by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 4, 2026 | Energy Rant
When I read Yahoo’s assessment of Utility Dive’s article describing the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, better known as ACEEE, the BS and caveat alarms went off. Specifically, “the U.S. could save about $215 billion a year on...
by Jeff Ihnen | May 19, 2026 | Energy Rant
This week, we roll on to number eight on the top ten list of industrial efficiency measures: waste heat recovery. I already covered some waste-heat recovery technologies and approaches in process heating; specifically, boiler stack gas economizers. Waste Heat Power...
by Jake Millette | May 12, 2026 | The Big Why
The recent sharp increase in the cost of gasoline and electricity affects us every day. Because of this, it is more important than ever to seek out the most efficient technologies. But doing so is not always simple because efficiency is often measured in confusing or...
by Jeff Ihnen | May 12, 2026 | Energy Rant
In this week’s post on industrial efficiency, we are finishing out measure family number seven: process heating. Last week, we covered low and medium-temperature process heating, from heat pumps to natural gas boilers. This week, we’re rounding it out with...
by Jeff Ihnen | May 5, 2026 | Energy Rant
Moving on with our top ten list of industrial energy efficiency and load management categories, this week we are tackling process heating – #7 on the list. Note that these are ranked by typical adoption, with the most sophisticated operators deep into this list....
