Chrysler
Group’s Brampton Assembly Plant (BAP) is the first automotive
assembly plant in Canada to achieve ISO 50001: 2011“Energy Management” standards
certification by TÜV, an international certification organization. Introduced in 2011, ISO 50001 includes
globally recognized requirements for energy management systems, which are an
important element of energy performance and greenhouse gas reduction.
BAP’s achievements in energy management range from lighting
control projects developed and implemented by plant electricians at an
estimated savings of $110,000 in annual electricity costs, to investment in an
automated heating and ventilation management system and scheduler with an
estimated savings of almost $2 million in annual electricity and natural gas
costs, while also reducing excess negative exhaust by 1,200,000 cubic feet per minute.
BAP served as the pilot plant for ISO 50001 certification among
Chrysler Group’s North American automotive assembly plants. The remaining
plants are expected to be certified by the end of 2014. BAP had previously
achieved certification against a number of international standards, among them
ISO 9001 for Quality and ISO 14001 for Environmental Management.
“I am extremely proud of the staff at Brampton
Assembly Plant who worked tirelessly to help us achieve ISO 50001: 2011 Energy
Management standards certification,” said Dan Omahen, Plant Manager, Brampton Assembly Plant, Chrysler Group LLC.
“This experience has proven that when employees rally together, and work
alongside management and agency partners, sustainable solutions can be
identified that help us improve energy optimization and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.”
Chrysler Group adopted World Class Manufacturing (WCM) as
its operating system in 2009 as part of its alliance with Fiat. First
implemented by Fiat in 2006, WCM is a methodology that focuses on reducing
waste, increasing productivity, and improving quality and safety in a
systematic and organized way. WCM engages the workforce to provide and
implement suggestions on how to improve their jobs and their plants. WCM has
become the driving force behind the improvements in all of Chrysler Group’s
manufacturing plants with four facilities achieving Bronze status, a
significant milestone in the WCM process, in 2012.
As part of the WCM Environment activities at BAP, the plant
established a cross-functional energy management team that included skilled
trades staff and managers as well as local utility companies who offered
suggestions and explored various improvement ideas. This team approach to
continuous improvement lent itself well to the ISO 50001 Significant Energy
User (SEU) concept, which aims to improve the plant’s energy performance.
Chrysler Group’s BAP partnered with Enbridge Gas and the
Federal Ministry of Natural Resources for many of these initiatives.
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