Industrial Assessment Center - Syracuse University

	Syracuse University Industrial Assessment Center

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About the IAC

The Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Syracuse University provides no cost energy, waste and productivity analysis studies to qualified small and medium sized New York and Pennsylvania manufacturers, recommending methods to conserve resources, and reduce operating costs. The Syracuse IAC is funded by the US Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT). Teams of engineering faculty and students from the centers, located at 26 universities around the country, conduct energy audits (or industrial assessments) and provide recommendations to manufacturers to help them identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy. Recommendations from industrial assessments have averaged about $55,000 in potential annual savings for each manufacturer.

The assessment begins when an eligible plant has completed the pre-assessment survey, and returns it to the IAC along with twelve (12) months of utility bills. Next, the IAC performs a one or two day site visit, taking engineering measurements as a basis for assessment recommendations. The team then performs a detailed analysis for specific recommendations with related estimates of costs, performance and investment payback times. Within 60 days, a confidential report detailing the analysis, findings and recommendations of the team is sent to the plant. In two to six months, follow-up phone calls are placed to the plant manager to verify which, if any, recommendations will be implemented.

Frederick J. Carranti, P.E. is the Director of the Syracuse Univeristy IAC.

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	Industrial Assessment Center - Syracuse University 149 Link Hall Syracuse, NY 13244 Phone: 315.443.1523 Fax: 315.443.9099 Email: iac@ecs.syr.edu

Last Update: July 26, 2006