§18811 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the part. Energy management system is a business process, based on ANSI standards, that helps an organization steadily improve how it uses, protects, and saves energy. Industrial research and assessment center is a center at a college, trade school, community college, or union training program that gets Department funding, checks small- and medium-size manufacturer plant sites, and finds ways they can save energy, cut waste, prevent pollution, and work more efficiently. Information and communication technology is any electronic system or equipment (and its content) for making, changing, sharing, or copying data, like hardware, software, networks, and interfaces. Institution of higher education has the meaning given in section 1001(a) of title 20. North American Industry Classification System is the federal standard for classifying businesses. Small and medium manufacturers are firms in NAICS sectors 31–33 with under $100,000,000 in annual sales, fewer than 500 employees at the plant, and annual energy bills greater than $100,000 but less than $3,500,000. Smart manufacturing uses advanced digital, automation, sensing, modeling, AI, analytics, and networking tools to simulate, control, monitor, and optimize production lines, factory energy use, product design, connected products, and the supply chain.