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Energy Use and Loss Footprints

How does your plant compare to the average energy use and loss in your industry?


Learn More About Energy Footprints

  • Role of Energy Efficiency

    Understand the value of energy system efficiency (PDF 218 KB).

  • Understanding Energy Footprints

    Learn how to read the footprints and understand the flow of energy in your industry (PDF 127 KB).

  • Scope of Each Footprint

    Find out which footprint best describes your industry (PDF 158 KB).

  • Assumptions and Definitions

    Understand the assumptions used to make the footprints such as the average efficiencies of equipment and energy systems found inside a manufacturing plant today (PDF 130 KB).

  • Data Sources

    View the publications used as data sources for the footprints (PDF 88 KB).

Energy Footprints map the flow of energy supply, demand, and losses in U.S. manufacturing industries. Identifying the sources and end uses of energy helps to pinpoint areas of energy-saving opportunities, and provides a baseline to calculate the benefits of improving energy efficiency.

Each footprint represents an average picture of energy use for each industry and illustrates:

  • The portion of energy that is purchased from utilities, generated onsite, and transported to the local grid.
  • Where and how energy is used within a typical plant.
  • Where energy is lost due to inefficiencies, both inside and outside the plant.

Actual energy use in a plant will vary from the industry average.

Energy losses shown on the footprints indicate immediate opportunities to improve efficiency and lower energy consumption by implementing best energy management practices, improved energy systems, and new technology.

Energy Footprints are available below for each industry, and present the data in three levels of detail. Download Adobe Reader.