MALT INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENT CENTER

Step 1: Pre-Assessment Information Gathering

The client is sent a Pre-Assessment Form that includes:

• The size of the plant and plant layout,
• Industry type (SIC/ NAICS code) and process description,
• Production levels in units and dollars, operating hours,
• A one-year history of utility bills, and
• A list of major energy-consuming equipment.

Step 2: Involve Key Plant Personnel

The Louisiana Tech team will reach out to key plant personnel, including:

• The plant manager,
• Energy manager,
• Environmental personnel, and
• Maintenance personnel.

Step 3: Pre-Assessment Analysis

To prepare for the on-site energy assessment, our team will take the information that you provide us and create a pre-assessment analysis. This process includes:

• Analyzing the manufacturing process,
• Charting and graphing utility bills,
• Analyzing utility bills for trends and errors and establishing the unit cost of energy at the plant,
• Identifying key energy systems,
• Reviewing design and other technical documentation,
• Identifying possible energy saving potential recommendations using the IAC database, and
• Developing an assessment day strategy.

Step 4: Day of the Assessment

After introductions on the day of the on-site assessment, your team will provide us with a:

• Description of the manufacturing process and operations and
• Plant tour.

After the tour, our team will then provide you with:

• A meeting room debriefing and brainstorming session,
• Review of notes,
• A refined list of opportunities to be investigated, and
• An exit interview.

If warranted, our team will also install temporary devices to gather more data.

Step 5: Post-Assessment Activities

After the assessment, our team will complete the following:

• Conduct an engineering and financial analysis;
• Create an industrial assessment center report that includes:
  • An executive summary,
  • A plant description,
  • A process description,
  • Resource charts and tables,
  • A list of major energy-consuming equipment,
  • A list of recommendations for best practices to save money, and
  • A description of each individual energy-saving recommendation;
• Follow-up on the report with:
• A call to the client in two weeks to ensure the report was delivered and answer questions,
• A call to the client in six to nine months for implementation data,
• An upload of the data to the IAC database, and
• An inquiry about the potential for a case study of the project(s).