Energy and Demand Savings from Implementation Costs in Industrial Facilities

摘要

The Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)program, funded by the Department of Energy(DOE), consists of faculty and student teams from 30universities nationwide that perform industrialassessments of small and medium-size manufacturingfirms. Program goals include providing universitystudents with energy conservation learningexperiences combined with service to privatemanufacturers. These assessments target energy andwaste stream reduction opportunities, as well asproductivity improvements. A typical assessmentconsists of utility use analysis, a site visit, and awritten report that summarizes the plant?s energy use,production processes, and waste handling. The reportwill also contain several assessmentrecommendations (ARs) that are thorough analyses of specific energy or cost saving measures andinclude expected savings, implementation costs andsimple financial analysis (payback).