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GREEN YOUR BOTTOM-LINE
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Eco-Efficiency Program - get a free walk-through assessment of your facility to identify energy, water and waste cost savings.
Sustainable Energy Plan Program - develop an energy plan for your company that will help identify and reduce operating costs, while setting you on the path to increased productivity and environmental responsibility.
Green Parking Lot Program - reduce irrigation costs, while greening your parking lot with this Partners in Project Green program that provides financial assistance in the (re)design of your facility's parking and landscaped areas.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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May 13th, 2009 - Cost Savings for Food Processors: Identifying Reductions Through Energy Data Analysis - Join Partners in Project Green and Natural Resources Canada for a free Energy Data Analysis Workshop tailored to the needs of food processors. This workshop will combine real-time energy data from your facility with interactive tools to help you immediately identify and start implementing energy cost saving opportunities.
May 14th, 2009 - Supply Chain - Learn how to drive lean performance and achieve up to a 20% reduction in your logistics COSTS!
May 28th, 2009 - Understanding Life Cycle Assessment in the Food and Beverage Industry - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the process of evaluating the inputs and outputs of a product through its life cycle. When properly implemented, LCA can help you understand and thus optimize your company’s environmental performance. This one‐day workshop is an introduction to LCA and carbon footprint that will give you a more complete understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of this tool for use in your operation.
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Companies in Pearson Eco-Business Zone are among Canada's Greenest Employers for 2009
Bayer Inc., a partner in Partners in Project Green, has been recognized as one of Canada’s 30 Greenest Employers for 2009 by Maclean’s Magazine. Bayer’s success revolves around their workplace philosophy ‘that respects every person as a vital and valued voice, bringing our diverse knowledge and expertise together to maximize the potential of the whole company’ and their unique Green Matters program.
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Aggressive energy management program yields significant savings at Sysco Canada
“We were looking for low- or no-cost options,” notes Peter Richter, Corporate Energy Manager at Sysco Corporation, about the company’s aggressive energy management program implemented over the past three years at Sysco Canada’s facilities. And they found what they were looking for – with exceptional payback periods. After just two-and-a-half years, Sysco Canada’s company-wide energy intensity is reduced nearly 28 percent over the 2005 baseline, with gross savings estimated to exceed $3 million.
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Region of Peel’s industrial, commercial and institutional landscape irrigation pilot project
The Region of Peel has recently begun a pilot project to identify potential outdoor water savings that contribute to peak day demand reduction, achieved through irrigation system modification for the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional sector. This pilot will commence in the spring of 2009. The study will examine ICI summer water users and explore how summer water demands can be reduced through: optimizing current timer based irrigation systems, upgrading to smart controllers, or combining smart controllers with optimized systems.
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Partners in Project Green celebrates Earth Day
On Saturday, April 25th, Partners in Project Green celebrated Earth Day with a tree planting and barbeque in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone.
With the assistance of City of Brampton, Region of Peel and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority staff, over 180 volunteers from Lowe-Martin Group, Unisource, Kuehne and Nagel, Bayer Inc., Molson, Shree Ganeshyag Pariwar and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, planted 1,600 trees and shrubs at the Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility.
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Eco-Business Zone companies realize the financial benefits of water conservation
The Region of Peel has a Water Efficiency Plan that outlines numerous programs to reduce the region’s overall water demands with a peak day demand reduction goal of 81ML/day by the year 2015. One of these programs targets the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional sector. The Indoor Water Audit Program is aimed at helping high water consuming businesses identify areas of potential water savings that may be achieved through permanent process change. The Region of Peel offers a monetary incentive to businesses participating in the program that reduce their average daily water consumption by undertaking a permanent process change.
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