Georgia Industrial Assessment Center

Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

Providing Free Energy for Manufacturers

The Georgia Industrial Assessment Center (Geo-IAC), with its main center at Kennesaw State University, provides free energy and productivity assessments for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

The program, fully funded by the DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), provides services to manufacturers at no cost. To be eligible for the assessment, industrial facilities should have:

Annual energy bills between $100,000 and $3.5 million,
Annual revenue less than $250 million,
Manufacturing NAICS Classifications of 31-33 (formerly SIC codes 20–39),
Location within 150 miles of Kennesaw State University.

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Less than $100 million Between $100 million and $249 millionBetween $250 million and $399 millionMore than $400 million

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For more information, contact Geo-IAC director at Kennesaw State University via email. For special cases, certain requirements may be waived.

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Position

Amin Esmaeili Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering

Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
aesmaei3@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2315
M 119
Director of Georgia Industrial Assessment Center
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Kennesaw State University

Assessment Process

The IAC team comprises faculty and student engineers from Kennesaw State University and Clark Atlanta University, in addition to energy engineers from the Southface Institute. Our assessments entail one-day site visits to industrial facilities for tours and data collection. Following the site visit, the team provides a comprehensive report detailing specific opportunities for enhancing competitiveness, as identified during the assessment. Typically, IACs identify potential annual savings opportunities of more than $130,000 for each assessed manufacturer, with nearly $50,000 of these savings being implemented during the first year following the assessment.

Faculty Team Members

Dr. Olu Olatidoye: oolatidoye@cau.edu, Dr. Amin Esmaeili: aesmaei3@kennesaw.edu, Dr. David Guerra-Zubiaga: dguerraz@kennesaw.edu, Dr. Javad Khazaii: jkhazaii@kennesaw.edu

Student Team Members

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Georgia IAC is one of the 37 DOE-Funded Industrial Assessment Centers

The Industrial Assessment Center Program advances a clean energy and manufacturing workforce that represents the diversity of America, and a reinvigorated manufacturing base prepared to lead the global clean energy transition. Teams located at 37 universities around the country conduct energy assessments to identify opportunities to improve productivity and competitiveness, reduce waste, and save energy. More information can be found at the DOE website.