The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Industrial Technologies Program wanted to create a concise representation of energy use for industrial sectors.  By mapping the energy pathway from source to process end use they hoped to identify relative energy losses.

Energetics referenced the Energy Information Administration, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) data to map energy imports/exports and process uses.  We then completed the energy flow analysis by referencing technical studies and applying engineering estimates to estimate energy distribution and losses.

The Chemical Industry Energy Footprint was so well received that DOE requested a similar analysis for 16 other manufacturing industries and for all U.S. manufacturing; the slides were updated with MECS 2006 data and will be updated regularly.  The footprints were later referenced as a key source in developing the Energy Use, Loss and Opportunities Analysis, 2004.