States industries of the future
Industries of the Future (IOD), a partnership strategy of the Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT), has successfully facilitated development of industry visions and roadmaps for the Agriculture, Aluminum, Chemical, Forest Products, Glass, Metalcasting, Mining, and Steel industries. (Similar documents are expected from the Petroleum refining industry in the near future.) OIT is now forming partnership with states to pursue these industry-defined visions and roadmaps on a state level. The goals of this initiative are to boost industrial efficiency and productivity by working with states with significant activity in one or more of the nine target industries. A typical state approach establishes a state team, targets specific industries, promotes industry alliances, builds industry interest and leadership, identifies business and technology needs, outlines a state strategy, and generates action plans and partnerships. State benefits include potential industry and job growth alignment of customer and supplier base with core industries, improved environmental performance, increased resource efficiency, and enhanced ability to compete for national resources. In Fiscal Year 1998, DOE awarded 16 grants to 20 states for a range of States Industries of the Future and deployment projects. This paper highlights four projects: Industries of the Future--West Virginia; the Northeast Collaborative project led by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); Michigan Industries of the Future; and Alabama Industries of the Future. These projects have demonstrated effective techniques for building partnerships and have produced many lessons learned. A broad range of tools is available to assist states in initiating and supporting state-level IOF activities.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20001874
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1999 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, Albany, NY (US), 06/15/1999--06/18/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Industry and innovation in the 21st century, proceedings, 854 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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