Raytheon Technology Today 2011 Issue 1

In addition to controlling costs even as energy
prices rise, efficiently managing our
demand ensures that energy resources are
available for our communities and future
generations. Raytheon spends approximately
$100 million each year on energy.
We negotiate favorable rates with suppliers
and utility companies, and we coordinate
thousands of utility bills and energy data for
consolidated payment.
We have also investigated renewable energy
sources. We have initiated five photovoltaic
projects, and we have installed a geothermal
heating and cooling system at our
facility in State College, Pa. By embracing
The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED ®
(leadership in energy and environmental
design) program, we are defining our goals
and using design principles that support
green building certification.
TT: How do you engage Raytheon
employees in energy conservation?
LI: Engaging employees with enterprise
communications and outreach programs
is critical to our success. The EET has established
two key employee engagement
initiatives: Energy Champions and Energy
Citizens. A network of more than 1,200
volunteer Energy Champions — energy
conservation and sustainability enthusiasts
— encourage fellow employees to act similarly.
Our Energy Citizens campaign to raise
employee awareness has been in effect for
the past three years. Over half of Raytheon
employees qualified as 2010 Energy
Citizens. More than 37,000 employees
learned about the importance of energy.
We continually encourage employees to
pledge for this effort.
TT: What is the link between Raytheon’s
energy use and its production of greenhouse
gases?
LI: Ninety percent of Raytheon’s greenhouse
gases result from our energy use,
80 percent of which are from electricity
consumed in our facilities. We consume
approximately 1 billion kilowatt hours
annually. We continue to make a measurable,
positive impact on the reduction of
greenhouse gases by reducing the plug load
in our workplace and by implementing innovative
ways to reduce demand across the
business. We need to maintain an “everyone,
every day” energy conservation culture.
TT: What are Raytheon’s energy goals,
and what is the progress to date in
reducing the energy load?
LI: By establishing several goals, we have
achieved significant reductions in energy
consumption. Since 2005, we have reduced
absolute energy consumption by 12 percent
and saved $45 million in energy costs. These
reductions were the result of implementing
automated climate control systems; heating,
ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades;
and employing building utilization
improvements. Our goal through 2015 is to
achieve a 10 percent reduction from 2008
levels.
Since 2005, we have reduced our absolute
greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent. We
did this by using fewer greenhouse gas
chemicals in our operations and by implementing
energy conservation projects. Our
current goal is to reduce emissions 10 percent
by 2015 from 2008 levels. I expect this trend
to continue as Raytheon employees become
more involved and take responsibility for energy
conservation and sustainable practices.
Furthermore, we have reduced our solid
waste by 45 percent from 2005, normalized
by revenue. In this same period, hazardous
waste has been reduced by 60 percent
normalized by revenue, eliminating 4,600
tons. Key reduction strategies include
chemical substitutions and process efficiency
improvements. We also reduced the
amount of waste sent to landfill or incineration
by 17 percent since 2008.
In 2008, we started to focus on water
conservation, and have already reduced
water consumption 15 percent, saving
110 million gallons cumulatively. Raytheon’s
sustainable information technology strategy
has reduced electricity use by more than
42,000 megawatt hours in the past three
years, and saved $23 million in energy and
operational costs.
TT: What projects has Raytheon
initiated to reduce energy, and what
renewable projects are attractive to
the company?
LI: During the past several years, Raytheon
has completed hundreds of energy saving
and energy efficiency projects across the
company, such as upgrading chillers, boilers
and HVAC systems; installing high-efficiency
and sensor-controlled lighting; converting
to variable-speed drives for motors, pumps
and fans; and upgrading to state-of-the-art
automated energy management and control
systems.
In addition to infrastructure upgrades, our
Information Technology organization has
reduced our energy footprint by employing
computer server virtualization, which
reduces hardware use and corresponding
power needs. Our PrintSmart campaign
consolidates printing operations and encourages
employees to reduce their use of
printers. Process engineering is partnering
with Raytheon’s Double Green Technology
Interest Group in a two-pronged effort for
energy reduction: investigating energy reduction
methods for product manufacturing
and investigating product energy consumption
reduction during product operations.
Regarding renewable projects, we support
the actions that power companies
have taken to “green up” their energy
portfolios by bringing on line renewable
energy sources, such as wind, solar and
geothermal.
As conveyed earlier, Raytheon has made
capital investments in photovoltaic systems
and a geothermal heat pump system. We
continue to evaluate other opportunities
for on-site renewable energy projects,
such as additional photovoltaic systems,
wind turbines, fuel cells, landfill gas power
generation, and hybrid solar cells for a combination
of heat and power generation.
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