Foremost Farms recognized with Energy Efficiency Excellence award
For the City Times
MADISON – In conjunction with Earth Day, Focus on Energy recognized Wisconsin businesses and organizations for their impact on the state through energy efficiency. Among those honored were the Foremost Farms USA facilities in Appleton and Plover.
Focus on Energy, the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resources program, worked with its partner utilities across Wisconsin to choose 13 winners this year, each honored for efforts to reduce energy waste.
“Since the Plover facility started participating in Focus on Energy’s Strategic Energy Management program, it has seen more than $135,000 in energy savings,” the organization said in a release. “The Plover facility has also been recognized as 50001 Ready by the U.S. Department of Energy for establishing businesses practices around energy.”
“It was very competitive this year. The submissions we received from our field staff and partner utilities were among the best we’ve seen,” said Erinn Monroe-Nye, Focus on Energy program director. “This year’s winners represent the groups across Wisconsin making smart energy decisions that will bring lasting change to Wisconsin. They are lowering their energy costs while making the state’s economy more globally competitive.”
Other honorees include: Advance Die Cast. Milwaukee; Ashley Nelson Homes, Milton; Aurora Health Care, Two Rivers; Bright Wood Corporation, Menomonie; Cascades Tissue Group, Eau Claire; Coextruded Plastic Technologies, Inc., Lancaster; Fuller’s Milker Center, Inc., Lancaster; Mercury Marine, Fond du Lac; Mosinee School District, Mosinee; Pierce Manufacturing, Appleton; Pukall Lumber Company, Arbor Vitae; and WPS Health Solutions, Madison.