Energy savings

Sweet smell of success Specialist manufacturer prioritises energy savings Audit reveals diverse list of energy-saving actions SOLEV is a French producer of high added-value designs for perfume bottles and caps. Management placed high priority on energy efficiency and sought advice from experts on...

Fortune favours the Fevery Ecolabel pioneer in Belgian hospitality sector Actions between 2010 and 2015 reduce power consumption by 11 % and gas and fuel by 33 % Hotel Fevery is a 10-room family hotel located in Bruges that became the first Belgian-based hotel to be awarded EU Ecolabel certification...

Energy savings, no extra cost! Energy audit revealed simple, effective measures 10-12 % energy savings Plast Petter AB is a small Swedish manufacturer of plastic products mainly for use in offices. The products are cut, welded and glued together. The company uses energy from oil and electricity...

Comprehensive environmental gains Natural gas consumption reduced by 491 802 m3 per year Reduced electricity consumption by 1 030.4 MWh per year CO2 emissions down by 2 411.28 tonnes annually Following a comprehensive environmental review, a medium-sized grain processing company in Southeast Europe...

Comfort... hard to quantify but worth investing in Heat recovery saves money, improves working comfort in winter Resulted in annual savings of 218 MWh of heat (equivalent to over € 17 000) A company producing cables for electricity infrastructure located in the Czech Republic carried out a...

Excellent recovery! Recovering heat saves on energy and cuts CO2 Results in annual energy efficiency gains (~3.5 %) and less CO2 emissions (~600 000 kg) Carlsberg brewery is an energy-savings front-runner in line with its mission to optimise production and reduce overall CO2 emissions and energy...

Energy fitness check-up with a twist… Think Fit health club shaved 70 % off its energy bill More thought was put into materials choice (sustainability and health) Management wanted a win-win for the environment and operating costs Think Fit in the UK undertook an ambitious programme to improve its...

Energy turnaround for Turnberry Resort Famous luxury golf resort commits to far-reaching energy saving measures Target by 2020: cut energy by 30 %, water use by 20 %, and significant waste reductions Savings in energy costs alone expected to reach € 19 000 a year Built in 1906, Turnberry Resort is...

Better insulation gets the seal of approval 35 % reduction in energy consumption using new insulating materials The investment saves € 2 300 annually A new factory in Germany enlisted the support of the EcoCommercial Building Programme (ECB) to analyse potential energy savings by improving the...

Switch off and save! Training campaign reduces energy consumption by 5 % annually Carbon awareness now extending to driving habits The borough of Redcar and Cleveland in the Tees Valley region of North Yorkshire, England developed a campaign for energy usage in its two main offices: the Town Hall...

Very refreshing results! Compressed-air system cuts compressed air consumption by 16 % in three years 300 tonnes less CO2 emissions annually Net annual savings of 775 000 kWh electricity Brauerei Paderborner, a traditional Westphalian brewery in Paderborn, Germany investigated options to cut its...

Building energy consumption readings can be obtained from different sources. Building energy certificates, for example, show the overall primary energy requirements, further broken down into consumption and demand-based certificates. Data on heating, hot water preparation, cooling, ventilation and...