U.S. CEEM Enacts Charters and Mission to Better Help U.S. Industry

In October 2011, the membership of the U.S. Council for Energy-Efficient Manufacturing (U.S. CEEM) achieved an important milestone: It reached consensus on a range of organizational materials.

Members of U.S. CEEM voted to approve and adopt the Councils’ organizational charter, as well as three committee charters and a formalized statement of the organization’s mission and goals. In addition, the Council approved elements of a recruitment strategy and defined new membership criteria.

With these foundational documents in place, U.S. CEEM now possesses a sound structure, clear objectives and a working strategy for growth. The Council is firmly on the path to transitioning from an informal working group to an independent organization comprised of representatives from leading American manufacturers and other allied stakeholders.

Standing Up as an Authority on Industrial Energy Efficiency

Since 2007, this group of forward-thinking manufacturers has met periodically to develop a program to assist U.S. industry to reduce its energy intensity and strengthen its international competitiveness. Most notably, U.S. CEEM has been influential in its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (formerly the “Industrial Technologies Program”) to develop Superior Energy Performance (SEP), an ANSI-accredited plant certification program expected to launch in 2012.

Looking forward, U.S. CEEM plans to articulate the needs of U.S. industry and shape additional programs and resources that will help to enable greater energy efficiency in American manufacturing. Because U.S. CEEM is composed primarily of corporate energy managers with deep, technical expertise in industrial energy use, U.S. CEEM represents an authority on applied energy efficiency that’s the first of its kind.

U.S. CEEM, Welcoming Interest from Prospective Members

With newly established organizational roles and procedures, U.S. CEEM is now welcoming “Expressions of Interest” from prospective members. U.S. CEEM strives to maintain a broad-base of representation from U.S. industry with respect to size, subsector and geographical location, and requires a demonstrated interest in energy efficiency.

To express your firm’s interest in U.S. CEEM membership or to request additional information, please contact USCEEM@ase.org.