Energy – Page 4 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

EC 012: Setting up a Green Team at Work

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Posted on September 2, 2016August 21, 2025
Posted in Employee Engagement, Energy, Podcast, Solid Waste, Water

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to talk about setting up and improving an environmental (eco) green team at your work. This is one of the early activities you can do to improve sustainability at your job, or within organizations you work with. I discuss my own experiences with creating and maintaining green teams at

Tips to reduce energy at your company

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Posted on July 23, 2016April 18, 2020
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Water

We are in the middle of a Green Belt project, to reduce energy in our company. Our initial efforts to make significant reductions in energy were not funded (LED lighting upgrade), so we’re looking at other less costly ways to reduce energy. This is one reason why I like Six Sigma projects. Typically, people have ideas to

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EC 010: Interview on e6s Methods Podcast about Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

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Posted on July 16, 2016January 10, 2022
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to play an interview I had with Aaron and Jacob. They run the e6s Methods podcast. We recorded one back in 2015, just a year ago. That was going over Lean Six Sigma and the Environment. It ended up being two different podcasts, so I’m going to combine them

EC 008: Using Go and See Events to Reduce Water, Energy and Landfill Costs

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Posted on June 11, 2016January 10, 2022
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Water

Summary For the 8th episode, I am posting the audio (and video of the slides) from a presentation I gave at the IISE Annual Conference last month. The video showing the presentation with slides is shown in the transcript, if you want to see the slides with the audio of my presentation. Email me if you would like

EC 007: Greening Your Lean Events

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Posted on May 20, 2016April 18, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

Summary For the 7th episode, I am posting an older (but popular) article on how to green your lean event. This episode gives tips and tricks to making your lean six sigma events and meetings more eco-friendly. We also include a link in the notes to download a free checklist of these suggestions. There is also a link

Lean makes our economy more responsible – the SunPower story [Planet Lean]

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Posted on May 17, 2016May 15, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, External Article, Lean Six Sigma Tools

SunPower is a vertically integrated solar company that designs and manufactures solar cells and panels for residential roofs, commercial buildings and wholesale power plants. They share how they merge the circular economy with lean principles to help reduce their impact on the environment. With a strong semiconductor background, they already had a strong foundation for

EC 005: Energy Walks

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Posted on December 26, 2015December 22, 2021
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary For the 5th episode, I am posting the 4th part of a 5 part video course, called W.A.S.T.E. Walks. This episode introduces the “Energy Walks” to help reduce and conserve energy usage, which reduces carbon emissions and minimizes climate change. You can view the video version of this course for free by contacting us, so we

Use Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) to drive sustainability

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Posted on May 16, 2014January 1, 2023
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

If you have a small or mid-sized company in the United States (or Puerto Rico), and are in the manufacturing industry, there is a Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) available to help you. MEP Centers are a diverse network of state, university-based, and non-profit organizations, offering products and services that help manufacturers increase profits, create jobs

Automotive industry sets sustainability guidelines for suppliers

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Posted on April 13, 2014June 27, 2016
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has recently agreed to a set of expectations for automotive suppliers, relating to the environment, working conditions, human rights and business ethics (aka Sustainability). But you don’t work in the automotive industry? Keep reading… AIAG is a consortium of automotive companies (Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, Daimler, Fiat, Chrysler, Volvo),

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Book Review for “Fostering Sustainable Behavior”

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Posted on November 1, 2013March 12, 2020
Posted in Book Review, Energy, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

“Fostering Sustainable Behavior” was written to provide resources to those designing and implementing sustainability initiatives, such as reducing waste, increasing energy efficiency, reducing water consumption, and altering transportation patterns. (p.x) Fostering Sustainable Behavior >>> Mackenzie-Mohr and Smith promote an effective concept called “community-based social marketing”. At first, I didn’t understand what this meant, and almost