Assessment of the Market for Compressed Air Efficiency Services

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIESThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT),through partnerships with industry, government, and non-governmentalorganizations, develops and delivers advanced energy efficiency, renewable energy, andpollution-prevention technologies for industrial applications. OIT is part of DOE’s Office of EnergyEfficiency and Renewable Energy.OIT encourages industry-wide efforts to boost resource productivity through the Industries of theFuture (IOF) strategy. The industry-led IOF strategy focuses on these energy- and resource-intensiveindustries:Agriculture Aluminum ChemicalsForest Products Glass Metal CastingMining Petroleum SteelThese nine industries account for more than 80% of the manufacturing sector’s energy use.In addition, they account for over 80% of the volume of all waste and pollution generated inmanufacturing, and about two-thirds of all pollution-control expenditures in manufacturing.To help industries begin saving energy, reducing costs, and cutting pollution right away, OIT offersa comprehensive portfolio of emerging technologies, practices, tools, information, and resourcesin a variety of application areas. Visit our Web site at www.oit.doe.gov to find out more about OITand how your company can get involved.ABOUT OIT’S BESTPRACTICES PROGRAMBestPractices is part of OIT’s Industries of the Future strategy. BestPracticesbrings together the best-available and emerging technologies and practicesto help companies immediately begin improving energy efficiency, environmentalperformance, and productivity.In addition to bringing emerging technologies closer to commercialization, BestPractices focuseson plant systems, where significant efficiency improvements and savings can be achieved. Industrygains easy access to near-term and long-term solutions for improving the performance of motor,steam, compressed air, and process heating systems. The Industrial Assessment Centers providecomprehensive industrial energy evaluations to small- and medium-sized manufacturers.BestPractices also works with an extensive network of Allied Partners to help deliver energyefficiency information to industry. Allied Partners enhance the IOF strategy by working with theseindustries to adopt proven technologies and best energy management practices.BestPractices offers a wide range of resources—including software, training, tip sheets, casestudies, sourcebooks, and a bi-monthly newsletter—to industry on how to take advantage ofenergy- and cost-saving opportunities in their facilities.To learn more about BestPractices, visit our Web site at www.oit.doe.gov/bestpractices.ABOUT THE COMPRESSED AIR CHALLENGE ®The Compressed Air Challenge ® (CAC) is a non-profit corporationthat is a collaboration of industrial users of compressed air and theirassociations; equipment manufacturers, distributors and their associations; the U.S. Departmentof Energy; state research and development agencies; utility companies, and energy efficiencyorganizations. The purpose of the CAC is to educate both users and suppliers of industrialcompressed air systems on the benefits of taking a “systems approach” as set forth in trainingmaterials, publications, software, and other media. The CAC takes a strict “solutions neutral”approach as an unbiased source of information. For more information, visit our Web site atwww.compressedairchallenge.org.