Plant Assessments
Plant energy assessments can help your industrial plant identify opportunities to improve your bottom line by reducing energy use. Moreover, many companies apply the knowledge they gain in their initial plant assessment to other facilities within the company to multiply the benefits of the assessment. BestPractices offers several energy assessment options:
- Small- to mid-size manufacturers can take advantage of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers.
- Mid-size and large manufacturers can respond to the annual competitive solicitation for cost-shared Plant-Wide Energy Assessments*.
- The nation's largest energy-using plants are receiving Energy Savings Assessments to reduce energy costs and increase productivity.
*Currently the application process is closed.
Industrial Assessment Centers
If you run a small- to medium-sized manufacturing facility with gross annual sales below $100 million and fewer than 500 employees at the plant site, you may be especially interested in an Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) energy and waste assessment.
Plant-Wide Assessments
BestPractices has awarded cost-shared Plant-Wide Energy Assessments through an open, competitive solicitation process.
Energy Savings Assessments
In 2006, DOE offered 200 no-cost Energy Savings Assessments through the Save Energy Now initiative to the largest U.S. industrial energy-consuming plants. The effort is continuing in 2007, learn more at Save Energy Now.