Improving industrial data: status and future directions

1. Data and Industrial Prosperity 1

2. Better Data, More Effective Analysis 2

2.1. Capacity Expansion Modeling and Analysis 2

2.2. Economic Modeling and Analysis 3

2.3. Process Modeling and Analysis 3

3. Targeting Data Types, Sources, and Gaps 4

3.1. Empirical Data on Existing Facilities, Operations, and Trade 4

3.2. Performance and Cost Assessment of Technologies 6

4. Steps for Creating an Industrial Data Commons 7

4.1. Create a Community of Stakeholders 7

4.2. Determine Priorities for Data Types 8

4.3. Establish Data Standards and Methods 9

4.4. Improve Primary Data 9

4.5. Organize Data Access and Collaboration Mechanisms 10

5. Conclusion: Toward Improved Energy and Economic Data on Industrial Manufacturing 12