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Day-Brite Capri Omega (DCO) is making a fundamental commitment to protect the environment through the continuous improvement of our energy performance. We believe that an organization-wide energy management approach will help us enhance our financial health, increase our value, and aid in preserving the environment for future generations.

Sustainability goals

  • To support our responsible growth as a manufacturer by developing green manufacturing processes and other environmental strategies
  • As a lighting component manufacturer, leveraging our innovations to develop sustainable lighting - lighting that meets users needs with the least consumption of energy and other resources.
    • We believe in two main sustaining principles: optimization & minimization.
  • Optimization of our manufacturing, logistics and warehousing processes along with our commitment to continue to introduce new products that support our efforts in improving the environment of our customers, employees and their communities by their enhanced energy efficient performance.
  • Minimization of the resources used in our operations inclusive e of the purchasing of our components through an optimized supplier chain.

    • In 2007, DCO became an Energy Star Partner where it committed its Executive Management team to initially develop proper metrics to benchmark its energy consumption tracking progress and then set the goal of reducing its energy consumption by 25% in 5 years.

    By participating as an elite member of the Energy Star Partners program, DCO can leverage the knowledge from those businesses in different industries that have managed successful energy reduction programs.

    In today's business, we cannot afford to focus only on profits. We therefore feel that sustainability can support our healthy financial performance along with the company's leadership and development in strategic economic, social, and environmental programs surpassing industry standards. See below the DCO Sustainability Strategy 2006-2009. In January of 2009, Tupelo plant signed contract with TVA on the Green Power Switch® program. The impact on our Operations will be a reduction of over 360 tons of CO2 emissions in the Tupelo plant alone - compared with the current 532 tons we have reduced since 2006 for both plants. This achievement is possible with 5% of the plant’s electricity purchased as green power and at a premium.

    2006 thru 2007 Sustainability Strategies

    Energy Consumption – Absolute: Our energy consumption and the breakdown of their consumption by type will be monitored and benchmarked in our facilities in Tupelo and Sparta which represent approximately over 800,000 square feet of manufacturing space dealing with over 300 suppliers. YTD 09 vs. 08 (June) showed a slight increase of 1.76%. Utility rate increases where received last year in March for Sparta and in October for Tupelo.


    2008 DCO Cost of Energy

    Environmental Impact from Electric & Natural Gas Energy Consumption - The calculated emissions from energy consumed in pounds of CO2 emitted by natural gas and electric energy. YTD 09 vs. 08 (June) showed a maintained decrease of approximately 5% despite Tupelo gas and electricity consumption increases; therefore Tupelo plant continues to benefit from the "Green Power" purchases. Now, a total of 837 tons of CO2 have been reduced from both Operations since 2006.

     

    DCO Operations Emissions

    ((Key Performance Indicators – KPIs: Cost of Energy per Unit of Production - Prior to 2008, the energy data did not use the same KPI denominator (units). Sparta facility included fully-completed units (fixtures) and excluded component parts, while Tupelo included all fixtures and component parts as their units. This discrepancy was addressed in 2008 when monthly tracking efforts were initiated for both plants in 2008.))

    Average KPI 2005 - 2007

    The calculations show an overall increase of 9% in the total amount of energy consumed per unit of production from 2007 to 2008 mainly due to a reduction in the overall units. The KPI trend experienced in ealry 2009 continues with above  50% increase in June YTD, exasperated mainly due to the continued large unit decreases (>35%).


    DCO Operations Emissions

    Last Revision Date: October 1, 2009
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