C&A Floorcoverings’ Strategic Approach to Energy Management

Authors

  • Ginny T. Key Senior Research Associate, Georgia Institute of Technology Economic Development Institute
  • E. Kent Benson P.E., Environmental Engineer and Energy Coordinator C&A Floorcoverings

Abstract

C&A Floorcoverings has long had a business strategy of environ-
mental stewardship. So when its management heard of the new ANSI
national standard for the management of energy, it was a natural exten-
sion of both corporate environmental policy and the desire to plan and
sustain the savings from energy projects.
ANSI/MSE 2000: A Management System for Energy, is a manage-
ment standard that provides both the support and the flexibility needed
to institute and sustain an energy management system that aligns man-
agement energy policy, energy goals, targets, and projects with business
objectives. A dialogue between a developer of the standard and an
implementer of the standard in an industrial facility highlights the suc-
cesses and difficulties encountered along the way.
MSE 2000 was developed and written by expert staff from the
Georgia Tech EDI Energy and Environmental Management Center
(EEMC) to address common problems seen over its 25-year history. As
a member of the EEMC Advisory Board, C&A Floorcoverings was ex-
posed to MSE 2000 while it was still in a draft format. Because this
approach fit in so well with its overall business objectives, management
supported implementation of the standard in the plant.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Ginny T. Key, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Institute of Technology Economic Development Institute

Ginny Key is a senior research associate with Georgia Tech’s Energy and Environmental Management Center. She has more than 30 years of experience in training, curriculum development and technical writing, and over ten years of experience in the energy field. A primary developer of the MSE 2000 standard, she serves as both a course developer and an instructor for MSE 2000 courses. Ms. Key has extensive experience developing management system training, including ISO 9000 and ISO 14000.

For further information on this presentation or ANSI/MSE 2000, contact her at:
Georgia Institute of Technology
EDI/EEMC
Technology Square
760 Spring Street NW
Suite 330
Atlanta, GA 30332-0640
404 894-6107
ginny.key@edi.gatech.edu

E. Kent Benson, P.E., Environmental Engineer and Energy Coordinator C&A Floorcoverings

Kent Benson is an environmental engineer for C&A Floorcoverings, Inc. in Dalton, Georgia. The firm is a national leader in combining high quality, attractive floor covering products with environmentally responsible manufacturing processes. Kent also serves as the MSE 2000 energy coordinator and as chairman of the company’s MSE implementation team. In addition, he holds a position on the Georgia Tech EDI Advisory Board.

Kent is from the northwest Georgia town of LaFayette. In 1992, he graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Since then, he has worked in most of the major disciplines of civil engineering in the Chattanooga and Atlanta areas, including transportation, structural, geotechnical, environmental, and surveying.

Downloads

Published

2023-07-11

How to Cite

Key, G. T. ., & Benson, E. K. . (2023). C&A Floorcoverings’ Strategic Approach to Energy Management . Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 24(3), 6–18. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20143

Issue

2004: Vol 24 Iss 3 2004-2005

Section

Articles