2008 PEP Community Partner
Awards
Captain David Yeager
and
Dr. George Crozier
Captain David Yeager
Since 2000, Captain Yeager has served as Director of the
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) maintaining
and promoting wise stewardship of water quality and
living resources of Mobile Bay and the Delta. He
service to MBNEP was preceded by a 29-year career as a
commissioned officer in the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). As
crewmember and as commanding officer of several of the
nation’s most advanced research vessels, David led
mapping and charting surveys and oceanographic
expeditions throughout the world. David generously
contributes this leadership and technical expertise to
many local organizations with goals consistent with the
MBNEP, including Associate Director, Dauphin Island Sea
Lab, Board Member, Baldwin United, and many more.
Dr.
George Crozier Dr.
George Crozier has dedicated his professional career to
the protection and enhancement of marine life of the
Gulf of Mexico. He is director emeritus of the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab and internationally recognized for his
expertise in coastal zone ecology and management. He was
the Executive Director of Dauphin Island Sea Lab since
1979. As the Director of the Coastal policy Center at
the Lab, he has been active regionally in most
management issues, the National Estuary program, the
Gulf of Mexico Program and the State’s coastal zone
management program. Dr. Crozier received NOAA’s
Walter B. Jones Coastal Steward Award for 1999/2000
and has been honored by the State of Alabama as a
science educator. As a senior consultant for the
Bellwether Group, he is currently deeply engaged in the
issues emerging from urban sprawl in coastal areas.
2008 PEP MEMBER AWARDS
Large Companies
Ciba Corporation
Ciba’s new wood gasification steam boiler at their
McIntosh Site will provide Ciba with 20% of its steam needs
using locally gathered wood waste from the timber industry.
By using this renewable energy source Ciba will reduce its
natural gas use by at least 500,000 MMBTU. This project
pushes the Ciba McIntosh plant past Ciba’s corporate goal of
reducing reliance on fossil fuels and increasing renewable
energy use by 10% by 2009.
Barry Steam Plant
Barry Steam Plant has
participated in Alabama Power’s Renew our Rivers
program since 2004. Employees and volunteers have removed
close to 30,000 pounds of trash from the Mobile River.
Renew Our Rivers is one of the Southeast's largest
organized river-system cleanups.
Evonik Degussa
Evonik Degussa’s recent waste
minimization project exemplifies how a cooperative effort
among multiple departments and companies can minimize waste
and increase revenue. Through this project, Evonik has
converted millions of pounds of material, which were
originally being incinerated or land disposed into clean
energy and raw materials: 5.4 million pounds of TBA
solution, previously incinerated are now being used either
as clean energy (not fuels blending) or as an octane booster
for automotive fuel. Plus, fuel utilized by the trucks
transporting the TBA was reduced by 70% due to the proximity
of the companies. Evonik diverted 1.3 million pounds of
ammonium chloride from landfills to a company who utilizes
it in their fertilizer production. Just these two examples
saved Evonik more than $750,000 in 2007, and also reduced
their waste disposal amount by 6.7 million pounds.
Medium
Company
White-Spunner Construction, Inc
White-Spunner Construction, Inc.
is building the first commercial building in Mobile under
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
guidelines, a voluntary, consensus-based national standard
for high-performance, sustainable buildings. The LEED or
Green Construction costs were only an additional 5%.
White-Spunner expects to recoup those costs within 5 years
from 18.5% annual savings in energy costs and 50% annual
savings in water costs.
Small Company
Berg Spiral Pipe Corporation
Berg Spiral Pipe Corporation is
building a new 200,000 ton per year plant to manufacture and
coat high quality large diameter spiral welded steel pipe
for the North American gas pipeline market. Instead of
locating the plant on a new Greenfield site, Berg elected to
locate their facility on the brown-field site previously
occupied by the International Paper mill. The project was
constructed with the latest storm water management practices
and over 50 live oak trees were added to the landscape.
This award recognizes the entire project team for their
insight into the potential of this site and the willingness
to overcome the legal and financial obstacles which often
prevent the re-use of old industrial properties.
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