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Improving Industrial Energy and Water Efficiency
Prakash Rao works to improve industrial energy and water efficiency across the US manufacturing sector by:
- Analyzing sector and company specific energy efficiency improvement potential
- Establishing of voluntary programs to reduce industrial energy and water consumption
- Developing energy management strategies for manufacturers
- Developing software tools and publications to promote energy efficiency
Full Profile | (510) 486-4410 | PRao@lbl.gov
Industrial Energy Performance and Management
Responsible Energy Efficiency and Generation Technologies
Peter Therkelsen researches:
- Barriers to implementing industrial energy efficiency measures
- Implementing energy management systems
- U.S. delegate to International Standards Organization meetings for energy management and savings
- Data-driven analysis of energy management systems focusing on costs and benefits of certification to the U.S. Department of Energy Superior Energy Performance program
- Developmemt of high efficiency, fuel flexible and low emission installed and portable heat and power systems.
Full profile | (510) 486-5645 | PTherkelsen@lbl.gov
Commercial and industrial energy efficiency
Motor-driven, steam and process heating systems
Distributed generation; Standards development
Paul Sheaffer manages:
- Large projects in industrial and building sector energy efficiency
- Cross-cutting technologies including motors, drives, pump, compressed air, fan, steam, and process heating systems
- Sector-specific systems and technologies
- Tools, technical publications, training, standards, projects, certification programs
- Efficiency assessments related to industrial and building systems efficiency and distributed generation.
Full profile | (703) 689-1202 (cell) | PSheaffer@lbl.gov