Outstanding accomplishments in implementing energy savings projects

Applications Due March 15th

Apply on your own, or ask your TAM to complete application for help Awardees will be recognized at the Better Buildings Summit in May

IAC Internship Program

Opportunities to hire IAC students:

Jobs Internships

https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/better-plants/activity/iac-job-forum

• IAC Alumni graduate w/ an avg of 8.9 specific, applicable skills in energy efficiency

• IAC Alumni have a skill mix worth $6,210 more than their peers

• IAC Alumni are hired almost 2x as fast as peers into energy efficiency job

Diagnostic Equipment Loan Program

Helping Better Plants Partners measure operating data to evaluate equipment performance and quantify energy

performance improvement

• Free of charge, including shipping • Use equipment for one day, or up to four weeks • Limited technical assistance to help w/ selection and

use of tools • First come, first serve application

In Plant Trainings

Host Plant Name / City, State Location Energy System

Type Dates

Kent County Regional Resource Facility Milford, DE Water/Wastewate

r TBD

City of Phoenix Water Services Department Phoenix, AZ Water/Wastewate

r April 25-28

Nissan Canton, MS Compressed Air Week of April 17

Saint-Gobain Semora, NC Compressed Air June 5-8

Ingevity Corporation Wickliffe, KY Process Heating Week of May 8 or May 15

Orange County Water and Sewer Authority

Chapel Hill, NC

Water/Wastewater May 1-4

Electrolux Memphis, TN Process Heating March 7-9

Legrand North America Fairfield, NJ Treasure Hunt Exchange April 23-25

Novelis Oswego, NY Compressed Air May 9-12

Tenaris Hickman Blytheville, AR Compressed Air Feb 22-24

Encina Wastewater Authority

Carlsbad, CA Pumps/Fans TBD

Two new topics offered in 2017 New INPLT application coming April 2017 Please contact us if interested in attending one of these

Better Buildings Summit

Day 1 Better Plants Workshop

Optional Tour of GM facility

Industrially-focused panels: • Fresh Eyes: Peer-Assessed Energy

Efficiency • From the Manufacturing Floor to the

Corner Office: How to Communicate with Management and Plant Personnel

• Eureka!: Industrial Energy Technology Innovation

• All Systems Go: Innovative Projects in Traditional Systems

• Making Things Smarter: Smart Manufacturing

• Building the Next Generation of Energy Managers

Additional Networking Opportunities

Industrial Energy Technology Conference June 20-23, 2017 New Orleans, Louisiana ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry August 15-18, 2017 Denver, Colorado World Energy Engineering Congress September 27-29, 2017 Atlanta, Georgia

Better Buildings Financing Navigator New Online Tool to help partners find financing solutions for energy efficiency projects. Through the Navigator, you can: • Learn the basics of the energy

efficiency financing market

• Explore and compare financing options

• Connect directly with Financial Allies who can provide these options

https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/financing-navigator

Better Plants Customer Satisfaction Survey

Your feedback is important!

Survey coming soon! Please let us know how we can best serve your needs!

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