Category G - Energy Manager of the Year
Energy Manager of the Year, Small/Medium User (<€1M)
Winner - Jerry Dwyer, Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery Ltd.
Judges Comments
"Jerry Dwyer has over 30 years industrial experience, with extensive hands on experience in energy management. As Production Manager and Energy Manager at Lee Strand, Jerry has demonstrated that through good housekeeping measures, careful monitoring of energy consumption, identify opportunities to reduce cost & improve energy efficiency, the involvement of staff and setting realistic objectives and targets - that energy cost saving can be achieved and maintained over time at low capital cost."
Project Description
Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery Ltd. is based in Tralee, Co. Kerry. Lee Strand currently process approximately 6.0 million gallons of milk into a range of milk products including liquid milk and cream.
Jerry Dwyer is Production Manager at Lee Strand, with 30 years experience of working in the dairy industry, one of his main functions is managing energy on the site. Jerry has made Energy Management one of the corner stones of the Environmental Management System at Lee Strand for the past ten years, and energy is one of the key performance indicators for the site.
The basis for the Energy Management System is the consumption of fuel and electricity per gallon of milk processed. On an annual basis, targets have been set to reduce the energy consumption per gallon of milk key performance indicator. The company has been very successful at achieving this goal with moderate expenditure, saving over €0.5 million in energy costs in the last 10 years.
The ethos that Jerry has instilled in Lee Strand is to optimise the existing systems to achieve high standards of energy efficiency rather than investing in expensive technologies. This is only attainable by the close involvement of all personnel on site.
Energy awareness is a day to day activity at Lee Strand. Personnel are constantly reminded of the need for efficiency. Lee strand regard 'its people' as the most valuable resource, demonstrated by achieving the 'Excellence Through people' award.
Energy Manager of the Year, Large User (>€1M)
Winner - Kevin Geoghegan, Intel Ireland Ltd.
Judges Comments
"Kevin Geoghegan has been instrumental in driving the Intel Energy and Environmental policy. In the role of Energy Manager in Intel, Kevin has overseen a 55% improvement in manufacturing energy efficiency since 1995. This has been achieved through a number of initiatives, including the support of 6 site wide energy management teams, the role out of a corporate M&T system for all Intel sites world wide and engaging with Intel staff through the Intel web portal. Kevin has also participated in the LIEN programme focusing on particular energy efficient projects and promoted the research in energy efficiency by participating in the Innovation for Energy Efficiency Programme."
Project Description
Ireland is Intel's manufacturing and technology centre for Europe. The Intel Ireland campus, in County Kildare, is Intel's fourth largest manufacturing site worldwide, and the largest outside the United States. The Ireland site is at the forefront of sustainable plant operations across Intel worldwide by voluntarily investing more than $6 million in energy conservation projects in recent years.
Examples of projects range from the small, such as the change of heating set points, to the large such as use of heat recovery system to utilise waste heat from operations. This has resulted in a 20% reduction in natural gas consumption (from 2006-2007) even though the site expanded its manufacturing capability during that period.
Reduction activities in last 3 years have yielded savings of over 25,000 tonnes of CO2 in both site generated and carbon emitted by electricity generation. This is equivalent of taking over 9,100 cars off the road for a year.
As energy manager Kevin Geoghegan has been driving this energy efficiency for the site through engagement of employees, use of the technology and developing an energy research agenda. These activities have continued to be highlighted as examples to follow across the corporation.
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