{"id":851,"date":"2011-12-13T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodinnovation.org\/?p=851"},"modified":"2011-12-13T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T16:51:56","slug":"workshop-a-competitive-edge-reducing-energy-costs-in-hardwood-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Workshop: A Competitive Edge: Reducing Energy Costs in Hardwood Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Workshop<\/strong>: A Competitive Edge: Reducing Energy Costs in Hardwood Manufacturing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-852 alignleft\" title=\"brochure cover\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/brochure-cover.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"855\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Presented by<\/strong>:\u00a0Virginia Tech Wood Science and Forest Products Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0USDA Forest Service Wood Education &amp; Resource Center<br \/>\n301 Hardwood Lane<br \/>\nPrinceton, WV 24740<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0March 22, 2012<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fee:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$50<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0Online go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpe.vt.edu\/reg\/rec\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Details at<\/strong>: \u00a0Please go here for more <a href=\"http:\/\/woodscience.vt.edu\/workshops\/reducing-energy-costs\/\">details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>More information or questions<\/strong>: \u00a0Contact Brian Bond at (540) 231-8752, email <a href=\"mailto:bbond@vt.edu\">bbond@vt.edu<\/a><br \/>\nor Angela Riegel at (540) 231-7107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why attend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Energy expenses are the third largest cost for the US forest products industries, after raw materials and labor. Over the last decade, electricity prices have risen at an average annual rate of 1.4%, diesel prices by 9.3%, and prices for natural gas for industrial use by more than 100%. Natural gas and electricity account for about two fifths of total energy consumption of the wood products industry. These higher energy costs undoubtedly negatively impact the industries profitability, which has also been significantly impacted by other issues such as hardwood stumpage prices, higher transportation costs, increasing government regulations, a challenging economic situation, and the ongoing globalization of markets. Given the trajectory of energy prices and the energy intensity of the US hardwood industry, energy consumption and the resulting costs, strategies to reduce energy consumption should be a priority issue in order for our industry to remain competitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshop: A Competitive Edge: Reducing Energy Costs in Hardwood Manufacturing Presented by:\u00a0Virginia Tech Wood Science and Forest Products Department Location:\u00a0\u00a0USDA Forest Service Wood Education &amp; Resource Center 301 Hardwood Lane Princeton, WV 24740 Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0March 22, 2012 Fee:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$50 Registration: \u00a0\u00a0Online go here Details at: \u00a0Please go here for more details More information or questions: \u00a0Contact Brian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?p=851\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Workshop: A Competitive Edge: Reducing Energy Costs in Hardwood Manufacturing&#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-851","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\/851","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=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}