April 27, 2010, The Ninth Annual Cement Industry Environmental and Energy Awards revealed five U.S. companies, alongside the Lafarge North America Inc. of Ontario Canada, which were being honored and presented Awards by the PCA and Cement Americas magazine.
Brian McCarthy, PCA president, and CEO had this to mention, "The us cement industry is devoted to producing a superior product while challenging manufacturing policies and procedures to enhance energy efficiency., The actions taken by these plants and lots of others are at the fore-front of producing technology and position the industry as a key contributor to the event of the newest energy expertise."
The one company that stood out the foremost, bringing home 3 awards in several divisions of its company, was Lafarge North America Inc. In Ontario Canada, they received the 2010 Overall Environment Excellence Award for implementing a project that's on the trail of lowering fuel consumption and can end in a discount of CO2 and Sulfur Emissions being released into the environment. A focus of the project was the planting of a spread of crops and therefore the harvesting of others to be used in promising trials to seek out a renewable and sustainable biomass source.
Kiln operations were drastically improved after the installation of a replacement blower technology, and cement kiln dust has almost been eliminated during production. Topping off their impressive list of accomplishments was the planting of three,000 trees on their plant property for habitat restoration. The project was also designed to market education and therefore the importance of global climate change by including the community and enrolling the assistance of local scouts, scout leaders, and fogeys.
The second award, Environmental Performance Award, visited Lafarge North America Inc. in Sugar Creek, MO. The Sugar Creek Facility completed a good sort of different projects in 2009 with the hopes of expanding their use of other raw materials and fuels that are employed by the plant. With the joining of a 3rd source, landfill gas, they were ready to change out 17% of their fuel consumption. The 17% less fuel that's not consumed by this facility works bent be over 30,000 plenty of CO2 from the combustion of coal.
The third award, for Innovation, was given to Lafarge North America Inc. in Tulsa Okla. During 2009, the Tulsa plant took advantage of an already existing waste fuel resource that the industry had been using for several years. Fuel derived from tires is usually done by utilizing old used and broken tires; the Tulsa facility took this idea one step further and joined with Goodyear to recycle the waste that's procured from the tire manufacturing industry into the kiln cement manufacturing industry.
The fourth award, the Outreach Award, was given to The Holcim (US) Inc. in Theodore, Alabama, and was in honor of their extensive community outreach and compelling efforts during the 22nd annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup Day, in 2009. With a complete of 71 volunteering employees and community members, an in-depth "hands-on" cleanup mission began on the Theodore Industrial Canal. Many Holcim Inc. employees volunteered to require a number one role and be designated "zone captains" within the cleanup. The commendable results were the removal of 1.5 plenty of waste from the water and shorelines. Holcim also assists their area people on Used Electronics Recycling Day; which has collected nearly 200,000 pounds of discarded electronic devices.
The fifth award, the Land Stewardship Award, was presented to CEMEX of Xenia, Ohio for his or her plant's cooperating efforts in helping to eliminate an invasive vine plant species that was encompassing approximately 5 acres of land; which continued with threats of aggressive spreading. during a joint effort from the area people, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and therefore the Cedarville University an idea was developed and implemented which killed the infestation, allowing the return of the area's native vegetation.
The final award, the Energy Efficiency Award, was given to CalPortland from Colton California. Their recognized accomplishments include some newly installed and highly efficient equipment. Their cutting-edge grinding of finished cement process will end in an annual reduction of seven million KWh, while another 5.7 million kWh are going to be saved annually by maintaining their completed kiln leak prevention programs. They also installed a replacement cement terminal, which is projected to feature another reduction of three .7 million KWh.
Any North American cement factory can qualify for the Annual Cement Industry Environmental and Energy Awards Program; for his or her accomplishments that have taken place within the prior civil year. The judges for the 2010 Awards were awarding performances that companies delivered in 2009. The judges came from independent groups including the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, U.S. EPA-ENERGY STAR, U.S. Geological Survey, World Resources Institute, and World Wildlife Fund.
Another program that further compliments the hydraulic cement Association's commitment to creating long-term sustainable upgrades available to communities is their Annual Sustainable Leadership Awards. Concrete provides not only improved efficiency and sustainability but the flexibility to be easily incorporated into many "green building" upgrades and styles. These awards honor government leaders who advance their community's development through concrete products.
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