MU's IAC Program Honored by DOE for
Energy Efficiency Efforts

Columbia, Mo. — The Industrial Assessment Center at MU's College of Engineering recently received a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Department of Energy, according to Bin Wu, industrial and manufacturing systems engineering professor and director of IAC.

Alexander Karsner, DOE assistant secretary and head of the department's energy efficiency and renewable energy office, awarded the certificate in recognition of IAC's "contribution to achieving energy efficiency." The certificate is related to IAC's participation in DOE's Save Energy Now program, which has several hundred partners from across the nation including industrial plants, companies, trade associations, utilities, consultants, government agencies and universities.

MU's IAC provides energy and productivity assessments to Missouri industries. It promotes best practices in energy efficiency, reusable energy, waste reduction and productivity through integrating activities involving the University, state agencies, MU Extension, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, and statewide and local utilities and industrial associations.

"Specifically, we offer an energy audit and productivity assessments to qualified small-to-medium-sized manufacturing companies," says Wu.

To be eligible for a free energy efficiency and productivity improvement assessment manufacturers must: have annual total energy costs between $100,000 and $2 million; have no more than 500 employees; have gross annual sales of $100 million or less; and lack in-house professional expertise in energy use and conservation.

For more information on MU's IAC consult the program's Web site at www.iac.missouri.edu.