DOE Resources

Links

• IAC Website: https://iac.university/
• Department of Energy
• DOE Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains
• DOE Better Plants Initiative

Software

MEASUR: An open-source software to aid manufacturers in improving the efficiency of energy systems and equipment within a plant.

Includes assessment tools for:

• Pumps
• Fans
• Process Heating
• Steam Systems
• Motors
• Several additional calculators available for system parameter estimations and graphical analysis

50001 Ready Navigator: Online guide to assist facilities in putting an energy management system in place and monitoring EnMS to best practices.

Energy Footprint: Tool for manufacturing facilities to track their energy consumption, factors related to energy use, and significant energy end-use.

Energy Performance Indicator: A regression analysis based tool to help plant and corporate managers establish a normalized baseline of energy consumption, track annual progress of intensity improvements, energy savings, and all EnPIs that account for variations due to weather, production, and other variables.

Plant Energy Profiler: An excel based software tool to help industrial plant managers in the United States identify how energy is being purchased and consumed at their plant and identify potential energy and cost savings.

Guides

Saving Energy: A QuickStart Guide for Small to Medium Manufacturers