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Title: Plant-Wide Assessment Report for Shaw Industries, Plant #78; Aiken, SC

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/902819· OSTI ID:902819

A plant-wide energy assessment sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy was conducted at Shaw Industries Group, plant #78 in Aiken, SC. The assessment team consisted of Georgia Tech faculty from the Energy & Environmental Management Center and Shaw personnel from plant #78 and the corporate energy group. The purpose of this assessment was to uncover as many opportunities for saving energy usage and costs using techniques that have been established as best practices in the energy engineering field. In addition, these findings are to be shared with similar plants in Shaw Industries Group to multiply the lessons learned. The findings from this assessment are included in this report.

Research Organization:
Shaw Industries, Dalton, GA; Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
DOE Contract Number:
FG36-05GO15094
OSTI ID:
902819
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO/15094-1; TRN: US200821%%313
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English