The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that manufacturing plants in Iowa and Nebraska were among the most energy efficient of 2021.
According to a press release, Bimbo Bakeries USA in Dubuque, Iowa, and Koch Fertilizer plants in Beatrice, Neb., and Ft. Dodge, Iowa, were among a total of 93 manufacturing plants in the U.S. that earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2021.
Manufacturing plants that are ENERGY STAR-certified are guaranteed to be among the most energy-efficient plants within their industries.
"As these companies demonstrate, improving energy efficiency serves to confront climate change while strengthening our economy,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said, according to the release. “Manufacturing plants that reduce energy consumption as part of the transition to a zero-emissions future save money and create the resiliency needed for the long-term health of their operations, our economy, and our planet.”
The U.S. has a goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through its long-term strategy and for the sustainability of the manufacturing sector and energy efficiency cuts energy waste and is a necessary action for achieving that goal.
ENERGY STAR started certifying plants in 2006 as part of its ENERGY STAR Industrial Program. Since then, manufacturing plants that are ENERGY STAR certified have cumulatively saved over $7 billion on energy bills for manufacturers, when compared to average-performing facilities.
