Energy efficiency

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...

Leading by example...​ Geothermal energy, PV solar panels, insulating materials Building produces 1.4 kWh energy per 1 kWh consumed Quantity of bio-sourced materials: 143 kg/m2 Ecocert, a French certification body for sustainable development, led by example when it decided to build an 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...

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...

Companies, especially SMEs, need to operate as efficiently as possible to remain competititve. Energy auditing is a useful way to identify and prioritise energy-saving opportunities. First, assess current energy use in a company by taking energy meter readings and analysing consumption (record them...

A comparison of a conventional car with an energy efficient one delivered positive results. The environmentally friendly car was the same model as the conventional car (gasoline-powered, efficiency class B), but powered by natural gas with efficiency class A+. The price of the conventional model was...

Recovering heat produced during the refrigeration process is possible and can help save energy and cut costs. Heat-recovery equipment can be fitted to existing plant or integrated in new buildings, and heat from the heat rejection stage of the refrigeration process can be recovered from the...

Pinch analysis spotlights energy-saving potential Connecting hot water circuits for internal and external saves around 35 000 MWh pa Using waste heat from upstream plants saves around ~241 000 MWh pa Wacker Chemie is an innovative global company with its origins in Germany, which produces silicone...

A princh of this and a good measure of that... Pinch analysis reveals where energy inefficiencies were costing the company One measure introduced cut steam use by 30 kW Up to 20 % energy savings were reached thanks to all measures implemented Pharmaceuticals are typically produced in recorded...

Pinch analysis is a systematic approach to analysing heat flow through an industrial process and has been used by industry for almost 30 years as a way of saving energy. The so-called 'pinch' occurs at the closest point between hot and cold streams in the network. Tools are available to visualise...