Issue link: http://www.insightdigital.biz/i/100667
1.5 megawatts of electricity. �� Working with animal nutritionists to create a market for one of their byproducts, which keeps 1 million pounds from entering the landfill or being land-applied each year. Taken together, Briess has reduced its energy consumption and emissions by the equivalent of almost 10 million fewer miles being driven each year since 2006. As the company made progress, it received an Energy Saver award from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2009 and was honored by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce with a Best Friend of the Environment Award (see Insight on Business, July 2011). ���As a result of that award,��� says Lane, ���the DNR wanted to come in and talk about Green Tier, and we decided to go ahead with it. One of the great things about Green Tier is that the DNR would look at everything we have permit-wise, ���They are a remarkable company. They were lean to begin with, and they are constantly innovating.��� ��� Gregg Breese, DNR environmental assistance coordinator and Briess���s consultant during the Green Tier application process and there was a grace period where ��� if we were not up to standard ��� we could come up to standard.��� It turned out that everything was fine, but the company was able to combine some permits and streamline some reporting, which ultimately saved time and effort. One of the requirements for Green Tier is to have a formalized Environmental Management Plan. At the recommendation of the DNR, Briess engaged a graduate student at UW-Green Bay, who came on site, interviewed the team and created the formal document. ���It was a great way to co-op with the university. The document is a formalized way of saying this is how we do our current business, this is how we look at our environment, and it���s a blueprint for the future about how we execute on what we believe,��� says Lane. Gregg Breese is the DNR environmental assistance coordinator who was the company���s consultant during the application process. ���They are a remarkable company,��� says Breese. ���They were lean to begin with, and they are constantly innovating.��� GET TECHNICAL GET AN EDGE TRAINING WITHIN INDUSTRY Training Within Industry (TWI)���teaches people to quickly learn to do a job correctly, safely, and conscientiously. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Contact NWTC today to get started with TWI. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ��� owledgeable monstrated how kn This training has de allowing us at their jobs and is our employees are eed more es brought up to sp to get new employe ��� Lynn Peterson y. efficiently and safel sources Director ��� Human Re , Inc. Green Bay Converting https://corporatetraining.nwtc.edu PHONE: (920) 498-6907 w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m J a n u a r y 2 013 ��� Insight | 45