LaPorte, Evansville Alcoa facilities get Lugar Energy award

Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar named two Indiana Alcoa Inc. operations as Lugar Energy Patriot award recipients.

Lugar said Alcoa Howmet in LaPorte and Alcoa's Warrick Operations in Evansville work to educate employees and students in their communities and have made significant impacts in identifying potential energy savings for Hoosiers. The two sites are the 36th recipient of the award.

The award is part of an ongoing effort to recognize professionals, scholars, students or businesses demonstrating leadership and initiative and taking actions to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy sources through renewable energy and conservation, according to Lugar's office.

Alcoa Howmet in LaPorte makes castings for aerospace and investment gas turbine applications. Alcoa Warrick operates aluminum smelting and fabricating facilities.

For more information about the award, visit www.lugar.senate.gov/energy/links/patriot/35_Alcoa.html.