Boeing wins EPA award for energy efficiency
Published 10:26 am Monday, March 21, 2011
The Boeing Co. is being honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its efforts in energy efficiency.
Boeing is among 40 of the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year – including 15 from the industrial category. The partners will be honored by the EPA during an awards ceremony on April 12 in Washington, D.C.
“Boeing’s robust energy management program is a national model,” said Elizabeth Craig, acting director of EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Programs. “Effective energy management not only helps the bottom line, but it also is our most cost-effective climate strategy.”
From 2002 through 2010, on a revenue-adjusted basis, Boeing has reduced energy consumption by 30 percent and CO2 emissions by 28 percent. On an absolute basis since 2002, Boeing has reduced energy consumption by 15 percent, which is equal to saving enough energy to power 54,168 average homes for a year in the United States.
“This is a great honor for Boeing—one that will motivate us to keep improving our energy efficiency and reducing our environmental footprint even further,” said Jim McNerney, Boeing’s CEO, in a statement.
For more on Boeing’s efforts to cut energy and operate more environmentally friendly, read this Herald report from last summer.
