Energy efficiency

Support programme

Energy Efficiency in Enterprises Programme in Bourgogne-Franche Comté

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Bourgogne Franche-Comté offers companies a regional energy management support programme, with the support of Ademe and the Bourgogne Franche-Comté Region. The objective of the SEE programme, Energy Efficiency in Enterprises, is to help companies implement...
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Investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration

In collaboration with the Energy and Water Agency (E&WA), Malta Enterprise is helping to promote investment in high-efficiency cogeneration equipment; energy efficient solutions that simultaneously generate thermal energy and electrical and/or mechanical energy, with a calculated primary energy...
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ECO certification for hotels and farmhouses

The ECO certification is the national scheme for ensuring the environmental, socio-economic, and cultural sustainability of hotels and farmhouses in Malta, and has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council as fully reflecting the GSTC criteria. The scheme was launched by the Malta...
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PIA - Investment for the future plan

The PIA (Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir) is an industrial policy tool that acts as a catalyst for green growth. It finances innovative projects of all sizes to bring out or develop the industrial sectors of tomorrow. The programme covers a wide range of thematic areas: renewable energy (marine...
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Euro Topten

This Euro Topten tool helps buyers compare and select the most energy efficient products in several categories available on the Polish market, including office equipment, household appliances, cars, lighting, boilers, pumps, motors, solar collectors, and windows.
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Best practice database

On-line database of successful resource efficiency projects carried out in manufacturing companies in Germany. It enables user to filter the best practices according to the region, industry branch, resources (energy, water, materials) and areas (production process, product design, monitoring...
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PLAGE - Local Action for the Use of Energy

PLAGE helps companies and other organisations in the service sector to decrease energy use in the buildings they own. It focuses on optimising and rationalising energy consumption by buildings and infrastructure. PLAGE guides the user through a step-by-step approach and provides several helpful...
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HAPI-E - Holistic Assessment Performance Index for the Environment

The HAPI-E methodology is a software-based tool that calculates the integrated environmental footprint of a business using multi-criteria data analysis, which can be compared with competitive companies in specific economic sectors. This holistic index incorporates all aspects of the company‘s...
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Partial Interest Compensation

The measure has been created to partially compensate for interest charged to industrial enterprises which took loans or leasing agreements to purchase equipment or technology that increases their energy efficiency. Depending on the type of financing agreement, micro-, small- and medium-sized...
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Energy efficiency - property tax discounts

Construction and renovation projects requiring a town planning permit or notification must meet a number of requirements laid out in the EU's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), such as a maximum insulation level (K-level), maximum energy level (E-level), minimum share of renewable...
Best practices

Sustainable and energy-efficient German bakery

Next step, CO2 neutral... Sustainable and energy-efficient bakery radically cuts CO2 emissions Its energy strategy reduces energy consumption by half Ihr Bäcker Schüren is a German bakery almost completely sustainable and energy efficient. The company's strategy is based on three energy-relevant...
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Sawmill optimises timber drying

Making the most of a heated situation Finnish sawmill company improved its energy efficiency by 22 % Major savings were achieved by investing in new continuous drying kilns and related heat recovery and control systems Versowood is a Finnish timber and wood products company. Among its production...