; (2) preventing pollution and minimizing waste; (3) improving efficient use of water in manufacturing processes; (4) conserving natural resources; and (5) achieving such other goals as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (b) Coordination The Secretary shall carry out the initiative in coordination with the private sector and appropriate agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to accelerate adoption of new and existing technologies and processes that improve energy efficiency. (c) Research and development program for sustainable manufacturing and industrial technologies and processes As part of the industrial efficiency programs of the Department of Energy, the Secretary shall carry out a joint industry-government partnership program to research, develop, and demonstrate new sustainable manufacturing and industrial technologies and processes that maximize the energy efficiency of industrial plants, reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources. . (2) Table of contents The table of contents of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6201) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part E of title III the following: Sec. 376. Sustainable manufacturing initiative. . 1302. Leveraging existing Federal agency programs to assist small and medium manufacturers (a) Definitions In this section and section 1303: (1) Energy management system The term “energy management system” means a business management process based on standards of the American National Standards Institute that enables an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance, including energy efficiency, security, use, and consumption. (2) Industrial assessment center The term “industrial assessment center” means a center located at an institution of higher education that— (A) receives funding from the Department