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Conducting Energy Audits and Assessments

Before you can make a business decision to invest in energy efficiency and productivity improvements, you first have to understand how your facility is using energy. Energy audits and assessments give you information necessary to make good investment decisions.

Improve Production Processes

You can improve management of the production process with reliable, timely and accurate plant floor data. Use ITP's suite of software tools and read some of the articles to help you and your technical staff collect and analyze data on equipment and system performance. See the links below for more information.

Software Solutions:

  • BestPractices Tools: Selling Your Project to Management? Use the Right Tools!

Related Articles:

  • Achieving Immediate Savings by Taking a Systems Approach to Compressed Air - Energy Matters - Winter 2004
  • Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Justifying the Cost

Industrial Assessment Centers

The Industrial Assessment Centers program enables eligible small and medium-sized manufacturers to have comprehensive industrial assessments performed at no cost to the manufacturer. Visit the links below to see what opportunities are available: