Energy Efficiency

Industrial - Total Assessment Audit

Project Reports

The Iowa Energy Center, as the principal sponsor of the TAA project, has established and is committed to the following project goal:

Improving the economic viability, competitiveness and profitability of Iowa's industrial base through:

• Energy efficiency and management practices
  
• Appropriate or state-of-the-art management and technology applications
  
• Enhanced waste reduction projects.
  

The TAA project goal is achieved through a holistic assessment of the company's facilities, including it's process(es), using expertise from the fields of industrial productivity, energy efficiency, and waste reduction to collectively meet the objectives listed below.

• Partner the combined resources of the academic, governmental, energy supply groups, private consultants and industrial communities to synergistically improve the productivity and competitiveness of the company.
  
• Reduce the company's dependence on energy.
  
• Reduce the waste stream created by the company during the manufacturing process(es).

For more information about the Industrial project at the IEC, contact Bill Haman.

TAA Project Reports - download available in pdf format.

Turning the Corner at Crane-Washington: A Model Methodology for Achieving Foundry Efficiencies through Productivity Enhancements and Process Management, 1996
Report prepared by and project conducted by The Metal Casting Center, The University of Northern Iowa
Under sponsorship of The Iowa Energy Center
In cooperation with Crane Valves, Washington, IA

Turning the Corner at Crane-Washington: A Model Methodology for Achieving Foundry Efficiencies through Productivity Enhancements and Process Management - Part II, 1998
Report prepared by and project conducted by The Metal Casting Center, The University of Northern Iowa
Under sponsorship of The Iowa Energy Center
In cooperation with Crane Valves, Washington, IA

Improving Productivity at Stoyles Graphic Services, 2000
Report prepared by and project conducted by Center for Building Energy Research, Iowa State University
Under sponsorship of the Iowa Energy Center
In cooperation with Stoyles Graphic Services, Mason City, IA

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