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Measures, Technologies and Good Practices
Do you want to know how much different measures and technological solutions would cost and how much money and resources they can save for your business? This database offers such data in a concise and comprehensive format.
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Good practice
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...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Measure
Ecodesign to extend the useful life of products
Consumers are fully aware of companies deliberately reducing the useful life of products through planned or built-in obsolescence, along with its negative impact on the environment.
Extending the...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
- Manufacturing of machinery and equipment
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Good practice
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...
Sector / Industry:
- Timber and woodworking
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 7 - 8 Year(s)
Technology
Oil-less compressors and compressed air as a service
Compressed air plays a major part in many industries and almost 13 % of all the industry-related electricity consumption goes towards generating compressed air. Traditional compressors use oil and...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 50%
Technology
Oxy-fuel heating and direct flame...
Combustion needs fuel, ignition, and oxygen. Normal air contains only 21 % oxygen and most of the rest is nitrogen which is only ballast and has no part in combustion. Using pure oxygen increases...
Sector / Industry:
- Metal and plastic processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Tags:
Good practice
Energy overhaul in a printing facility
Smart systems to control energy
Extensive energy efficiency renovation in printing plant including artificial intelligence to control the new systems
Modernisation of plant managed to significantly...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
Resources:
- Energy
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 2 - 3 Year(s)
Good practice
Energy savings under the Italian sun with solar shading
From the industrial to the modern age...
Residential buildings with passive energy standard are built on an abandoned industrial site
The complex was built with natural construction materials...
Sector / Industry:
- Construction
Resources:
- Energy
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Low-impact and affordable housing in UK
Is this the future of sustainable community living?
Affordable and ecological co-housing project in the UK pilots a new kind of community ownership scheme
Housing is built with ecological materials...
Sector / Industry:
- Construction
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Award-winning office building among the most sustainable in...
Pioneering building raises the standard
Office complex recognised as most sustainable new office building
In addition to outstanding energy efficiency, the complex is functional and has a great...
Sector / Industry:
- Construction
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Technology
Artificial intelligence improves the energy efficiency of...
More than 40 % of the energy consumption in Finland is consumed in buildings. Accordingly, buildings have an important role in tackling climate change. A common problem is that owners do not know the...
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 1 - 3 Year(s)
Good practice
Cutting back on food waste
Less waste, more profit
Sandwich-maker targets food waste to save money
A review reveals up to 80 % of waste can be recycled or reused
By selling leftovers from sandwich and wrap production, Dublin-...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 0.2 - 0.3 Year(s)
Good practice
Water savings in a meat processing plant
Pressure goes down, savings go up
Meat processor identifies excess water consumption during cleaning
Calculations reveal where savings could be made but the end result maintained
An audit of water...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 100% 0 - 1 Year(s)