South Texas Industrial Assessment Center (Final Report)

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1885012· OSTI ID:1885012

Domijan, Alexander ^[1]; Ramos, Jaime ^[2]; Pournik, Maysam ^[2]; Alcoutlabi, Mataz ^[2]

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1. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX (United States); University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX (United States)

The South Texas Industrial Assessment Center (ST-IAC) provides small to mid-size manufacturing companies and water treatment plants in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, free energy assessments to help them reduce costs and stay competitive for sustainable development. The ST-IAC operates within the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and is the largest Hispanic-serving IAC in the U.S. Created in 2016, the ST-IAC, situated in the most economically disadvantaged region in the country, has been successful in training students and assessing local industries served by a predominantly Hispanic population. UTRGV, now the second largest Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) of higher education in the U.S., has a student population of 32,000, of which 90% is Hispanic. While Covid-19 had a negative impact to our program during Budget Periods (BP) 4 and 5, the center still managed to provide opportunities for individuals, manufacturing and water industries in the local region. The program developed an energy engineering program in the region and further advanced national priorities. Those include resilience and sustainability of operations by implementing energy efficiency processes, renewable energy sources, decarbonization, battery storage, and cybersecurity in south Texas.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0007725
• OSTI ID: 1885012
• Report Number(s): Final-Technical-Report
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
25 ENERGY STORAGE
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Demand Response
Demand Side Management
Electric Motors
Electric Power
Electricity Metering
Energy-Efficiency
Gas
HVAC
Heat Pumps
Insulation
Manufacturing
Measurement and Instrumentation
Renewable Energy
Solar PV
Variable Speed Drives
Waste-Water