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ITP Commercial Successes

Over the past 27 years ITP has supported approximately 600 separate research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects that have produced more than 170 technologies. In 2004, successfully commercialized technologies resulted in energy cost savings to industry of 366 trillion Btu, approximately equivalent to $2.06 billion. In addition to impressive energy savings, industry reaps even greater benefits from the productivity improvements, reduced resource consumption, decreased emissions, and enhancements to product quality associated with these technological advances. Many ITP-supported projects have significantly expanded basic knowledge about complex industrial processes and have laid the foundation for developing future energy-efficient technologies.

Energy Technology Solutions: Public-Private Partnerships Transforming Industry (PDF 3.7 MB) provides details on each ITP co-funded energy-efficient technology available in the marketplace today. It also presents details on emerging technologies and other resources to help industry save energy.

ITP tracks energy savings as well as other benefits associated with the successfully commercialized technologies resulting from its research partnerships. Our Impacts report summarizes some of these benefits including energy savings, waste reduction, increased productivity, lowered carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions, and improved product quality. It also provides an overview of activities of two ITP technical assistance programs: the Industrial Assessment Centers and BestPractices.

Full Report

Impacts: Industrial Technologies Program: Summary of Program Results for CY2005 (PDF 3.9 MB)

Report: By Section

  • Foreword, Table of Contents, Executive Summary, Summary of ITP Program Impacts, and Technology Program Impacts (PDF 600 KB)

  • Appendix 1: ITP-Sponsored Technologies Commercially Available (PDF 3.4 MB)

  • Appendix 2: ITP Emerging Technologies (PDF 580 KB)

  • Appendix 3: Historical ITP Technology Successes (PDF 335 KB)

  • Appendix 4: Method of Calculating Results for the IAC Program (PDF 229 KB)

  • Appendix 5: Method of Calculating Results for the BestPractices Program (PDF 246 KB)

  • Appendix 6: Methodology for Technology Tracking and Assessment of Benefits (PDF 292 KB)