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Energy Efficiency

Tennessee-based IAC Helps Manufacturer Become More Energy Efficient

Thanks to help from the Tennessee 3-Star Industrial Assessment Center, the FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals U.S.A facility in Dayton, TN is saving an estimated $39,280 per year in energy savings. Find out more.

Building a More Efficient Industrial Supply Chain
This infographic highlights some of the ways businesses can save money at each step of the energy supply chain. Many companies can identify low-cost ways to reduce energy costs in electricity generation, electricity transmission, industrial processes, product delivery, and retail sales.

This infographic highlights some of the ways businesses can save money at each step of the energy supply chain. Many companies can identify low-cost ways to reduce energy costs in electricity generation, electricity transmission, industrial processes, product delivery, and retail sales.

National Labs Leading Charge on Building Better Batteries
Berkeley Lab researchers have designed a new anode -- a key component of lithium ion batteries -- made from a "tailored polymer" (pictured above at right in purple). It has a greater capacity to store energy since it can conduct electricity itself rather than using a polymer binder (such as PVDF, pictured above at left in brown) in the traditional method.

Teams at two of the Energy Department's laboratories are making headway on two projects that will enable building a new lithium battery that charges faster, lasts longer, runs more safely, and might also arrive on the market in the not-too-distant future. Learn more.

Energy Efficiency: Saving Money and Preserving Jobs
National Renewable Energy Laboratory research scientist Robert Tenent is helping incorporate thin-film design and manufacturing processes to improve the performance and drive down the sticker price of electrochromatic windows and make the product more accessible. | Photo courtesy of NREL.

Energy efficiency is not something flashy at first glance, but it quietly spurs innovation while cutting costs and saving jobs across the country.