Sec. 1202. Leveraging existing Federal agency programs to assist small and medium manufacturers
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In this section and section 1203: The term “energy management system” means a business management process based on standards of the American National Standards Institute that enables an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance, including energy efficiency, security, use, and consumption. The term “industrial assessment center” means a center located at an institution of higher education that— receives funding from the Department; provides an in-depth assessment of small- and medium-size manufacturer plant sites to evaluate the facilities, services, and manufacturing operations of the plant site; and identifies opportunities for potential savings for small- and medium-size manufacturer plant sites from energy efficiency improvements, waste minimization, pollution prevention, and productivity improvement.
The term National Laboratory has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 ). The term “small and medium manufacturers” means manufacturing firms— classified in the North American Industry Classification System as any of sectors 31 through 33; with gross annual sales of less than $100,000,000; with fewer than 500 employees at the plant site; and with annual energy bills totaling more than $100,000 and less than $2,500,000. The term smart manufacturing means advanced technologies in information, automation, monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking that— digitally— simulate manufacturing production lines; operate computer-controlled manufacturing equipment; monitor and communicate production line status; and manage and optimize energy productivity and cost throughout production; model, simulate, and optimize the energy efficiency of a factory building; monitor and optimize building energy performance; model, simulate, and optimize the design of energy efficient and sustainable products, including the use of digital prototyping and additive manufacturing to enhance product design; connect manufactured products in networks to monitor and optimize the performance of the networks, including automated network operations; and digitally connect the supply chain network.
The Secretary shall expand the scope of technologies covered by the Industrial Assessment Centers of the Department— to include smart manufacturing technologies and practices; and to equip the directors of the Industrial Assessment Centers with the training and tools necessary to provide technical assistance in smart manufacturing technologies and practices, including energy management systems, to manufacturers. The Secretary shall use unobligated funds of the Department to carry out this section.
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