By W. Scott Bailey, Reporter/Project Coordinator | Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 11:29am CDT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized eight Toyota manufacturing sites in North America for achieving a 10 percent reduction in energy intensity through its Energy Star Challenge for Industry program.
Collectively, these eight facilities — including the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc. plant in San Antonio — have reduced energy intensity by nearly 24 percent.
Energy intensity is measured relative to efficiency improvements in process and equipment. The Energy Star Challenge for Industry recognition is only granted to individual industrial sites. To gain recognition, the site’s company must be an Energy Star partner.
“Thanks to the efforts of our team members, Toyota has reduced our total energy use per vehicle over the last five years as we achieved greater energy efficiency across North America,” says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. Executive Vice President Steve St. Angelo. “This demonstrates that when good ideas are shared, great things can happen as we continuously identify new opportunities to reduce energy consumption while improving our processes.”
The eight Toyota facilities recognized by the EPA include:
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (San Antonio);
• Bodine Aluminum (Jackson, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo.);
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama (Huntsville);
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (Cambridge and Woodstock, Ontario);
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (Princeton);
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia (Buffalo).
