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Industrial Assessment Centers have been helping small- and medium-sized businesses save money with energy efficiency audits for 30 years.

Leaders of the Fuel Cell Pack
Fuel cell forklifts like the one shown here are used by leading companies across the U.S. as part of their daily business operations. | Energy Department file photo.

The Energy Department’s "Business Case for Fuel Cells 2011" report illustrates how top American companies are using fuel cells in their business operations to advance their sustainability goals, save millions of dollars in electricity costs, and reduce carbon emissions by hundreds of thousands of metric tons per year.

Energy Innovator Drops Costs for Titanium Metalwork

Gas atomization technology developed at Ames National Lab and licensed to a startup company can cheaply and efficiently provide a main component in producing intricate aircraft, marine and biomedical parts.

President Highlights Smart Energy Training at U. of Miami
President Barack Obama tours the University of Miami Industrial Assessment Center in Miami, Florida, Feb. 23, 2012. The IAC is where students learn how to become industrial energy-efficiency experts as they help small to mid-sized manufacturers reduce their energy costs. | Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy.

During his visit to Florida, President Obama highlighted the University of Miami's Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) as a smart and important piece of the administration's "all-of-the-above" approach to domestic energy sources.

Energy Efficiency: Saving Money and Preserving Jobs
National Renewable Energy Laboratory research scientist Robert Tenent is helping incorporate thin-film design and manufacturing processes to improve the performance and drive down the sticker price of electrochromatic windows and make the product more accessible. | Photo courtesy of NREL.

Energy efficiency is not something flashy at first glance, but it quietly spurs innovation while cutting costs and saving jobs across the country.

Improved Manufacturing Processes Save Company One Billion Dollars
This simulation of a droplet of liquid falling into a pool of liquid was modeled using Los Alamos National Laboratory's Computational Fluid Dynamics Library (CFDLib), which was also used by Procter and Gamble to simulate a manufacturing process. The computer code is now available to help American industries become more competitive. | Courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory

Before P&G partnered with the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the 1990s, packaging line stoppages cost the producer of household goods more than $1 billion each year. Learn more about the simulation software revolutionizing manufacturing.