Boeing’s Energy Management Program Leverages EPA Energy Star Resources to Improve

Abstract

This article will describe the energy management system improve-
ments made at the Boeing Company through its participation the En-
ergy Star industrial partnership program. All improvements were based
on the Energy Star guidelines: making a commitment; assessing per-
formance and setting goals; creating an action plan; implementing the
action plan; evaluating progress; reassessing; and recognizing achieve-
ments. Key among these were: formalizing a corporate energy policy;
establishment of corporate energy and environmental goals; requiring
each major site to develop improvement plans and projects to achieve
those goals; creating a targeted energy conservation project investment
fund to support the implementation of those projects; expanding energy
bill payment and data collection service across all facilities; establishing
a corporate-wide conservation scorecard system for monitoring prog-
ress; and improving internal recognition and communication processes.
The success of Boeing’s efforts was borne out by their achievement of
the 2011 Energy Star partner of the year award for energy management.