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Our Industries of the Future process provides cost-shared support to R&D partnerships that address the needs of eight of the nation's most energy-intensive, and most crucial, industries. In fact, these eight industries account for a full 75% of industrial energy consumption and represent the largest opportunity to increase energy efficiency in the industrial sector.
Our efforts in Crosscutting Technologies provide cost-shared funding for R&D in four key technology areas common to most energy-intensive industries: Combustion, Sensors & Automation, Industrial Materials for the Future, and Supporting Industries. Because of the widespread application of these crosscutting technologies, even small improvements in their efficiency can yield large energy savings.
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Through our BestPractices strategy, industrial partners can save enormous amounts of energy, today, by implementing off-the-shelf technologies and energy management practices. We fund activities to stimulate the near-term adoption of these technologies and practices including plant assessments, tool development and training, information and technology dissemination, and showcase demonstrations. A key element of the BestPractices strategy is replication of successful energy management practices through our EERE Allied Partners.
The Industrial Assessment Centers program enables eligible small and medium-sized manufacturers to have comprehensive industrial assessments performed at no cost to the manufacturer.
Industrial Energy Systems, such as combined heat and power, can play an enormous role in improving industrial energy efficiency. In fact, the industrial sector is leading the way in combined heat and power installations, and is exploring improvements in other systems, components, and materials that will benefit manufacturing processes.
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