“I wanted to take the opportunity to provide you direct comment regarding the University of Missouri – Midwest Industrial Assessment Center (MIAC) and the professionalism, exemplary assessment work and collaborative teamwork results conducted by Sanjeev Khanna, PhD and his staff at the Gateway Aluminum plant. I and the Packaging Matters and Gateway Aluminum management staff were very impressed with the knowledge, identified energy efficiency opportunities and recommended path forward provided by Dr. Khanna and staff. It was clearly evident why the MIAC is recognized as a top entity in the US Department of Energy – Industrial Assessment Center structure. We look forward to working with the MIAC on the next steps in implementing the assessment recommendations.”
– Source: Glen Lewis, Senior Program Manager, 08/12/2023
“Overall, the IAC Team from UMOC was very useful to us. In addition to the line items identified, having the IAC report gave us a platform to discuss our sustainability projects. As a result, we are now have a vendor coming to cost out upgrading our HVAC system. Our team has also become more aware of energy savings opportunities. For example, one recommendation was to look at the set point of the compressed air system. We learned that we need to put more focus on fixing air leaks (using a program we have in place) thus enabling us to lower the overall set point.”
– Source: Ross Tompkins, Sealed Air, 04/25/2024
“IAC and the DOE have been critical to help ensure the continued success of local manufacturing by ensuring continued improvement for facilities and utility consumption. Avail Switchgear Systems is proud to have them as partners and aims to continue that partnership to provide a more sustainable business for our local community. The impact of the assessment and involvement from IAC and DOE at our facility is sending ripples of communication for other improvement initiatives and suggestions that help spark further advancement. In terms of the IAC Students, we heavily enjoyed the personnel present at the facility would highly welcome any expressed interest in any positions or potential internships in the future.”
– Source: Grahm Meyer, AZZ Swichgear Systems, 06/08/2023
“Thank you for you and your students’ work on this report. We have a few new leadership roles at White River that are keen on reducing energy consumption at the plant and supporting creative solutions. Even if we did not complete the entire recommendation list this year, we will definitely reference the report in years to come.”
– Source: Hannah Wilson, Facility Sustainability Manager, 03/27/2023
“Thank you for bringing the students and performing the study. The ideas your team presented helped us to take a deeper dive on what we do for large scale projects. The return on investment was very helpful when determining what projects we would look at doing first.”
– Source: Denise Gordon, EHS Manager, Parker Hannifin, 03/15/2023
“This report has been very comprehensive and an interesting read on my part as one of the suggestions was hydropower that I have not heard about at a Wastewater Treatment Facility. I am very impressed with the report.”
– Source: Client #312
“I want to thank you and your team for the time you spent on this. You have been very helpful in identifying issues for us to work on. The projects we have going on currently all have energy savings in mind and we have seen a reduced load in our electrical.”
– Client #305
“I would like to take a moment and express my gratitude to you and your students for completing the energy audit at our manufacturing facility. Your team was polite, professional, knowledgeable, curious, safety-conscious, and resourceful in determining areas of improvement. I appreciate the feedback we received on your very detailed report. We will use it as a guide as we move forward in our efforts to reduce energy waste. I would highly recommend your group to other facilities looking to improve their processes. Your team identified issues we’ve had for years but have never taken a step back and realized on our own. Thank you again for the audit, detailed report, and recommendations for our facility. Job well done!”
– Client #295
“This report has been very comprehensive and an interesting read on my part as one of the suggestions was hydropower that I have not heard about at a Wastewater Treatment Facility. I am very impressed with the report.”
– Source: Lynden Lawson, Assistant Director of Public Works for Operations, Turkey Creek Wastewater Plant, 07/07/2022
“I want to thank you and your team for the time you spent on this. You have been very helpful in identifying issues for us to work on. The projects we have going on currently all have energy savings in mind and we have seen a reduced load in our electrical.”
– Source: Stephen Pollock, Plant Manager, J. M. Eagle, 03/21/2022
“I have printed and briefly went through the review. This is a great amount of work and I am excited to thoroughly read through this and look at how we can save money on electrical consumption as well as water. I will provide some feedback/comments after I go through it completely.
Thank you very much again for the diligent work you and the students have put into this I greatly appreciate it.”
– Client #267
“This audit is very well done. Not only does it provide Dean Foods with sustainability projects and the savings calculations use for project justification, but it also provided your students with real-world hands-on experience. I support the O’Fallon plant from a corporate engineering function, so when Randy presented your idea to perform the audit I thought it was a great fit with our sustainability objectives. Dean Foods, like many organizations today, is being asked to dig deeper for sustainability and cost savings projects, so this audit will allow us to fill the pipeline. Randy and I will get together to look over the projects and discuss possible timelines for completion. Thanks again for your teams work.”
– Client #257
“Thank you and your team for the onsite assessment and providing the detailed report; I have filed the report and intend to visit each recommendation and request action to implementation opportunity. I thoroughly enjoyed having your students and the length of detail to supply Legrand Cablofil with sustainability projects that identify the cost savings and energy reduction efforts maximum impact. Legrand Cablofil is committed to setting objectives intended to improve our environmental performance by taking action to protect the environment, meeting compliance obligations, and continually improving. Thank you for your support in those efforts and for reaching our sustainability and energy reduction goals.”
– Client #249
“This is a very comprehensive energy report. Very well stated through careful engineering calculations. I am glad to see that all data used were true and within range. Savings calculated are realistic and initial costs were low. Bottom line is, I like your approach of evaluating what we have and figuring out how to manage the equipment to yield higher throughput in relation to operating cost before any expensive upgrade implementations. I truly appreciate the effort and hard work of you and your team. I assure you that most of these, if not all, recommendations will be implemented in our facility and perhaps to all JCI plant across NA. Moving forward, my team will develop an action plan to start implementing these recommendations. I will definitely call you if we have some questions. Thanks for the help. Please extend my appreciation to your team.”
– Client #237
“Attached is a summary of our electric usage over the last two and a half years. We implemented several recommendations from the energy audit during June of 2018. As you can see, the savings have been material. Thank you for your help with our energy issues. We would like to continue to work with you on these types of programs in the future.”
– Client #231
“Working with Sanjeev’s team was a delight. They were knowledgeable, professional, and asked great questions to understand our process completely before generating a report with suggestions. The report highlighted some improvement areas that we had not thought of yet which was fantastic. Thank you very much for your time to help us continuously improve our energy reduction plans.”
– Client #227
“The report looks great! Very detailed and payback calculations make it easy for our team to prioritize. We are planning to discuss it tomorrow in our weekly management meeting and come up with an action plan to start getting some of the improvements underway. I will let you know how things progress. It has been a real pleasure working with you and your team.”
– Client #225