Baxter Energy Solutions

• Baxter switched from using fuel oil to using wood to generate steam in one of its largest manufacturing facilities. The renewable wood fuel is comprised principally of scrap wood from local furniture and lumber operations.
  

• Baxter installed a photovoltaic system at its Marsa, Malta manufacturing plant.

Energy Demand Solutions

• Baxter’s corporate energy management group performs energy reviews of the company’s manufacturing facilities, maintains energy use standards, and researches and communicates best practices in energy conservation. In 2002 alone, these efforts resulted in approximately $4.3 million in reduced energy costs, and Baxter estimates that energy-efficiency initiatives between 1996 and 2002 resulted in $28 million in annual savings in 2002. In 2002, Baxter achieved a 3 percent reduction in energy consumption per unit of production value while its output increased 7 percent.
  
  
  
• Baxter holds a worldwide energy conference every two years to share the latest energy conservation technologies and efforts, and to recognize individuals and plants for their leadership and accomplishments in saving energy.

To view the energy solutions of all BELC members, visit What's Being Done in the Business Community section of this site.