 Industrial Assessment Center
The IAC program is funded by the Office of Industrial Technology under the
US DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. This program has
been in existence for over fifteen years and is nationally recognized for its economic
assistance to small and medium-sized industrial manufacturers. There are currently thirty
IACs situated at engineering departments in major universities throughout the US. The IACs
have been instrumental in assisting companies in conserving energy, reducing pollution,
increasing productivity, and lowering operating costs. The University of Massachusetts IAC
provides assistance to small and medium-sized manufacturing plants in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and portions of New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont by
providing Industrial Assessments of manufacturing, plant, and process operations. Over 400
plants having annual gross sales totaling $5.85 billion, with 45,000 employees, and 31
million square feet of building space have been visited since 1984. Annual energy use at
these plants exceeds the equivalent of 3.35 million barrels of oil at a cost of over $134
million. Beginning in the 1994 contract year, IAC program services have been expanded to
include waste minimization and pollution prevention in the assessments as well. The IAC
assessments assist manufacturers in becoming more economically competitive by reducing
their energy use, minimizing manufacturing waste, and increasing productivity. Over
1900 Assessment Recommendation measures (ARs) have been identified with average annual
recommended cost savings of $35,000 per year and an average simple payback of 1.2 years.
Personnel
Lawrence Ambs, Ph.D. Director
and University Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Director of CEERE.
Major research interests are in the area of applied thermodynamics and energy conversion
with particular emphasis on building systems, thermal power generation and industrial
thermal processes.
Dr. J. Edward Sunderland
- Assistant Director
Beka Kosanovic, Ph.D. Mechanical
Engineering. Project Engineer responsible for technical assessments, reviews and technical
demonstrations of energy related technologies.
Graduate Research Assistants:
updated 1/20/99
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