Acknowledgements and disclaimer

The Canadian Foundry Association gratefully acknowledges the OEE of NRCan
for providing the required funding to develop an energy management guidebook.

The CFA and the authors are grateful to the following staff of NRCan for their
expert advice and assistance in the development of this guidebook: Philip B.
Jago, Industrial Energy Efficiency, OEE; Laurence V. Whiting, CANMET; Michel
Lamanque, on behalf of the Canadian Chapter of the Centre for the Analysis
and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET); and Rudy Lubin
of NRCan’s Energy Technology Branch.

The authors express their sincere
appreciation to Judy Arbour, Executive Director of the CFA, for excellent project
leadership and effective organizational support.
In addition, thanks are due to Brenda Budarick of the CFA for able
administrative assistance.

Technical advice from many associates in the Canadian
foundry industry was very helpful. In particular, the authors wish to thank
the following experts and their colleagues for their valuable comments and/or
suggestions for improvements during the preparation of the manuscript:

Wayne Agombar

Jason Blazer

Brian Brinklow

Mitch Hart

Robert Lelievre

Fred McDonald

Adam Promoli


Mark Simpson

Tony Thoma

Thomas Warren

Dave White

Bill Winger

The generic opportunities as
presented by the authors of this guide, commissioned by the CFA, do not represent
specific recommendations by either party for implementation
at individual foundry locations. The authors and the CFA are not responsible
for any implementation without prior consultation and further detailed site
evaluation. The use of corporate and/or trade names is not meant
to constitute an endorsement of any company, commercial product, system or
person.

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