Our Mission
Energy Assessments Completed
Recommended Actions Suggested
Avg Annual Savings per Implemented Rec
Avg Annual Implemented Savings per Assessment
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 2021, 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 assessment, manufacturers must meet the following criteria as set by the U.S. Department of Energy:
Gross Annual Sales – Less than $100 million
Standard Industrial Code – Between 2000-3999
Annual Energy Costs – Between $100k and $2.5mil*
Number of Employees – Less than 500
*Some exceptions can be made for plants with larger energy bills than $2.5million so long as the other criteria are met.
“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“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“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
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 assessment 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.
