case studies - Dresser-Rand

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Providing energy supply for isolated
off-grid areas is quite a challenge
and adventure for Guascor Brazil, a
Dresser-Rand company. The company´s
commitment to provide continuous
and quality power forges a long-term
relationship with the communities
served. Dresser-Rand hires local workers
and provides ongoing training to
improve technical skills. The quality of
life within the communities served is
enhanced by supplying power essential for
everyday activities.
Dresser-Rand is well aware of its role
in these communities, and its influence
goes beyond selling power. For example,
the company is a sponsor of the Vaga
Lume Association. Since 2001, Vaga Lume
has operated in rural communities in
the Brazilian Legal Amazon, developing
projects in education and culture, and
stimulating writing and speaking skills.
The exchange takes place through libraries
and reading mediators. In 2011, the
association distributed more than 15,000
new books and created 19 new community
libraries benefiting more than 23,000
people (according to Schools Register).
Over time, Vaga Lume intensified its
cultural exchanges with communities,
creating new initiatives and expanding the
scope of their actions. The literature, the
expeditions, the formation meetings and
cultural exchange are ways in which Vaga
Lume expands the worldview of children
and adults. Vaga Lume has become a
well-recognized and award-winning
institution and received the important
UN Intercultural Innovation Award
in 2011.
SOLAR ENERGY
One of the most successful and innovative
programs that Dresser-Rand jointly
developed with Vaga Lume was a pioneer
training project for future users of new
solar farms in Amazonas, Brazil. These
solar farms are located in 12 off-grid,
small riverside towns. Before the solar
farms went into operation, the Vaga Lume
Association trained representatives from
these communities to raise awareness
for the sustainable use of solar energy.
The program was a complete success,
and many other clients are now interested
in similar programs. So as we say in Brazil:
“This partnership promises!”
For further information, please visit
www.vagalume.org.br.
Employees at Dresser-Rand’s Naroda, India, facility are helping the underprivileged
by donating textbooks and working on community initiatives.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
INITIATIVE BY DRESSER-RAND
NARODA EMPLOYEES
A community service team was formed
at our Naroda, India, facility to help the
underprivileged in their community. Their
charter specifies that they coordinate,
mobilize and support their fellow
employees’ efforts by donating their
services and taking various initiatives for
the benefit of those in need of assistance in
the community.
The team donated textbooks that benefited
more than 100 children. The books were
purchased using voluntary contributions
from employees.
The Naroda team is working on a number
of community initiatives including
donating woolen clothes, organizing
events at an orphanage, a medical camp, a
health awareness workshop, and planting
saplings in the community.
Naroda’s community service team
members have volunteered their time,
treasure and talent and are having a
positive impact on their community.
SOCIETY
COMPRESSOR DONATION TO
RIT PROMOTES EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, N.Y., received a donation of
an advanced reciprocating compressor
from Dresser-Rand in 2010 valued at
$90,000. It was installed in the Kate
Gleason College of Engineering and is
being used by faculty and students on
multidisciplinary design projects and
research. The university is using the
equipment for educational laboratorystyle
experiments for several engineering
courses, senior-design teams and co-op
project experiences. Its primary function
is to support graduate research in machine
health monitoring and fault detection. In
2011, Dresser-Rand made an additional
donation of a data acquisition system,
valued at $45,000, to further support work
being done in that area. Both donations
are part of the Dresser-Rand University
Project Sponsorship program designed to
provide universities with equipment and
information to help advance knowledge of
the engineering workforce and further the
company’s initiatives, from recruitment
to research.
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