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Paul Winistorfer, Department Head, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech

"The College of Natural Resources greatly values our working relationships with the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. From advanced woody plant research to efforts in workforce development, we believe that by working in concert with IALR we can leverage our financial and intellectual investments for a greater outcome. Southern Virginia is rich in natural resources and the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech will be a partner in the vision and mission of the Institute in the region."

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Event

Title:: Energy Savings Using Lean Thinking
When:: 09.10.10
Where:: Riverstone Technology Park - South Boston
Category:: Workshop

Description

Workshop - Energy Savings Using Lean Thinking

Besides helping a company to increase customer satisfaction levels, decrease manufacturing cost, and increase profitability levels, lean thinking is also a philosophy that can help your company to drastically decrease energy consumption, affecting not just the manufacturing cost, but also contributing to protect the environment by decreasing the firm’s carbon foot print. There are a variety of efforts by several organizations that have created resources to help industries to save energy by implementing lean projects.

This workshop will review those efforts by introducing the basic concepts of lean thinking, and how those concepts can be translated into practical applications so your firm might start looking at important energy consumption reductions in a short time. Also, the workshop will give information on special information technology platforms that you can use to monitor your energy consumption along with current efforts in the industry in energy savings.

Venue

Venue:: Riverstone Technology Park - Website
Street:: 1100 Confroy Drive
ZIP:: 24592
City:: South Boston
State:: VA
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Description

Riverstone Technology Park is located in Halifax County on Highway 58. The park, part of a long term plan to diversify the economy, is a 165-acre park focused on IT, biotechnology, telecommunications, and technical manufacturing. The park is designed to have 4 miles of trails and walkways that will eventually connect to Berry Hill Conference Center and Downtown South Boston.