When: 1-5 pm on Nov. 5
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Chicago
Note: Space is limited!

Measuring energy is often seen as a difficult, expensive exercise that has little or no bearing on practical production. Managers often consider it an uncontrollable overhead and hence a low priority.

In fact, energy efficiency should be a key contributor to good productivity. It can cost very little to start managing energy, and companies can realize worthwhile savings almost immediately. However, as the old adage says: If it cannot be measured it cannot be controlled, and nowhere is this truer than in energy management.

Dr. Robin Kent, founder and managing director of U.K.-based consulting engineers Tangram Technology Ltd., is a specialist in this field. In this workshop, he will draw on 36 years of plastics processing experience to help help unravel some of the mysteries of good energy-management practices for processors of all types.

Kent has helped countless plastics companies to better understand the energy usage in their production plants, starting with where, when, why and how energy is being consumed. He helps managers establish practical measures in the areas of motivation and training, basic machine usage and setting, and performance recording. He offers tips for reducing energy use in utilities such as water, compressed air and general building services, and for purchasing energy most effectively.

For only an additional $99, registered Sustain '08 conference participants can join this discussion on the afternoon of Nov. 5, prior to the conference's welcome reception. More details and online registration will follow soon. To express interest now in attending, e-mail attend@sustain08.com, provide your contact details and indicate "energy workshop".