{"id":2437,"date":"2013-07-08T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T19:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2013-07-08T19:06:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T19:06:08","slug":"workshop-energy-reductions-using-lean-thinking-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?p=2437","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOP: Energy Reductions Using Lean Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sponsored by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/VCE-werc-cfpb-LOGO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1423 aligncenter\" alt=\"VCE logo\" src=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/VCE-werc-cfpb-LOGO1-300x62.jpg\" width=\"364\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Goal:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this workshop is to inspire new visions and strategies which address the most pressing energy challenges for contemporary society; it will create new ideas for usage of Lean Principles in reducing energy use and costs. It will also promote collaboration between scholars working across disciplines on Lean Thinking and Energy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key Values of Workshop:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Attendees will have a better opportunity to\u00a0understand lean and potential energy savings with the implementation\u00a0 of lean principles\u00a0into their process.<\/li>\n<li>Presentation of an Energy toolkit to identify wastes related to energy, environment,\u00a0and the processes.<\/li>\n<li>Attendees will be exposed on \u201cHow to use Lean principles\u00a0for Energy Savings\u201d\u00a0 using real\u00a0applications<\/li>\n<li>Participants will be introduced to Energy Management Systems and their benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tentative agenda:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>November 20, 2013. 9<\/em>:00 am-4:30 pm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome and overview<\/li>\n<li>Current and future scenario of Energy in Virginia. Charles Patton<em>, President and COO. Appalachian Power<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Lean Thinking Principles. <em>Henry Quesada, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tec<\/em>h<\/li>\n<li><em>Break<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Energy Audits using Lean Thinking.\u00a0<em>Henry Quesada, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tec<\/em>h<\/li>\n<li>Energy Management Systems. <em>Tyler Gill, Enernoc Systems<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Lunch<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Industry case study I. <em>Brian Bond, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Closing comments and questions<\/li>\n<li>Adjourn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Who should attend:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant Managers, Quality Engineers, Process Engineers, Procurement Managers, Supplier Chain Managers, Purchasing Managers, Plant Engineers, Energy Managers, Energy and Environment Engineers and Medium Enterprise Manager<\/li>\n<li>Anybody who is interested in energy\u00a0savings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Investment:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>$50. Includes coffee breaks, lunch, and materials.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Venue:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>USDA Forest Service<br \/>\nWood Education &amp; Resource Center<br \/>\n301 Hardwood Lane<br \/>\nPrinceton, WV 24740<br \/>\nPhone &#8211; (304) 487-1510<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Registration:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To register, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpe.vt.edu\/reg\/erlt\/\">please follow this link<\/a>. Should have any questions please contact\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Henry Quesada at <a href=\"mailto:quesada@vt.edu\">quesada@vt.edu<\/a>. If you would like CEUs please let us know to arrange that option.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact\u00a0Dr\u00a0Henry Quesada at (540 231 0978) during business hours of 8 a.m. and\u00a05 p.m. to discuss accommodations 5 days prior to the event. TDD number is (800) 828-1120.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by: Goal: The purpose of this workshop is to inspire new visions and strategies which address the most pressing energy challenges for contemporary society; it will create new ideas for usage of Lean Principles in reducing energy use and costs. It will also promote collaboration between scholars working across disciplines on Lean Thinking and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?p=2437\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WORKSHOP: Energy Reductions Using Lean Thinking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}