The Industrial Efficiency Alliance provides resources to help organizations become more knowledgeable about energy efficiency business practices.

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	Food Processing
	Pulp and Paper
	Compressed Air
	Motors
	Pumps
	Refrigeration
	Industrial Efficiency Alliance Downloadable Literature
	Industrial Efficiency Alliance News Archive
	Industrial Efficiency Alliance Style and Usage Guidelines
	Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum
	Utility and Incentive Programs
	Efficiency Related Articles and Reports
	Additional Online Resources
	Multimedia Resources

Food Processing

Downloadable Material

• Continuous Energy Improvement & the Food Processing Industry 4-page brochure

              Industrial Efficiency Alliance - 2007 03 08

• Industrial Steam Training for Manufacturing Facilities - PowerPoint Presentation

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

• "Using Energy Efficiency Cluster Training to Improve Regional Economic Performance"

An article from the October 2006 Issue of Compressed Air Best Practices magazine, co-authored by IEA Food Processing Director Ed Birch, and John Molitor, Industrial Accounts/Energy Services for Grant County Public Utility District.

• "The State of Food Manufacturing: The Quest for Continuous Improvement"                                 

              Food Engineering, September, 2006

• NWFPA Energy Insider - June 2006

              The June 2006 issue features an article by Ed Birch, Food Processing Director - "Avoid                           Radical Change by Considering Continuous Energy Improvement."

• "Cluster Training Increasing Companies' Competitive Edge"

              The Columbia Basin Herald (May 19, 2006) article focuses on the compressed air cluster                   strategy and includes information about IEA key partnerships.

• NWFPA Energy Insider - Dec. 2005

              The December 2005 issue featured and article from Ed Birch - "A Palatable Solution to Rising               Energy Prices" - focused on CEI and includes mention of several customers.

• "Food Industry Puts Energy Efficiency on the Menu"

               By Dave Zepponi, NWFPA President

              Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, July 28, 2005

Additional Online Resources

• Northwest Food Processors Association (NWFPA)
• NWFPA

• 2006 NWFPA Continuous Energy Improvement Champions

Pulp and Paper

Downloadable Literature

• How Continuous Energy Improvement Increases Profitability and Reliability for the Pulp and Paper Industry (11" x 17" format) - 2006 07 25
• How Continuous Energy Improvement Increases Profitability and Reliability for the Pulp and Paper Industry (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 07 25

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

• "Energy: Control Your Cost Through Continuous Improvement"

               By Mike Roberts, Industrial Efficiency Alliance Director - Pulp and Paper

               TAPPI Ahead of the Curve (Feb. 21, 2007)

• "Energy efficiency the goal of new partnership"

               By Steven Friederich

               The Daily World (Oct. 20, 2006)

Additional Online Resources

• TAPPI

Compressed Air

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

• Plant Services - February, 2007

              "Options for upgrading your compressed air energy efficiency" by Sheila Kennedy

Downloadable Literature

• Compressed Air , How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Compressed Air , How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 05 08
• Low Pressure Blower Systems Best Practices Guide - 2007 04 30

Additional Online Resources

• Compressed Air Challenge
• Advancing by Degrees  - Energy Efficiency Training for Industry, Compressed Air Challenge Levels One and Two

Motors

Downloadable Literature

• Motors, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Motors, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 05 08
• Green Motors Practices Group Brochure
• Green Motors Practices Group Purchase Policy

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

• NWFPA Energy Insider - June 2006

              The June 2006 issue features and article from Dennis Bowns, Motors Technical Director -              "Changing the Perception of Energy Efficiency in Motors Systems."

• "Programmed for Success"

              By Dennis Bowns, Director of Motors, Industrial Efficiency Alliance

PlantServices.com, A pril 1 , 2006

• The Effect of Repair/Rewinding on Motor Efficiency

               EASA/AEMT Rewind Study and Good Practice Guide to Maintain Motor Efficiency

Additional Online Resources

• EASA Region 7
• EASA Green Motors Group
• Motor Decisions Matters

Pumps

Downloadable Literature

• Pumps, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Pumps, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11 " format) - 2006 05 08

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

• "Strategies to Improve Pump Efficiency and Life Cycle Performance"

              by Mike Pemberton, Manager of Performance Services, ITT IBG / Pump Smart™ Control                          Solutions

• "Life Cycle Costs: Taking Time Out with Gunnar Hovstadius"

              PUMP Engineer, May 2005

Additional Online Resources

• Hydraulic Institute
• Pump-Zone.com
• Pump Systems Matter
• Pump Systems Matter PSIM Software
  Pump System Improvement Modeling Tool™ (PSIM)
• Advancing by Degrees - Energy Efficiency Fundamentals for Pumping Systems

Refrigeration

Downloadable Material

• Refrigeration, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Refrigeration, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 05 08
• Overview of Continuous Energy Improvement & Refrigeration Best Practices Training for the Food Industry - PowerPoint Presentation

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

The Industrial Efficiency Alliance has published the Industrial Refrigeration Best Practices Guide, a roadmap for making industrial refrigeration systems both energy efficient and productive. A short excerpt of the Guide is available below. For more information, please call 888-720-6823.

• Refrigeration Guide Excerpt

Case Studies

Three case studies of firms who have successfully completed energy efficiency projects are available below.

• Henningsen Cold Storage
• Oregon Freeze Dry
• WestFarm Foods

Additional Online Resources

• ASHRAE
• RETA

Industrial Efficiency Alliance Downloadable Literature

• About the Industrial Efficiency Alliance - 2007 03 12

• Demonstration Project Guidelines - 2006 05 02
• Industrial Efficiency Alliance FAQs - 2006 09 14
• Food Processing Fact Sheet - 2006 03 30
• How Continuous Energy Improvement Increases Profitability and Reliability for the Pulp and Paper Industry (11" x 17" format) - 2006 07 25
• How Continuous Energy Improvement Increases Profitability and Reliability for the Pulp and Paper Industry (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 07 25
• Pulp and Paper Fact Sheet - 2006 03 30
• Compressed Air , How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Compressed Air , How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 05 08
• Compressed Air System Assessment - 2006 04 03
• Motors, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Motors, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 05 08
• Pumps, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Pumps, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11 " format) - 2006 05 08
• Pumps Fact Sheet for manufacturing facilities - 2006 03 30
• Pump System Assessment - 2006 03 21
• Refrigeration, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (11" x 17" format) - 2006 05 08
• Refrigeration, How Continuous Energy Improvement Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance (8.5" x 11" format) - 2006 05 08
• Envinta One-2-Five Energy Brochure

• Envinta One-2-Five Energy FAQ

Industrial Efficiency Alliance News Archive

• Oregon’s Governor Kulongoski Signs Legislation to Fund the Northwest Food Processors Innovation Productivity Center, July 26, 2007

• Northwest Food Processors Association President Receives National Recognition for Energy Efficiency Work, July 26, 2007

• "Energy efficiency the goal of new partnership"

               By Steven Friederich

               The Daily World (Oct. 20, 2006)

• "Grays Harbor PUD, Bonneville Power Administration, Industrial Efficiency Alliance and Grays Harbor Paper Announce Energy Efficiency Collaboration Project"

              Press Release, October 19, 2006

              Media Alert, October 18, 2006

• "The Industrial Efficiency Alliance Announces TAPPI's 2006 Pacific Section Fall Seminar"

Press Release, August 22, 2006

• "Industrial Efficiency Alliance Names Heidi Sickert Director of Training"

              Press Release, April 11, 2006

• "Programmed for Success"

              By Dennis Bowns, Director of Motors, Industrial Efficiency Alliance

PlantServices.com, April 1 , 2006 

• "Using KPIs to Monitor and Improve Pump Performance"

              Utilities Manager , February 2006

• "Improving Global Opportunity for U.S. Industries With Strategic Energy Management"

              Utilities Manager , February 2006

• "Food Industry Puts Energy Efficiency on the Menu"

               By Dave Zepponi, NWFPA President

               Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, July 28, 2005

• "Beyond the Building: Industrial Efficiency Alliance Shows Businesses a Systems Approach to Energy Savings"

              Vancouver Business Journal, May 13, 2005

• "Industrial Efficiency Alliance Formed to Help Northwest Industries Develop More Efficient Energy-Management Practices"

              Press Release, April 19, 2005

Industrial Efficiency Alliance Style and Usage Guidelines

The Industrial Efficiency Alliance provides guidelines for using its name, logo, and identity in a uniform and consistent manner. For more information or answers to questions, please contact Sharon Peterson at (503) 827-8416 ext. 244.

• Download the Industrial Efficiency Alliance Style Guide
• Download the Industrial Efficiency Alliance Logo

Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum

The Bonneville Power Administration and the Industrial Efficiency Alliance co-sponsored the Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum for Pacific Northwest Utilities on March 3, 2006. Attendees heard from -and about- industrial customers, industrial resources available throughout the region and industry peers on important issues such as energy efficiency and productivity. Presentations included:

• Industrial Efficiency Alliance: Pulp & Paper, Food Processing, Technical Systems and Regional Training Overview
• Importance of Energy Efficiency for the Food Processing Industry - Dave Zepponi, Northwest Food Processors Association
• Creating an Effective Climate for Industrial Energy Efficiency - Marcus Wilcox, Cascade Engineering
• What EnergyIdeas Can Do for Utility Industrial Efficiency Programs - Rob Penny, EnergyIdeas Clearinghouse
• Industrial Energy Resources - John Ryan, Washington State University Extension Energy Program

Utilities and Incentive Programs

• Avista Utilities
• Benton County Public Utility District
• Bonneville Power Administration C&RD Program
• Bonneville Power Administration Con-Aug Program
• Clark Public Utilities Business Services
• Cowlitz Public Utility District
• Energy Trust of Oregon Business Programs
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Business Energy Savings
• Grant County Public Utility District
• Idaho Power
• Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit Program
• Pacific Power
• Portland General Electric Business Services
• Puget Sound Energy Business Services
• Salem Electric
• Seattle City Light Business Conservation Services
• Snohomish County Public Utility District
• Springfield Utility Board
• Tacoma Power Business Services
• Tillamook People's Utility District
• U.S. Department of Energy; Industrial Technologies Program

Efficiency Related Articles and Reports

• "Using leading KPIs to spot trouble"

              PlantServices.com, August. 2006

• "Create and Deploy An Effective Energy Team"

              PlantServices.com, December 12, 2005

              By Peter Garforth

              Note: Garforth gave a keynote address, Energy Productivity: A Competitive Advantage   

              for Food Processors, at the 2006 NW Food Manufacturing & Packaging Expo.

• "Efficiency and Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing Energy Use"

              National Association of Manufacturers, June 2005

• "Energy Management Pathfinding: Understanding Manufacturers' Ability and Desire to Implement Energy Efficiency "

              Alliance to Save Energy, March 2005

• "More Profit with Less Carbon"

              Scientific American, September 2005

• "A New Way to Manage Energy"

              Energy & Power Management, May 26, 2005

Additional Online Resources

• Alliance to Save Energy
• Association for Manufacturing Excellence
• Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC)
• EnergyIdeas Clearinghouse
• Idaho Energy Division
• Industry Week
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Industrial Energy Use
• Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• Oak Ridge National Library Energy Efficiency & Renewable Program
• Oregon Department of Energy
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Washington State University Extension Energy Program

Multimedia Resources

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NWFPA 2008 Registration Forms

Utility Day Registration Form

Champion Lunch Registration Form