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Results

Save Energy Now Results

  • Number of assessments:
    608 completed

As of September 2, 2008, 486 plants have reported the following:

  • Identified energy cost savings:
    more than $820 million
  • Implemented energy savings:
    more than $117 million
  • Energy savings measures underway or scheduled:
    more than $327 million
  • Identified natural gas savings:
    78.1 trillion Btu—the amount of natural gas consumed by more than 1 million single-family homes per year
  • Total potential carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction:
    6.9 million metric tons—the equivalent to taking nearly 1.2 million cars off the road

Through Save Energy Now, the Industrial Technologies Program conducts energy assessments at U.S. manufacturing facilities. DOE Energy Experts utilize software tools to analyze industrial process systems and identify immediate opportunities for plants to reduce costs and energy consumption. On this page you'll find the latest energy assessment results.

You can also read the Results from the U.S. DOE 2006 Save Energy Now Assessment Initiative full report (PDF 2.1 MB) and report summary (PDF 2.8 MB).

Find out more about the participating plants and the assessment recommendations for specific plants.