A four month energy challenge
This blog by Elisa Wood for RenewableEnergyWorld.com describes an innovative approach for an industrial packaging company that combines new technology with behavioural psychology. The results are...
View ArticleChanging behaviour in the work place
The Environmental Leader website provides an excellent description of the use of an energy saving tool to change employee behaviour in one of Britain’s major financial institutions. This could prove...
View ArticleSurvey: Employees ‘passing the buck’ on energy saving
BusinessGreen describes a survey undertaken of staff in small and medium sized companies. The survey was undertaken for the energy company, E.ON. The lack of interest or commitment on the part of...
View ArticleBerlin is waiting
On October 24th and 25th, the EEIP (Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes) will hold its bi-annual congress in Berlin in co-operation with Deneff, the GermanBusiness Initiative for Energy...
View ArticleNew report on decarbonising industry in Sweden
A new report on decarbonising industry up to 2050 has been published by the Department of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at Lund University in Sweden. The report has a Swedish focus but the...
View ArticleNumber of the week – 20041
The Brussels-based organisation Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes has a novel approach for promoting industrial energy efficiency in Europe through the use of social media. It now has 20041...
View ArticleNew report from Siemens Financial Services
Jonny Williamson from Manufacturing Digital writes about a new report on the potential for energy savings in industry. Are you squandering money on inefficient energy use? The latest report from...
View ArticleGood example of improving industrial energy efficiency in Bulgaria
SeeNews in Bulgaria recently interviewed Spiros Nomikos of the Bulgarian subsidiary of Belgium’s Solvay Group and Turkey’s Sisecam Holding, explaining the ambitious plans they have for improving the...
View ArticleNew energy efficiency fund targeting business
James Murray for BusinessGreen describes a new corporate energy efficiency fund in the UK. The bank is drawing on government’s Funding for Lending scheme to offer competitive loans to help businesses...
View ArticleIncreased self-generation of electricity in German industry
Deutsche Welle, the German international broadcaster, reports on an important trend in German industry towards investments in self-generation. German firms invest in generating energy themselves An...
View ArticleReport shows that energy efficient companies in Australia reap important...
Marcus Priest writes in the Australian Financial Review about the important results from a study by ACIL Tasmania after the first five years of the federal government’s Energy Efficiency Opportunities...
View ArticleUkraine’s steel industry forced to change
Roman Olearchyk writes in the Financial Times about the changes underway in Ukraine’s large steel industry as a result of the economic crisis and increasing fuel prices. The steel industry globally...
View ArticleChampagne’s energy efficiency moment
Camille Chandès writes in L’Usine Nouvelle about the efforts of Moët-Hennessy Champagne to improve its energy efficiency. The company felt it was quite a challenge because of the age-old techniques...
View ArticleEnergy efficiency investments to boost competitiveness of major Croatian company
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting investments in improving the energy efficiency of Podravka d.d. – one of the largest food producers in Croatia – with a €9.9...
View ArticleLinking energy efficiency and climate change
Peter Hannam writes in the Southern Weekly from New South Wales about how important it is to keep up the effort on energy efficiency, even if there is a shift on carbon pricing. Carbon change ‘must...
View ArticleEnergy savings by industry can be significant
Daniel Hunter writes in Freshbusinessthinking.com about the significant savings that industry could have by improving their use of energy efficiency. Now that industrial energy efficiency is included...
View ArticleAction Plan for a competitive and sustainable steel industry in Europe
Heat Recovery in Energy Intensive Industries (H-REII) is a project supported by the EU LIFE Programme. Energy intensive industrial processes (iron, steel and cement production, glass making, etc.)...
View ArticleBusiness and sustainable development
With the next eceee industrial summer study less than a year away, analysing how business considers the various aspects of sustainability is very important. John Drummond, chairman of sustainable...
View ArticleMining industry moves towards using renewables
Henry Lazenby writes in Mining Weekly about the shift in approach for energy supply taken by many mining companies. As the article states, there is a shift from outdated perceptions to a new...
View ArticleConcerns about Europe’s competitiveness
Joshua Chaffin writes in the Financial Times about the warnings from the head of Germany’s largest utility about the advantage that the US has in energy costs. It does not mention that the US has...
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