Opportunity Assessment
Do you need help prioritizing your energy efficiency projects? Our specialists can assist you
in identifying opportunities for reducing energy costs and developing a plan of attack.
Our report will contain an estimate of potential energy and energy costs savings and may
identify relevant state and federal assistance programs. To learn more about this service,
contact Ethan Rogers at (317) 275-6817 or earogers@purdue.edu
System Analysis
Do you have a system that you know is not operating efficiently, but you're afraid someone will
try to sell you something instead of fix the real problem? EES can provide you an independent,
objective analysis of your compressed air, boiler/steam, chilled water/chiller, process heating,
or fans & blowers systems. These analyses will include a detailed monitoring and modeling of
your system and data based recommendations on how to optimize your system. Our goal is to provide
you recommendations that require little or no new capital investment and that will save many fold
the cost of the analysis. To learn more about this service, please contact Ethan Rogers at (317) 275-6817
or earogers@purdue.edu .
Save Energy through Lean Manufacturing
A more efficient manufacturing process will always save energy. It is basic common sense:
improving throughput for the same amount of overhead reduces the energy input per unit of production.
Purdue University 's Technical Assistance Program's Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center lean manufacturing
training programs are on-site, hands on, and results driven.
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Savings Now (ESA) program
The US DOE recently closed the solicitation for the second round of Energy Savings Assessments. It is anticipated that a third round solicitation will be announced in August. To learn more about the ESA program visit the DOE webpage.
The DOE's Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) created the ESA program in 2006 to reduce the amount of electricity and natural gas consumed in the nation's largest industrial facilities.
It performed assessments of 200 scheduled facilities and identified $395 million in potential energy savings. It is in the process of performing another 250 assessments in 2007.
The currently open solicitation intends to fund 250 confidential on-site assessments using DOE Qualified Specialists.
Eligible projects should:
- Have the potential to save 1 trillion Btus in natural gas and/or electricity
- Agree to have staff participate in assessment and training
All applications are completed on line. View and example application form so that you will understand the basic information that will be required when applying on line.
View the application and see a detailed summary of the program and its goals
U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program
The Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), sponsored by DOE's Industrial Technologies Program, provide eligible small- and medium-sized manufacturers with no-cost energy assessments. Additionally, the IACs serve as a training ground for the next-generation of energy savvy engineers.
Industrial Assessment Center Links
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. IACs provide eligible small-and medium-sized manufacturers with no-cost energy assessments.
Purdue Clean Manufacturing Technology & Clean Materials Institute Pollution Prevention Assistance
The purpose of the Institute is to act as the state's focal point for coordinating and deploying technical assistance, outreach, education, planning services and research to facilitate the adoption of pollution prevention/clean manufacturing strategies by Indiana manufacturing facilities. CMTI has provided technical assistance to over 3000 Indiana manufacturers in all manufacturing sectors, offering special expertise in plastics (including fiber reinforced plastic), wood products, metal finishing, metal and plastic coatings, foundries and motor vehicle parts manufacturing. To date, CMTI had helped manufacturers reduce the generation of environmental waste by over 7400 tons while reducing costs for these same companies by an estimated $14 million.
Vist the Purdue Clean Manufacturing Technology & Clean Materials Institute Pollution Prevention Assistance Web Site
The Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center at Purdue University Calumet
The Center provides technology awareness and technical assistance to commercial, institutional, and manufacturing sectors on a variety of applications that use energy. It helps end users obtain the maximum benefit from the energy they purchase or produce. Various types of assistance are available including research, new technology, energy survey assistance, environmental emissions reduction, and renewable energy sources optimized individually as well as in conjunction with Combined Heat and Power systems.
Visit the Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center at Purdue University Calumet Web Site