Develop an Action Plan

Taking a systematic approach to your energy saving opportunities will net impressive results. Follow these six steps to develop an energy savings action plan for your plant or corporation:

1. Track your energy bills
   
   
2. Evaluate equipment operating practices and identify pieces of equipment that represent the big uses of energy
   
   
3. Identify no- or low-cost projects to save energy
   
   
4. Get management support
   
   
5. Form an energy team at your plant
   
   
6. Develop an ongoing strategy for continuous improvement

	Projects implemented by USX Corporation's Edgar Thompson Plant Energy Team in Braddock, PA, helped USX earn the title of U.S. Department of Energy Plant of the Year in 2001.

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