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Industrial energy management information center

This information center has been designed to be a useful resource for industrial energy managers, and contains energy management information tailored to industries or focused on specific plant utility and process improvements.

Topics in this information center

  • Resources for industrial energy managers
  • External resources for program support
  • Industry-specific resources
  • Process/plant utility improvement resources
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Resources for industrial energy managers

General

  • How ENERGY STAR Helps Manufacturers Improve the Energy Performance of their Operations
  • Industrial Training Videos
  • Guidelines for Energy Management 

Energy Benchmarking

  • ENERGY STAR Plant Energy Performance Indicators Plant-wide, sector-specific benchmark tools
  • ENERGY STAR Energy Tracking Tool Simple tool for tracking energy performance over time
  • Benchmarking to Save Energy Makes the case for benchmarking
  • Driving Change in Energy Use at Ford Ford’s experience in plant energy benchmarking
  • Benchmarking Industrial Energy Performance visualizes how to benchmark plant performance with ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Indicators
  • Aggregate Efficiency Index explains how companies with diverse operations or products can accurately calculate, evaluate, and report changes in aggregate energy intensity.
  • Getting Value from Your Industry’s Plant Energy Performance Indicator describes how to get the most out of an EPI

Communication resources

  • Elevate Energy Management to Senior Managers Engage executives in energy management
  • ENERGY STAR plant posters 
  • Communicate energy efficiency
  • ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry promotional posters
  • Download ENERGY STAR logos by logging into My ENERGY STAR Account (MESA)
  • Success stories: Industrial energy management

Recognition opportunities

  • ENERGY STAR Certification for Plants
  • ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry
  • ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. Recognition for Corporations

Employee engagement and energy teams

  • Teaming Up to Save Energy A guide to forming effective energy teams within your organization
  • Animated Plant Energy Tool

Plant energy assessment

  • Energy Treasure Hunt Guide: Simple Steps to Finding Energy Savings
  • Toyota Treasure Hunt System Turns Up Savings & Uses the Expertise of Process Engineers
  • Plant Energy Assessments: Why/How/When to conduct plant assessments
  • National Energy Technology Lab Best Practices
  • Energy Treasure Map: Manufacturing Plants
  • Energy Treasure Map: Ready-Mixed Concrete Plants

Program assessment and evaluation

  • Assess Your Corporate Energy Management Program (Energy Program Assessment Matrix) 
  • Assess Your Plant Energy Program (Facility Energy Assessment Matrix)

Small and medium manufacturers

  • Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers Guide to Energy Management
  • ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry

Strategy development

  • Energy Strategy for the Road Ahead
  • Emerging Themes in Energy Management
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External resources for program support

  • Industrial Service & Product Provider Teaming Profiles: Industrial Partners highlight valued ENERGY STAR service and/or product provider Partners through brief case studies.
  • Service & Product Provider (SPP) Directory: Industrial Market: Find an ENERGY STAR SPP Partner that serves industrial clients
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Industry-specific resources

  • Industries in Focus

Energy efficiency information for the following industries:

  • Aluminum
  • Brewing
  • Cement
  • Chemical
  • Corn Refining
  • Distilleries
  • Fertilizer manufacturing
  • Food Processing
  • Glass
  • Metalcasting
  • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
  • Petrochemical
  • Petroleum Refining
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pulp & Paper
  • Ready Mix Concrete
  • Steel & Iron
  • Textiles

Aluminum

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Aluminum Casting Specific tools and resources for aluminum casters
  • Aluminum Industry Analysis Brief

Brewing

  • Energy Efficiency and Cost Saving Opportunities for Breweries C. Galitsky, N. Martin, E. Worrell and B. Lehman, LBNL-50934, September 2003.

Cement

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Cement Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for cement producers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for Cement Making E. Worrell and C. Galinsky. LBNL-54036-Revision, March 2008.
  • Evaluating Clean Development Mechanism Projects in the Cement Industry Using a Process-Step Benchmarking Approach Michael Ruth, Ernst Worrell, and Lynn Price LBNL-45346, July 2000

Chemical

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Petrochemical Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for petrochemical producers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Petrochemical Industry M. Neelis, E. Worrell and E. Masanet, LBNL-964E, June 2008.
  • Energy Use and Energy Intensity of the U.S. Chemical Industry Ernst Worrell, Dian Phylipsen, Dan Einstein, and Nathan Martin. LBNL-44314, April 2000.
  • Carbon Emissions Reduction Potential in the U.S. Chemicals and Pulp and Paper Industries by Applying CHP Technologies  M. Khrushch, E. Worrell, L. Price, N. Martin, and D. Einstein. LBNL-43739. Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, June 1999.
  • Chemical Industry Analysis Brief

Corn refining

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Corn Refining Specific tools and resources for wet corn mills
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Corn Wet Milling Industry  C. Galitsky, E. Worrell and M. Ruth, LBNL-52307, July 2003.
  • Introduction to Energy Savings in Process Heating for the Corn Refining Industry A. Thekdi, Ph.D.

Fertilizer manufacturing

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Fertilizer Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for food processors

Food processing

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Food Processing Specific tools and resources for food processors
  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Dairy Processing Specific tools and resources for dairy processors
  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Distilled Spirits Processing Specific tools and resources distilled spirits manufacturers.
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Baking Industry E. Masanet, P. Therkelsen, and E. Worrell, LBNL-6112E, December 2012.
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Dairy Processing Industry A. Brush, E. Masanet, and E. Worrell, October 2011.
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for Distilleries
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industry E. Masanet, E. Worrell, W. Graus and C. Galitsky, LBNL-59289, March 2008.

Glass

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Glass Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for glass producers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Glass Industry E. Worrell, C. Galitsky, E. Masanet and W. Graus, LBNL-57335, March 2008.

Metalcasting

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Metalcasting Specific tools and resources for metalcasters
  • Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings Opportunities for Metal Casting K. Kermeli,  R. Deuchler, E. Worrell, and E. Masanet. January 2016

Motor vehicle manufacturing

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for motor vehicle manufacturers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Vehicle Assembly Industry C. Galitsky and E. Worrell. LBNL-50939-Revision. March 2008.

Petrochemical

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Petrochemical Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for petrochemical manufacturers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Petrochemical Industry M. Neelis, E. Worrell and E. Masanet, LBNL-964E, June 2008.

Petroleum refining

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Petroleum Refining Specific tools and resources for refiners
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for Petroleum Refineries, C. Galitsky, E. Worrell, LBNL-56183, February 2005.

Pharmaceuticals

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for pharmaceutical manufacturers
  • Energy Efficiency and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Industry C. Galitsky, S. Chang, E. Worrell and E. Masanet. LBNL-57260-Revision, March 2008.

Pulp & paper

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Pulp & Paper Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for pulp and paper producers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Pulp and Paper Industry K. Kramer, E. Masanet, T. Xu, and E. Worrell. LBNL-2268E. October 2009.
  • Carbon Emissions Reduction Potential in the U.S. Chemicals and Pulp and Paper Industries by Applying CHP Technologies M. Khrushch, E. Worrell, L. Price, N. Martin, and D. Einstein. LBNL-43739. Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, June 1999.
  • Pulp and Paper Mills: Profiting for Efficient Motor System Use

Ready mix concrete

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Ready Mix Concrete Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for ready mix concrete producers.
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Concrete Industry K. Kermeli, E. Worrell and E. Masanet. LBNL-5342E, December 2011.
  • Saving Energy in Ready Mixed Concrete Production: An ENERGY STAR Quick Guide for Managing Energy K. Kermeli, E. Worrell, and E. Masanet. EPA Document Number 430-R-13-010, August 2013.

Steel & iron

  • ENERGY STAR Focus on Energy Efficiency in Iron and Steel Manufacturing Specific tools and resources for iron and steel producers
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the U.S. Iron and Steel Industry E. Worrell, P. Blinde, M. Neelis, E. Blomen and E. Masanet. LBNL-4779E, October 2010.
  • Steel Industry Analysis Brief

Textiles

  • Energy Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for the Textile Industry Hasanbeigi, A. LBNL-3970E, September 2010.
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Plant utility and process improvement resources

  • Compressed Air
  • Motors
  • Process Heating
  • Pumping
  • Steam
  • Software Tools

Compressed Air

  • Determine the Cost of Compressed Air for Your Plant
  • Minimize Compressed Air Leaks

Motors

  • DOE Motor Tools and Resources

Process Heating

  • DOE Process Heating Systems Tools and Resources

Pumping

  • DOE Pump Systems Tools and Resources

Steam

  • DOE Steam System Modeler

Software Tools for Identifying Energy System Savings

  • DOE Software Tools DOE offers a collection of free software tools to help identify and analyze energy system savings in plants.
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