National Environmental Performance Track

A Good Idea

Description

Performance Track is a voluntary partnership that recognizes top environmental performance among participating U.S. facilities of all types, sizes, and complexity, public and private. Program partners are providing leadership in many areas, including preventing pollution at its source. The benefits of becoming a Performance Track member include awards and other forms of public recognition, networking opportunities, and news visibility.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Performance Track is to recognize and encourage top environmental performance among private and public facilities, which go beyond compliance with regulatory requirements to achieve environmental excellence.

Results / Accomplishments

- The program currently has 351 members in 46 states and Puerto Rico.
- To date, Performance Track members report that they have collectively reduced their water use by more than 1.3 billion gallons -- enough to meet the water needs of New York City's 8 million inhabitants for a day.
- Members report that they have cut their generation of solid waste by nearly 600,000 tons, and have decreased their energy use by more than 8.4 trillion British Thermal Units (BTUs), enough to power more than 80,600 homes for a year.
- In 2003 alone, Performance Track members report that they collectively reduced their energy use by 5.3 trillion BTUs, water use by 566.3 million gallons, and solid waste by nearly 300,000 tons.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Primary Contact
Julie Spyres
The Performance Track Information Center
c/o Industrial Economics Incorporated
2067 Massachusetts Avenue, 4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02140
(202) 566-2885
spyres.julie@epa.gov
Topics
Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Date of publication
2006
Location
USA
Additional Audience
US Facilities