Industrial Assessment Center - Industrial Assessments, Chicago Illinois USA

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[ Visit Site ] The Industrial Assessment Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago offers no-cost industrial assessments. These assessments are performed by students from various engineering disciplines. Energy conservation, waste minimization and process improvement recommendations have resulted in an average annual savings of nearly $59,000 per plant assessment.

Each assessment includes:
• Measurement of combustion efficiency for all fuel burning equipment
• Measurement of electric motor operating parameters
• Evaluation of compressed air and steam systems
• Inventory of all ancillary energy users within the plant
• Development of a process flow map

The Center is one of the newly-designated U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) Office of Industrial Energy Technologies Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC), one of 26 at universities across the United States.

Eligibility: Small and medium sized manufacturing plants in Standard Industrial Classification Codes 20-39 are eligible for the IAC assessments if they meet the following criteria:
• Gross annual sales below $100 million
• Fewer than 500 employees at the plant site
• Annual utility bills more than $100,000 and less than $2.0 million
• No in-house professional staff to perform an assessment

Area Served: The UIC IAC serves clients within a 150 mile radius of Chicago, Illinois.

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