IAC Database Glossary

Both Industry and IAC specific terms and descriptions.

ARC - Assessment Recommendation Codes

A six digit code (x.xxxx.x) representing the specific recommendation made, first digit is the recommendation type, next four digits is the strategy employed and the last digit is the application of the strategy (see ARC List Manual for specific types and strategies).

Assessment

Manufacturer information referenced by a unique number for a particular assessment.

Cost Savings

Dollar amount saved.

IAC - Industrial Assessments Center

Centers located at accredited engineering schools staffed by faculty and students doing energy, waste and productivity audits for small and medium sized manufacturers.

IAC Database

Database containing the technical information about the 13,000 + audits done by all the IAC's.

Implementation Code

Client reported implentation status of recommendation: Blank = Not yet reported on, I = Has been implemented, N = will not be implemented, P = Pending, large recommendations not yet done, K = Unable to get status from client.

NAICS

The 'North American industry Classification System', NAICS uses a six digit hierarchical coding system to classify all economic activity into twenty industry sectors. Five sectors are mainly goods-producing sectors and fifteen are entirely services-producing sectors.

Payback

Time (in years) required for a recommendation to pay off, in full, the implementation cost.

Primary, Secondary, Teriary, and Quaternary

There are up to 4 resource streams of savings tracked: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary. They each contain a resource code, quantity of resource saved and Dollar savings.

Recommendation

Recommendation information referenced by a unique number containing assessment number + recommendation number.

Resource Code

The type of resource being saved at the facility.

Resource Saved Site

Energy, waste or material savings.

Resource Saved Source

Energy needed to produce the electricity used at the facility.

SIC

The 'Standard Industrial Classification' code that represents the principal product of the manufacturer.