Teams of ITAC staff and students travel to various facilities within a three-hour radius of College Station, including commercial and consumer product manufacturing plants, food processing facilities, and wastewater treatment plants. The team conducts a one or two-day site visit to take engineering measurements. The team performs a detailed process analysis to generate specific recommendations with estimates of costs, performance, and payback times. Within 60 days, the plant receives a confidential report detailing the research, findings, and recommendations. In six to nine months, the ITAC team calls the plant manager to verify what recommendations have been implemented. Records show that around 60% of the savings recommendations were implemented.
Below is a tentative timeline for requesting and completing an assessment. Review the eligibility guidelines below before submitting your request.
Eligibility Guidelines
You may still qualify for an assessment if you do not directly meet all of our eligibility requirements. Feel free to still submit an application and get in touch with us so we may discuss our options:
180 MILES FROM COLLEGE STATION
Must be a manufacturing facility or a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) within 180 miles of College Station with a SIC code between 20 and 39 (excluding: oil and gas production, farming, and ranching). *Travel exemptions may be accommodated*
SUPPLY ENERGY DATA
You must be willing to supply certain data about energy use (copies of electric and natural gas bills for 12 months), number of employees, annual production, gross annual sales, and other items.
PLANT BY PLANT BASIS
Eligibility is determined on a plant-by-plant basis. A plant owned by a large company owning many sites is eligible if the individual plant meets the following established criteria:
-
- Gross annual sales below $250M
- Fewer than 500 employees at the plant site
- Annual utility bills are between $100K and $3.5M
- No in-house professional staff to perform the assessment