This page provides detail on the Superior
Energy Performance program as it is being implemented in Texas.
For general information on the program and national
developments, see the Superior Energy Performance program
website at
www.SuperiorEnergyPerformance.net.
What is Superior Energy Performance?
Superior Energy Performance is a
certification program that provides industrial and commercial
facilities with a roadmap for achieving continual improvement in
energy efficiency while maintaining competitiveness. Once
launched, the program will provide a transparent, globally
accepted system for validating energy performance improvement
and management practices. Superior Energy Performance is
accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
and the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) and will
launch nationally in 2011.
The program was piloted from 2008 to
2010 in Texas at four sites: Cook Composites and Polymers,
Houston plant; Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Oak Hill plant;
Owens Corning, Waxahachie plant; and Union Carbide (a subsidiary
of Dow Chemical Company), Texas City, which had two plants
participating. The plant staff provided substantial input into
the design of the program, as did other end-users on the US
Council for Energy-Efficient Manufacturing. The five plants
certified as of April 7, 2011 saw verified energy performance
improvements of 6.5% to 17% over a two to three year period. To
view presentations from the Texas pilot plants, check out the
Texas Industrial Energy Management Forum on April 7, 2011
presentations available at
http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu/documents.htm.
A central element of Superior Energy
Performance is implementation of the forthcoming ISO 50001
energy management standard, with additional requirements to
achieve and document energy performance improvements. All
industrial and commercial facilities pursuing certification must
demonstrate an improvement in energy performance. This program
will provide companies with a framework for fostering
energy-efficiency at the facility level and a methodology for
measuring and validating energy efficiency/performance
improvements.
The U.S. Department of Energy has
partnered with the U.S. Council for Energy-Efficient
Manufacturing (U.S. CEEM) to develop the Superior Energy
Performance program. The partnership is a cooperative effort
that brings together the respective strengths of industry,
standards-making bodies, federal agencies, national
laboratories, universities, and technical experts.
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