IUPUI Industry Assessment Center

01/27/2022

Did you know we are the only facility providing FREE industrial energy audits in the state of Indiana? We are one of 35 IAC schools around the country.

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The Industrial Assessment Center program helps small and medium manufacturers boost efficiency and save energy. It pairs companies with universities as stude...

01/19/2022

Here are two tables highlighting the impact of IAC's at universities across the United States. The first table shows the number of assessments that have been completed for manufacturing companies sorted by major SIC code groups. The second explains the gross energy savings and number of recommendations that have been implemented by SIC codes. For more information regarding IUPUI IAC's impact visit our website at https://buff.ly/3AcwL23 or find us on the IAC University website https://buff.ly/3tIgfY2 !

01/13/2022

We are proud to announce that one of our past student engineers, Cal Ormanovich, has received a certificate of achievement from the Department of Energy. Cal was a part of the IAC audit team from September 2019 until he graduated in May 2021. He completed a total of 7 audits during his time with IAC. Currently he works as a performance assurance engineer at Performance Services. Here is a link to his profile if you would like to connect! https://buff.ly/34LwdX0

12/07/2021

On November 30th, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the REMADE Institute announced more than $16 million in research and development funding for 23 projects that will reduce energy use and carbon emissions associated with industrial-scale materials production, processing, and recycling. These projects will advance the technology needed to increase the reuse, remanufacturing, recovery, and recycling of industrial materials. - https://buff.ly/IBwia8

To read more about this follow the link below:
https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/department-energy-awards-over-16-million-23-projects-will-reduce-carbon-emissions

12/02/2021

Here is a sample for the types of recommendations that you can expect from us after a free energy assessment. This sample recommendation will save energy by repurposing waste heat to pre heat combustion air.

11/30/2021

Over the last 149+ energy assessments that IUPUI IAC has conducted we have found that the most common area for recommendations is energy management. Below are the specific recommendations in energy management. The overall average Implementation rate for this area is 49.90% and a total of 1128 recommendations.

11/10/2021

Ready to help build a cleaner, more efficient manufacturing sector?

"The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is hiring a technology analyst with innovative problem-solving skills to inform strategic planning within the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO)."

"As an analyst within AMO, you will provide support and technical input for AMO’s chief engineer, connect with technology managers throughout the office, and collaborate with a team of analysts located at multiple National Labs. Your work will inform AMO strategic planning and include a focus on industrial energy and materials, industrial decarbonization, sustainable and clean energy manufacturing, supply chain resilience, and manufacturing competitiveness. Activities include assessment and evaluation of AMO’s past and current portfolio of R&D technologies; technology and programmatic analysis; contribution to studies, reports, journal articles, etc.; and presenting information to a variety of audiences internal and external to DOE." - Energy.gov

For more information and qualifications please follow the link below.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/amo/articles/open-analyst-position-eere

11/04/2021

Along with providing free energy assessments to manufacturing companies around the Indianapolis area, IUPUI IAC also provides numerous benefits to the students at IUPUI. To learn more please contact us at [email protected] or at our website https://iaciupui.sitehost.iu.edu/

11/02/2021

IUPUI IAC follows the 4 step process described below for each of our industrial assessments. This process ensures that data can be gathered efficiently to provide timely results to each company that completes our assessment. Note that all data and reports will remain confidential.

10/19/2021

Over the years, IUPUI IAC has identified many different energy recommendations for each manufacturer that completes our free energy assessment. Although every manufacturer has their own unique energy situation, there are a few common recommendations that we find. Listed below are the top ten most common recommendations to save energy along with the respective savings, costs associated, imp rate, and average payback period.

10/14/2021

"Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Fall 2021 Better Buildings, Better Plants progress update. The report highlights more than 250 manufacturers and water utilities that have introduced energy efficiency and decarbonization measures, cumulatively saving more than $9 billion in energy costs and 1.9 quadrillion British thermal units (Btus) -- more energy than the state of Wisconsin consumes in a year. The Better Buildings, Better Plants Program aims to decarbonize the industrial sector and the progress and success of its partners achievements will help accelerate the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate goals of a net-zero economy by 2050." - Energy.gov

To read more about this follow this link: https://www.energy.gov/articles/does-better-plants-industry-partners-save-9-billion-energy-costs

The U.S. Department of Energy released the Fall 2021 Better Buildings, Better Plants progress update.

10/13/2021

Each energy assessment that IUPUI IAC conducts includes a five part report that is given to the respective company. The report details information that was used to find areas in which your company can reduce its energy costs and provides calculations for each recommendation. The graphic below describes each part of the report.