Industrial Committee
ASERTTI's Industrial Committee collaborates with policymakers, industry
and researchers to encourage the development and commercialization of energy
efficient technologies for industrial applications. Energy
efficiency will reduce costs and improve the competitiveness of U.S
manufacturing.
Committee Activities
- On January 23, 2012, ASERTTI's Industrial Committee hosted a webinar
presentation by Dr. Leo Christodoulou, Program Manager for the Advanced
Manufacturing Office (AMO) at the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr.
Christodoulou discussed AMO's agenda for FY2012 and new program initiatives
of interest to ASERTTI members.
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ASERTTI Industrial Committee Webinar
January 23, 2012 - MOV - 46MB
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- ASERTTI, the
Alliance for Industrial Efficiency and the
Business Council
for Sustainable Energy, in cooperation with the
House Manufacturing Caucus,
hosted a Congressional Briefing on November 17, 2011, Industrial Efficiency:
Economic Development and Energy Savings through State-Federal-Private
Collaboration, at the Rayburn House Office Building. Guest speakers
included:
Larry Boyd, Energy Industries of Ohio;
John Cuttica, Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois, Chicago;
Daniel S. LeFevers, Executive Director, Washington Operations, Gas
Technology Institute; and,
Dick Munson, Senior Vice President, Recycled Energy Development.
- ASERTTI and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
co-sponsored an Industrial Energy Efficiency and Competitiveness Workshop, held October
4-6, 2011, in Cleveland, OH. The workshop addressed constructive policy and
market-oriented strategies for driving down costs, reducing emissions and
propelling energy efficiency in the industrial sector. In addition to
ASERTTI members, participating organizations included: DOE, Ford Motor
Company, Great Plains Institute, Midwestern Governors Association, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of
Dayton, University of Michigan, and World Resources Institute, among others.
Committee Engagement
- ASERTTI supports the efforts of the
Alliance for Materials Manufacturing Excellence (AMMEX), a coalition of
companies and organizations concerned with manufacturing energy efficiency
policy issues. ASERTTI was a signatory to the March 2012 AMMEX memo,
Response to the FY2013 Budget Request and Recent Changes at the Advanced
Manufacturing Office.
- ASERTTI signed a support letter
urging Congress to extend the successful
1603 Treasury Program that
was set to expire on December 31, 2011. The Program, enacted in 2009
and extended in 2010, allows energy developers to receive a federal grant in
lieu of taking an existing energy tax incentive they are otherwise entitled
to claim - including availability to those investors eligible and seeking to
take advantage of the combined heat and power (CHP) Investment Tax Credit.
- ASERTTI and its members support the
Compressed
Air Challenge (CAC), co-sponsored by DOE, which is a voluntary
collaboration of industrial users; manufacturers, distributors and their
associations; consultants; state research and development agencies; and
others. The mission of the CAC is to be the leading source of
product-neutral compressed air system information and education, enabling
end users to improve efficiency and production, leading to increased
profits.
- ASERTTI member organizations, Washington State University-Cooperative
Extension Energy Program and the Energy Resources Center at the University
of Illinois at Chicago, participate in the
SEE Action Industrial Energy Efficiency and CHP Working Group, a joint
U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
initiative.
Committee Projects