The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE'S) Office of Industrial technologies (OIT), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, has been working with industry since 1976 to encourage the development and adoption of new, energy-efficient technologies. OIT'S cost-shared research, development and demonstration (RD&D), technology transfer, and information-sharing efforts have helped industry not only use energy and materials more efficiently but also improve environmental performance, enhance product quality, and increase productivity. to help OIT determine the impact of it's programs, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducts a periodic review and analysis of the historical benefits of OIT programs. PNNL contacts vendors and users of OIT-sponsored technologies that have been commercialized, estimates the number of units that have penetrated the market, and conducts engineering analysis, in conjunction with the vendors/users, to estimate energy savings associated with the new technologies. Estimates of air pollution and carbon emission reductions are then estimated (based on energy savings as well as process changes that have environmental benefits). PNNL also estimates non-energy benefits, such as reductions in labor costs, waste handling costs, etc. This paper will discuss the results of the most recent PNNL review (conducted in 2000).
Revised: June 7, 2007 |
Published: May 1, 2001
Citation
Placet M., S.A. Weakley, and J.M. Roop. 2001.Energy, Cost-Savings and Pollution-Reduction Impacts of Industrial Programs Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. In National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, May 23, 2001, Houston, TX, 184-190. College Station, Texas:Texas A&M University.PNNL-SA-33737.