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GUIDE TO INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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Science Applications International Corporation. GUIDE TO INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. EPA/625/R-99/003 (NTIS PB2002-104150), 1999.
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This document presents an overview of industrial assessments and the general framework for conducting an assessment. It describes combined assessments for pollution prevention and energy, "industrial assessments," providing guidance to those performing assessments at industrial or other commercial facilities. In addition, basic information about waste generating industrial operations and energy consuming equipment is provided. This guide can be used by both facility personnel to conduct in-house assessments of operations and by third parties who are interested in providing industrial assessments. Traditionally, assessments have been performed on singular problem areas, focusing on either pollution prevention or energy. An interagency agreement between the USEPA and the DOE combined pollution prevention and energy assessments into industrial assessments, looking at both areas for small and medium size facilities in SIC codes 20-39. A first draft of a training manual describing this industrial assessment methodology was prepared by Rutgers, The STATE U of NJ, in 12/95. This Guide is organized into 4 basic sections: 1) Basic Concepts, Chapters 1-4 - Assessment methodology, fundamentals of an assesment, and evaluation of pollution prevention and energy conservation opportunities. 2) Specific Waste Generation Information, Chapter 5 - Industrial operations, waste generated from each operation, and pollution prevention opportunities. 3) Specific Energy Consumption Information, Chapters 6-10 - Types of energy consuming equipment including electrical equipment, heat generating equipment like boilers, and furnaces, prime movers of energy, thermal applications, and HVAC. 4) References and Case Studies - Materials to be used repeatedly such as references, sources of information, and pollution prevention and energy conservation case studies. This guide is an effort by EPA to contribute to an understanding of both pollution prevention and energy assessments at commercial facilities. Companies from large to small, and government at all levels, as well as assistance providers, could find the information contined in this directory useful. This work covers a period from 5-9/1998.