Bob Bechtold is the president and founder of HARBEC Plastics, Inc., a progressive injection molding company located in upstate New York, which provides a full service of model making, precision mold making, and complex precision plastic injection molding. His company believes strong in the value of "eco-economics," and during the past decade he has developed an energy management strategy that includes a cogeneration project, which currently provides a portion of Harbec's electricity, heat, and air-conditioning requirements in conjunction with two on-site wind turbines. HARBEC has received many awards for sustainable manufacturing, including the Manufacturing Leadership Award for Sustainability and the New York State Environmental Excellence Award. This talk is part of the Alternative Energy and Fluid Mixing Seminar series funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation, and the Jesse L. Rosenberger Seminar Series of the UofR Center for Energy and Environment. Also supported by Mothers Out Front and the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

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