Save Energy Now (SEN) Assessment Helps Expand Energy Management Program at Shaw Industries: Flooring Company Saves $872,000 Annually by Improving Steam System Efficiency

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/935105· OSTI ID:935105

This case study describes how the Shaw Industries plant #20 in Dalton, Georgia, achieved annual savings of $872,000 and 93,000 MMBtu after receiving a DOE Save Energy Now energy assessment and implementing recommendations to improve the efficiency of its steam system.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 935105
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102007-2537; TRN: US200815%%385
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Industrial Technologies Program Save Energy Now Case Study
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
STEAM SYSTEMS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CASE STUDY
DOE
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
SAVE ENERGY NOW
STEAM SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
SHAW
SHAW INDUSTRIES
PLANT #20
FLOORING
FLOOR PRODUCTS
TEXTILES
PLANT ASSESSMENTS
GEORGIA
Industry