Successful Approaches Available for Conservation Programs for Industrial End-Users

摘要

Recent studies evaluating the energy-savings potential in the US industrial sector highlight the tremendous potential that exists to decrease energy consumption and intensity, increase productivity, and provide attractive returns on investment.1 The present dollar value of the return on investment for economically attractive projects is measured in the hundreds of billions, and savings are on the order of 20 percent according to several sources. Much of the opportunity exists in measures that can provide rapid investment payback and attractive ongoing cash-flow impacts.