ipiliii — On April 10,1995 EPA announced six new voluntary pollution prevention programs with over 100 participants. Together with Green Lights, AgStar, Energy Star Computers, Natural Gas Star, and EPA's other flagship voluntary pollution prevention programs, the new programs are expected to produce a $37 billion dollar profit for the economy, reduce carbon dioxide emissions from utility plants and other sources by a total of 215 million metric tons, and achieve a significant reduction of other air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and toxic air pollutants. Fred Hansen, Deputy Administrate): "It's common sense to take every p. prevent pollution... we and our p, eliminate all obstacles to privafc government initiatives to ass of these pollution prevention In a day-long conference,, shared their experiences hi cost-effective investments to efficiency, energy production, and some industrial and agricultural practices. ENERGY STAR TRANSFORMERS - encourages electric utilities to purchase cost-effective, high efficiency transformers for their distribution systems. NATURAL GAS STAR PRODUCER PROGRAM - encourages natural gas producers to profitably reduce emissions of methane - an important greenhouse gas. LANDFILL METHANE OUTREACH INDUSTRY ALLY PROGRAM - amis to increase the opportunities for landfill gas recovery in cooperation with landfill gas ievelopers, equipment manufacturers, id financiers. IUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP - live reductions in isions released during the ENERGY STAR 0 energy use in return averagin, ENERGY STAR COPIERS - machines that use annual energy costs ENERGY STAR RESIDENTIAL AND COOLING EQUIPMENT- equipment and providing ni! sector financing for this equipnS .ed in 1991, more than 1,700 're than 4.4 billion square feet fpgrading the|rjjghf|pg quality 'their an average liter and t ore than 80% lljjlnufacturers fin 2,000 energy e by more brking with 38 natural irofitably reduce natural already exceeding 1.3 billion HTthe program's first year. ------- Small Corporation ARLINGTON (VIRGINIA) PUBLIC SCHOOLS •• Partner of the Year for Government Achievement SANTA CRUZ VALLEY (ARIZONA) UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT - Government Partner of the Year UNIVERSITY OP MISSOURI-COLUMBIA - University Partner of the Year SLIGO ADVENTIST SCHOOL -Non-Profit Partner of the Year UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS - Large Hospital Partner of the Year LIMA (Omo) MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - Small Hospital Partner of the Year WHITAKER NEWSLETTERS, INC. - Small Business Partner of the Year HONEYWELL, INC. - Manufacturer Ally of the Year INNOVATIVE LIGHTING SERVICES - Lighting Management Company Ally of the Year Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Alumax, Incorporated, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Columbia Aluminum Corporation, and Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation. RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS: Whirlpool Corporation, The Ameripan Public Power Association ENERGY STAR BUILDINGS PROGRAMS: Montgomery County, Maryland, St. Charles Medical Foundation, Mobil Corporation, JC Penney Company, Warner Lambert, The State of Texas The new, voluntary pollution prevention programs launched today build on the success of EPA's earlier programs like Green Lights, which currently has 4.5 billion square feet of space committed to upgrading lighting (1 out of 20 buildings in the United States) and create non-regulatory approaches to improving the environment and economy. ------- Gonnetquot Central School District Atlanta Journal & Constitution City of Denver, CO Douglas County, CO Fannie Mae First Hawaiian Bank Fontana Unified School District The Graduate Hospital Halliburton Company Honeywell, Inc. Huntington Memorial Hospital, IN John Muir Medical Center Johnson & Johnson JG Penney Company Louisville & Jefferson Metro Sewer District MagneTek, Inc. Maine College of Art State of Maine University of Southern Maine Menekin Corporation Marion General Hospital Marriott- Marquis, NY Medical College of Georgia Vought Aircraft Company The Washington Times The West Company Witco Company ENERGY STAR FINANCING Environmental Financial Services ENERGY STAR COPIERS Canon USA Eastman Kodak Company Gestetner Corporation Konica Business Machines, USA Lanier Worldwide, Inc. Minolta Corporation Oce, Inc. • Panasonic Communications and Systems Company Ricoh Corporation Sharp Electronics Corporation Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. Xerox Corporation ------- TETGO WaterFurnace York International ENERGY STAR TRANSFORMERS Charter Manufacturing Partners: ABB Power T &D Company Cooper Power Systems GE Distribution Transformers Howard Industries Square D Company Charter Allies: Allied Signal, Inc. Phelps Dodge Magnet Wire Company NATURAL GAS STAR PRODUCER PROGRAM Amoco Corporation Chevron USA Production Company FESTA Oil and Chemical Company Marathon Oil Company Landtec Network Energy of Ohio Organic Waste Technologies Palmeir Capital Corp. Quaker Chemical Corp. The Maguire Group, Inc. Vermont Energy Recovery Waukesha Engine Division WMX Technologies, Inc. Zahren Alternative Power Corp. VOLUNTARY ALUMINUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP Alcan Ingot ALCOk Alumax, Inc. Columbia Aluminum Corporation Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation Noranda Aluminum, Inc. Northwest Aluminum Company NSA—A Division of Southwire Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation Vanalco, Inc. ------- |