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Title: Development of a performance-based industrial energy efficiency indicator for corn refining plants.

Abstract

Organizations that implement strategic energy management programs have the potential to achieve sustained energy savings if the programs are carried out properly. A key opportunity for achieving energy savings that plant managers can take is to determine an appropriate level of energy performance by comparing their plant's performance with that of similar plants in the same industry. Manufacturing facilities can set energy efficiency targets by using performance-based indicators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its ENERGY STAR{reg_sign} program, has been developing plant energy performance indicators (EPIs) to encourage a variety of U.S. industries to use energy more efficiently. This report describes work with the corn refining industry to provide a plant-level indicator of energy efficiency for facilities that produce a variety of products--including corn starch, corn oil, animal feed, corn sweeteners, and ethanol--for the paper, food, beverage, and other industries in the United States. Consideration is given to the role that performance-based indicators play in motivating change; the steps needed to develop indicators, including interacting with an industry to secure adequate data for an indicator; and the actual application and use of an indicator when complete. How indicators are employed in the EPA's efforts to encourage industries to voluntarilymore » improve their use of energy is discussed as well. The report describes the data and statistical methods used to construct the EPI for corn refining plants. Individual equations are presented, as are the instructions for using them in an associated Excel spreadsheet.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USEPA
OSTI Identifier:
929225
Report Number(s):
ANL/DIS-06-4
TRN: US200814%%8
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; ETHANOL PLANTS; FOOD INDUSTRY; ANIMAL FEEDS; CORN OIL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; STARCH

Citation Formats

Boyd, G A, Decision and Information Sciences, and USEPA,. Development of a performance-based industrial energy efficiency indicator for corn refining plants.. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.2172/929225.
Boyd, G A, Decision and Information Sciences, & USEPA,. Development of a performance-based industrial energy efficiency indicator for corn refining plants.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/929225
Boyd, G A, Decision and Information Sciences, and USEPA,. 2006. "Development of a performance-based industrial energy efficiency indicator for corn refining plants.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/929225. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/929225.
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title = {Development of a performance-based industrial energy efficiency indicator for corn refining plants.},
author = {Boyd, G A and Decision and Information Sciences and USEPA,},
abstractNote = {Organizations that implement strategic energy management programs have the potential to achieve sustained energy savings if the programs are carried out properly. A key opportunity for achieving energy savings that plant managers can take is to determine an appropriate level of energy performance by comparing their plant's performance with that of similar plants in the same industry. Manufacturing facilities can set energy efficiency targets by using performance-based indicators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its ENERGY STAR{reg_sign} program, has been developing plant energy performance indicators (EPIs) to encourage a variety of U.S. industries to use energy more efficiently. This report describes work with the corn refining industry to provide a plant-level indicator of energy efficiency for facilities that produce a variety of products--including corn starch, corn oil, animal feed, corn sweeteners, and ethanol--for the paper, food, beverage, and other industries in the United States. Consideration is given to the role that performance-based indicators play in motivating change; the steps needed to develop indicators, including interacting with an industry to secure adequate data for an indicator; and the actual application and use of an indicator when complete. How indicators are employed in the EPA's efforts to encourage industries to voluntarily improve their use of energy is discussed as well. The report describes the data and statistical methods used to construct the EPI for corn refining plants. Individual equations are presented, as are the instructions for using them in an associated Excel spreadsheet.},
doi = {10.2172/929225},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/929225}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
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