Posted by Marty Michael on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 @ 10:32 AM
Trying to understand the so called "Stimulus" package and its impact on industrial business is hard to figure out around all of the hype. I have found the government's own website at http://www.recovery.gov/ to be lacking in detail and mostly centered on selling the value of the stimulus package.
I recommend the web site for the Alliance to Save Energy at http://www.ase.org/. I don't know if this site is always accurate but they appear to be a good source of information.
Since energy is a big part the plan I looked around and found this article on Energy-Efficiency Home and Vehicle Tax Credits and found it very informative although it doesn't apply directly to Industrail Energy I thought it was worth sharing.
http://ase.org/content/article/detail/2654
Your thoughts and ideas on saving industrial energy are always welcome so please comment if you have something to add.
Posted by Marty Michael on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 @ 02:25 PM
I find it interesting that the world talks about energy management all of the time, but we too often focus on the most visible items around us without really attacking the areas where it can make the biggest difference.
According to the US Department of Energy, the industrial manufacturing industry is one of the largest users of energy and subsequently also one of the largest opportunities to reduce energy waste. Water, Air, Gas, Electric, and Steam produce the acronym WAGES. For each letter in WAGES, the opportunity to save energy can be 10 times the savings gained by taking every SUV off the road.
Not that I am advocating that gas guzzlers are ok, but should we be putting more time and money into areas that give us the biggest return? Stay tuned and I will elaborate more on this subject in the coming weeks.
In the mean time, visit www.eere.energy.gov/industry/ to get the unbiased information.