Summer 2011 Newsletter



Summer 2011			Inside this issue: Congratulations Schools' Challenge Winners! New Web Section: Conservation Incentives Get Kids Involved with Energy Efficiency This Summer Alcoa Ahead of Greenhouse Targets and more...

Congratulations Schools' Challenge Winners!

Alcoa Middle School,
Alcoa, Tennessee.

On Earth Day, Alcoa Foundation announced the winners of the Make an Impact: Change Our 2morrow (CO2) schools' challenge. Through this month-long educational energy conservation competition, seven schools in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia won a total of $10,000 from Alcoa Foundation.

Challenge winners include:

Paul F. Boston Middle School in La Porte, IN was named the grand prize winner and received a $5,000 grant and 850 recycling bins for engaging more than 1,160 students, teachers and families in completing the Make an Impact carbon calculator.

Regional runner-up schools received $1,000 grants and include: MC2 Stem High School in Cleveland, OH; Hunter B. Andrews Middle School in Hampton, VA; Alcoa Middle School in Alcoa, TN (pictured at left); and Castle North Middle School in Warrick, IN.

Honorable mentions and $500 grants were awarded to Kesling Middle School in LaPorte, IN and Castle South Middle School in Warrick, IN.

Participants identified more than 14.4 million pounds of potential carbon savings and an estimated $1.75 million in energy savings.

Congratulations to all participants and to the Alcoa volunteers who dedicated time and effort to this challenge — and to making an impact! Find out more about the schools' challenge her e.

Help the Schools' Challenge Win a CLASSY Award!
The Make an Impact: Change Our 2morrow Schools' Challenge has been nominated for a CLASSY Award for philanthropic achievement, and you can help us get recognized! All you have to do is visit the CO2 Achievement Page on the stayclassy.org web site and "Like" it.
Click here to visit the CO2 CLASSY Awards Achievement Page ... and Like us!

New Web Section: Conservation Incentives

You’d think that saving money on your energy bills and reducing your carbon footprint would be a reward in itself - and it is! But it’s not the only reward. Federal and state incentive programs can earn you more rewards for good behavior by giving you tax write-offs for weatherizing and insulating your home, installing alternative energy systems, like solar panels; choosing energy-efficient home appliances; and much more.

We’ve added a page to the Make an Impact website with a handy guide to all the rewards that are available. Click here and learn all the ways you can save.

Alcoa kids hand out
recycling bins

Get Kids Involved with Energy Efficiency This Summer

Are you a “do as I say, not as I do” parent? Do you ask your kids to turn the lights off when they leave the room, but you always forget the reusable bags when you go to the store? With jobs, homework, and school activities keeping your family busy during the school year, it’s all too easy to lose focus on good energy-efficiency habits. Summer is a great time for parents and kids to get back on track and work together on the 3 Rs – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

As a first step, calculate your family’s carbon footprint by completing the Make an Impact carbon calculator together. After completion, your family can select some of the recommended ways to reduce energy costs to implement in your home.

Read more and check out this activity chart.

Green Works: Alcoans Volunteered for the Planet

Alcoa's global environmental service campaign ended June 21 with impressive results. Learn how thousands of Alcoa employees worldwide worked to reduce their carbon footprint, save energy, and replenish the environment. Read the highlights

	Alcoa is 9 Years Ahead of GHG Target
	Alcoa sustainability online	Alcoa’s 2010 Sustainability Report is now online, detailing progress the company has made in addressing its portfolio of sustainability goals. Chief among the accomplishments is reducing the CO2 intensity of Alcoa’s Global Primary Products business by 22% over 2005 levels, exceeding a 2020 reduction goal of 20%. Alcoa reached other significant milestones in safety and ethics as well as in community and employee engagement, among other areas. The company also won numerous sustainability awards worldwide. Significant progress was made in expanding the company’s effort to increase North American aluminum can recycling to 75%. For the first time, Alcoa placed sustainability initiatives under a Chief Sustainability Officer. Appointed to the position was veteran Alcoan, Kevin Anton. Click here to visit the online sustainability report and find out more. Click here to download sustainability report highlights.

	CSO Kevin Anton

New Alcoa Building Panels "Eat" Smog

Imagine a sleek aluminum building that uses space-age technology to keep its surface as clean as a whistle -- and neutralizes smog gases, too. That’s exactly what happens when a building is covered withAlcoa’s new Reynobond® with EcoClean™ coil-coated architectural panels. The panels are coated with a photo catalyst that reacts with sunlight and oxygen to attack and break down dirt, soot, and grime that come near it. The same process also neutralizes nitrogen oxide (NOx) — a main component of smog — in the surrounding air. Alcoa says that one 100-by-100 foot wall has the same daily air-cleaning power as 80 trees.

Watch a video of this amazing process.

	Join the Community
		The Make An Impact website isn't the only online community that can help you stay in touch with your friends while you save energy. Here's a list of great resources for ideas and information. Make An Impact on Facebook Get Make An Impact updates on your Facebook page and connect with others who share the commitment. Climate Compass Blog In-depth information, news and analysis from Alcoa's partner in developing Make An Impact, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Alcoa's Recycling Blog Alcoa Recycling is making the world a greener place, one can at a time. Follow the recycling blog here.