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Industrial Energy Conservation Potentials in North Carolina
Date
1987-09Metadata
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The energy crisis has been of concern
to us all since the early seventies, yet
energy inefficiency in many industrial
operations is still very common. Although
some manufacturers are aware of energy cost
saving potentials, many of them lack the
resources to determine whether or not
implementing energy conservation measures is
economically feasible. Other manufacturers
may not realize that considerable operating
costs reduction is achievable by following
simple and effective energy management
practices.
Large size companies usually have inhouse
energy management expertise; however,
this luxury is not always affordable by the
small and medium size manufacturers. The
U.S. Department of Energy is helping these
smaller companies by supporting Energy
Analysis and Diagnostic Centers (EADC) at 13
universities throughout the United States;
one of which has been at North Carolina A &
T State University since 1984, and has
served over 86 manufacturing firms. It has
been found that 8% of the energy consumed by
these manufacturers could be saved by
implementing simple energy management
techniques of payback periods less than a
year. These energy conservation
opportunities and their potential savings in
the state of North Carolina are discussed in
this paper.
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Barakat, M. G.; Singh, H.; Mallik, A. K. (1987). Industrial Energy Conservation Potentials in North Carolina. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /92868.