Open AccessPlant-Wide Assessment Report for Shaw Industries, Plant #78; Aiken, SC
Author(s) -
Cem Michael Brown,
Matt Soderlund,
Bill Meffert,
Paolo Baldisserotto,
Cem Jerry Zolkowski
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/902819
Subject(s) - assessment center , energy (signal processing) , operations management , engineering , business , psychology , mathematics , statistics , applied psychology
A plant-wide energy assessment sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy was conducted at Shaw Industries Group, plant #78 in Aiken, SC. The assessment team consisted of Georgia Tech faculty from the Energy & Environmental Management Center and Shaw personnel from plant #78 and the corporate energy group. The purpose of this assessment was to uncover as many opportunities for saving energy usage and costs using techniques that have been established as best practices in the energy engineering field. In addition, these findings are to be shared with similar plants in Shaw Industries Group to multiply the lessons learned. The findings from this assessment are included in this report