{"id":398710,"date":"2020-12-14T06:03:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=398710"},"modified":"2020-12-14T06:03:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:03:22","slug":"bells-brewery-receives-energy-star-challenge-award-for-sustainability-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/bells-brewery-receives-energy-star-challenge-award-for-sustainability-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell’s Brewery receives ENERGY STAR Challenge award for sustainability efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n COMSTOCK, Mich.<\/span>, Dec. 14, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Imagine a stretch of highway connecting Kalamazoo<\/span> and Grand Rapids<\/span> returned to forest. That is roughly 501 acres worth of pavement or about 380 football fields. It’s also the environmental equivalent of Bell’s Brewery’s energy efficiency improvements this year. <\/p>\n

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The energy efficiency projects executed to make this reduction possible are why Michigan’s<\/span> largest independent craft brewery has been awarded the U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry Certification.<\/p>\n

Through a series of energy efficiency projects over the course of the last 2 years, Bell’s reduced energy per barrel packaged of 10.35%. Bell’s shipped almost half-a-million barrels of beer in 2019. The ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry<\/a><\/u> is a global call-to-action for industrial sites to reduce their energy intensity by 10 percent within 5 years<\/p>\n

“Being good stewards of our environment has always been a priority. Sure, we save money. That’s good business. More importantly, we’re helping to secure and protect our environment for generations to come,” said Larry Bell<\/span>, president and founder of Bell’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The three projects that yielded significant reductions were: <\/p>\n