IPC Energy Benchmarking Survey: Energy Conservation Proves to Be Cost-Effective

摘要

Given the recent flurry of attention to energy use and its concurrent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, IPC conducted an Energy Benchmarking Survey to help the electronics industry proactively prepare to comply with potential GHG-curbing regulations (see January 2008 issue). As mandated by the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Law, EPA is poised to issue proposed regulations by September 2008 requiring companies to report their GHG emissions. The energy survey gave companies a starting point from which they could further evaluate their facilities' energy consumption. Survey respondents came from the EMS, OEM, PCB, and component manufacturing sectors. More than 80 percent of the survey respondents indicated that their companies monitor energy use and cost. Fifty-two percent have already completed specific energy reduction projects at their facilities, and 48 percent have energy-reduction projects in progress.