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IAC | ASU Industrial Assessment Center

ASU Energy Efficiency Center

A Department of Energy sponsored team focusing on energy efficiency through no-cost energy audits for manufacturers, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants and commercial businesses.

ASU Energy Efficiency Center

Trained faculty and students specialize in energy efficiency measures to help your facility save money and energy through a free energy audit.

ASU Energy Efficiency Center

Our team continues research initiatives through hosting webinars, publishing papers, and attending conferences.

Our Mission

The Industrial Assessment Center at Arizona State University (IAC@ASU) is a Department of Energy (DOE) funded program whose mission is to identify technology, systems, and productivity opportunities that result in increasing energy efficiency, reducing waste, and providing better financial results for small and medium-sized manufacturers while educating and training the next generation of energy and productivity experts.  The Center conducts free energy audits through one-day visits at no cost to the facility.

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A Nationwide Program

The U.S. Department of Energy sponsors 31 Industrial Assessment Centers across the United States – each monitoring and helping clients across their general areas. The program was originally founded in 1976 by the Department of Commerce in response to the oil embargo as well as rising energy costs across the nation. It was shifted to the Department of Energy in 1978. The IAC at ASU has been renewed through 2026, alongside the 30 other centers.

The IAC@ASU services manufacturing plants across Arizona, southern Nevada, and western New Mexico.

To qualify for a no-cost energy audit, manufacturers must meet the following criteria as set by the U.S. Department of Energy:

Standard Industrial Code – Between 2000-3999
Annual Energy Costs – Between $100k and $3.5mil*

*Some exceptions can be made for plants with larger energy bills than $2.5million so long as the other criteria are met.

We are excited to announce that as of September 2021 the IAC@ASU services commercial businesses across Arizona, southern Nevada, and western New Mexico.

To qualify for a no-cost energy audit, Commercial owners must meet the following criteria as set by the U.S. Department of Energy:

Square Footage – Less than 100,000

*Some exceptions can be made for plants with larger energy bills than $2.5million so long as the other criteria are met.

Partners / Allies

“IAC was very helpful as they identified and prioritize various energy efficiency projects in our 65,000 SF manufacturing facility. The projects identified gave us specific paybacks that ranged from a few years to some as short as a few months! We highly recommend IAC to other Arizona businesses.”

Daren Riley

CEO, DRG Technologies

“We appreciate all that the IAC team have done for us and we are excited to look into implementing these recommendations. The professionalism and technical knowledge of the students and the final report exceeded expectations. We will be sure to stay in touch with any questions we may have. Thanks again!”

Gregg Mosby

COO, Liberty Greenleaf

“Thank you so much to the ASU IAC team. From the beginning we were all impressed with how well prepared, professional, and knowledgeable the whole team was. They were attentive to our needs, and well informed on the energy usage and engineering principles involved in our specific manufacturing process. They were able to identify energy savings and efficiency improvements that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. With their recommendations, we hope to greatly decrease our energy usage and waste. I would strongly recommend the team and their services to anybody that is lucky enough to have the opportunity.”

Brad Gilkison

Process Engineer, Service Wire Company

Student Impact

The Industrial Assessment Center program also strives to educate the next generation of energy engineers by giving students the opportunity to get hands-on with calculations, measurements, and site visits. Students are educated in an array of manufacturing processes as they visit all sorts of manufacturing plants, from plastic injection molding to natural gel mixing to massive dairy farms. Throughout the assessment process, students learn how to present a utility analysis to a manufacturing client, ask pertinent questions to plant managers for important information used in later calculations on the report, and how to format a formal, written, technical report for each client. A team of 3-10 students assists during each energy audit and the remaining students can further assist with report calculations and write-up.

Also check out the Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office which is a primary sponsor of the IAC program, and is working with partners across the United States to develop new, more efficient manufacturing technologies.

Keywords: 

Energy, Energy Audit, Energy Assessment, Department of Energy, Manufacturing, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment

Services we provide: 

Waste Reduction, Productivity, Energy Efficiency, and Cybersecurity