IAC: University of Delaware

Implementation Grant Funding Opportunity Open

IMPORTANT: The grant program operates on a rolling basis and applications may be submitted at any time, with quarterly reviews.

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Implementation Grant Funding Opportunity Open

Qualifying* small and medium-sized US manufacturers, that received IAC or Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership assessments between 2018 and 2024, can now apply for grants for implementation of assessment recommendations up 50% of qualifying* project costs with a maximum of $300,000 per manufacturer.

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Grant Program - Open Solicitation

IMPORTANT: The grant program now operates on a rolling basis and applications may be submitted at any time through the year, with quarterly reviews.

*See Full Grant Solicitation for full qualification and selection details.

IAC Center of the Year: 2012

The University of Delaware Industrial Assessment Center (DL-IAC) provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small and medium-sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the US Department of Energy.

247	Assessments
2,054	Recommendations
4.68	Tbtu Energy Saving*
$46.39	million Cost Savings*
117	Students Trained

*Recommended Savings

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Energy Engineering related programs, degrees, etc:

Sustainable Energy Technology minor
Energy and Environmental Policy

Recent Case Studies

Assessment Overview: Thermoplastics Manufacturer

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Related Papers & Publications

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2014

2 Papers / Publications

Wolfe, D. and Goossen, K.W., " Optimized Optical Structures for Active Modulated Reflectance Roofing System,, American Solar Energy Society Solar 2014, | DL-IAC

2013

1 Papers / Publications

2012

1 Papers / Publications

Duarte, C.; Delmar, P. ; Goossen, K.W. ; Barner, K. ; Gomez-Luna, E., " Non-intrusive load monitoring based on switching voltage transients and wavelet transforms,, Future of Instrumentation International Workshop (FIIW), | DL-IAC

2011

1 Papers / Publications

Goossen, K. and Wetzel, A, " Application of Radiant Barriers to Reduce Heat Loss in Process Equipment, SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-0322, | DL-IAC

Noteworthy Feedback

"Ralph, I want to thank you and your team for coming on site and performing this assessment for us. The attached report is excellent, and we will be meeting on this in the very near future. This comes at a good time as our business has slowed down recently and along with that cost’s reductions are necessary to reduce the pains. We will use this report as a tool to push the executive team to allocate funds into the plant so that we can continue our path forward of reducing our energy consumption and overall cost of operation. The team here will be reviewing this with great detail and will absolutely reach out for any questions or concerns. Again, thank you all very much, your efforts are greatly appreciated!"

- Source: Nick DiSalvo, 10/26/2022

"Thank-you Keith, Lincoln and Luke, this is awesome. We will digest when Josh gets back next week, will let you know if we have questions. We really appreciate the audit, be well."

- Source: Michelle Conklin, Engineering, 08/25/2022

"Great findings Keith! My favorite was using the RO reject stream for cooling tower make up water. Big financial savings and over 3 million gallons of water saved will certainly impact your WUR in a positive way. It would be great to see this prioritized out of the list since WUR is the metric that has seen the worst upward trend. Silver Spring team, let us know if you need support with this."

- Source: Brandi Collignon, Environmental Affairs Sr Manager, Coca Cola, 01/17/2023

"Good Morning , Thank you for this detailed report. We ate Eagle Group really appreciate the time and effort you have all put into this on our behalf. Had we hired a firm to do this work for us, it would have cost us thousands of dollars, so we are very appreciative of the work the entire team has put into this. I will review it in more detail over the next week. Thanks, Rick"

- Source: Rick Murphy, Eagle Group, 08/02/2022

"I appreciate the quick turnaround. I will review and get back to you with any questions."

- Source: Brooke Kinney Jr., Plant Manager, Thermoplastic Processes, 08/18/2021

"Thank You for all of your time and expertise."

- Source: Randy Hartzell, Plant Controller, Graham Packaging, 06/30/2021

"Hi Keith. Thank you for coming out. I was very impressed by the attention to detail you all did during the audit. Great team."

- Source: Jackob Schleifer, Director of Field Operations, Planlt Green LLC, 04/14/2021

"Thanks again for you and your team’s hard work. I’ve shared your reporting with the other management here and I’m sure there will be questions, clarifications, and other musings to follow."

- Source: Victor Tabeling, Sales and Marketing Manager, Applied Diamond, Inc, 03/25/2021

"We cant thank you enough for your time and commitment in conducting this assessment. There are some great opportunities in here that the team and I will work on addressing."

- Source: Pat Paya II, Plant Manager, Supply Chain, Liberty Coca-Cola, 04/26/2021

"Hi Keith, Many thanks to you and your team for all the hard work. Best Regards, Thomas Kaiser"

- Source: Thomas Kaiser, Site Operational Excellence Lead, Liberty Coca-Cola, 02/05/2021

"Thank you so much for your efforts! We really enjoyed your visit a nd your recommendations."

- Source: Chesky Seitler, COO, Kosher Gardens LLC, 02/15/2021

"Thanks Keith, all very good recommendations."

- Source: Toby Boyd, General Manager, Pemco Lighting Products, 12/15/2020

"I can’t thank you, your students and the University of Delaware enough for performing the audits for the City of Rehoboth Beach!"

- Source: Vicky Hatton, Accounting Supervisor, City of Rehoboth Beach, 12/23/2020

"TA Continues to be very interested in performing these recommendations. 2020 has been an extremely challenging year due to COVID, an extremely stunted market, a plant shut-down and move, etc. We hope to be able to start to implement these recommendations in 2021."

- Source: John Burns, Facilities Manager, TA Instruments, 11/06/2020

"Keith, on behalf of Thermoseal, I want to reiterate our gratitude to you and your team. We appreciate everyone's efforts to identify and quantify opportunities to reduce Thermoseals energy costs. We thoroughly enjoyed the audit and we hope your team enjoyed the day at Thermoseal. "

- Source: Dan Nichols, Director of Operations, Thermoseal, 01/21/2015

"Thank you very much for your energy assessment. This is valuable work all around; for us for the potential energy savings, and for the students for training and development. I will dig into the report over the days and push for suggested improvements where practical. I will certainly reach out to you if any questions arise. I hope you attained valuable experience out of providing us this service."

- Source: Raymond Hunce, Research Associate, Lifoam Industries, 10/02/2014

""They did a really good job of generating ideas and covered a lot of ground.""

- Source: Mark Myers, Ashland, 08/01/2014

""My firm is quite impressed with the work of you and your team and you may be contacted by higher ranking members of my firm to see if you can help us at other sites.""

- Source: Charles F Beck, Certech, 08/01/2014

""Thanks to you and your team for such a thorough audit. Iâ€™m very impressed with the process and expect that we will implement most if not all of the suggestions.""

- Source: Ralph Wood, Interstate Connecting Components, 08/01/2014

"The report is excellent, and the entire crew did an outstanding job. I appreciate the efforts of all and immediate corrections that were made to help us save money on day one!!!"

- Source: Gary M. Coppola, Journal Register Offset, 08/01/2014

""On behalf of -, I am writing to thank you for putting us in touch with Prof. Keith Goossen and his exceptional team. The energy assessment report and the recommendations have helped us better understand our system. It also enabled us to work on projects that have a direct impact on our energy consumption, hence helping us lower our energy bills. I am pleased to inform you that we have recently accepted a state grant to improve for our chiller/piping system. This would not have been possible without the excellent work done by the University of Delaware Mid-Atlantic Industrial Assessment Center.""

- Source: Vaibhav Paritosh, Bilcare, 08/01/2014

Contact Center Center Website

Center Director	Keith Goossen
Email	goossen@udel.edu
Phone #	+13028310210
Fax #	+13028314316
Mailing Address	University of Delaware 140 Evans Hall Newark, DE 19716

Other	Allison Lutz
Other	Priscila Barbosa
Assistant Director	Ralph Nigro
Other	Robert Schmidt

University of Delaware has trained 117 students

The following students have participated in IAC assessments with University of Delaware since 2007.
The 51 students (in BOLD) have also been awarded IAC student certificates for exceptional participation.

Adam Bourjal

Aditya Utturkar

Adrian Wetzel

Alex Kuchuk

Ali Mousavi

Allyce Ramadan

Andrew Rackie

Anna Ferrara

Ben Ross

Benjamin Shopp

Bradley Hoffmann

Brandon Maravilla Garcia

Brandon Tacconelli

Brian Chlan

Brice Carlson

Bruce Hu

Bryan Haney

Byron Lambrou

Cesar Duarte

Chase Lawrence

Chelsi Campbell

Christine Longhitano

Christopher Brehm

Christopher Calandra

Colin Manasse

Cory Budischak

Courtney Griffin

Dan Kasper

Daniel Wolfe

David Graham

David McAndrews

David Mroz

Douglas Devoto

Elizabeth Alban

Emmanuel Dessallien

Erika vant Veld

Ernest Koepf

Fan Wang

Felipe Quintero

Gabriel Bisio

Galvin Stuart

Gayathre Krishnan

Gordon Schweitzer

Grace Li

Gretchen Rodammer

Guy Kramer

Jacob Goldblatt

Jacqueline Johnson

James Craig

James Schneider

Jason Clausing

Joe Camp

John Grayo

Jose Cardozo

Josh Dubey

Joshua Hyman

Julia Hirs

Junli Li

Justino DeAngelis

Keith Gallagher

Kimberly Lewis

Kristen Pickelsimer

Kristina Kowal

Latha Natraj

Lemir Teron

Liam Kelley

Lincoln Pritt

Luke Hutchinson

Marcel Okoli

Marisa Myrick

Mark Griesinger

Matthew Marino

Matthew Vilaboy

Matthew Webber

Mayank Saraswat

Megan Murray

Mehul Garg

Micah Uzuh

Michael Dee

Muhammad Kamil Qaddus

Nathan Coleman

Nevin Schlabach

Nick Goossen

Nicole Suto

Nnamnor Okafor

Noah Durbin

Pallavi Mathur

Parag Nathaney

Paul Del Mar

Paul Gordon

Paul LaShier

Paul Zaloga Jr

Peleg Kremer

Priscila Barbosa

Randall Jacob Stafford

Rebecca Beswick

Reema Alyahmadi

Richard Parsons

Rocco Dumnich

Ryan Dudek

Ryan Purnell

Ryan Wolynetz

Samuel Matylewicz

Samuel Romano

Sanjay Gopal

Sean Frazee

Theodore Lambert

Thomas Potter

Tom Battagliese

Travis Deputy

Varun Gupta

Vasan C.S. Chandrasekaran

Veerendra Bommenahalli Veerabadrappa

Victoria DeSpirito

Will Brown

Yannick Hutson

Yash Kabra