Process oriented industrial classification for energypark

Resumen

In the US, manufacturing plants are classified by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Similar classifications are also used in many other countries. Energy use data for 300 manufacturing plants in Southern California are collected and analyzed by SIC code. The results showed that the classification is less than useful for energy categorization. The SIC is not a convenient tool to classify energy use. This paper suggests a process based classification which proved to be more convenient to sort manufacturing plants by their energy intensity. The method can be used to match plants for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and also to create energyparks.