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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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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
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
Meat and food company saves through continuous improvement
Thinking holistic...
Production development programme is key to continuous improvement in meat/food company
It factors in production, materials and sustainability in a holistic approach
Finnish meat...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Re-designed minced meat packaging brings savings
Clever packing, bigger savings
Finnish meat processor innovates to save money and cut waste in packaging
Easy-to-open vaccuum packs improves quality while saving on materials
In 1992, the meat and...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Resource efficient building design with Ecolabel criteria
Top of the class
A municipal housing company used requirements of the Nordic Ecolabel to support building design for decreased carbon footprint and environmental effects
The design incorporated...
Sector / Industry:
- Construction
Resources:
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Good practice
Efficient stock management and portion control reduce...
Tonnes of reasons to be efficient
Restaurants achieve savings of € 30 000 annually by reconsidering portion sizes and optimising stock
Measures also cut back on food waste
Two Glasgow-based...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 2 - 5 Year(s)
Good practice
Heat pumps and other measures bring huge savings to spa hotel...
Refreshing energy efficiency moves
Savings achieved in medium-sized spa hotel by implementing CSR measures
Rethinking energy efficiency like this saves about € 12 000 every year
Spa Hotel Fairy in...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Engaging shopping mall staff about the environment
Growing greener... an original
Implementation of a first-of-its-kind assessment scheme - the Growing Greener pledge - which has analysed the core sustainability components of a shopping mall and...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
- Office and administration
- Service sector
- Waste management and recycling
- Wholesale and retail
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 5 Year(s)
Good practice
The future of food waste
From bread to beer...
Brewery converts waste bread into new products in support of sustainable development
It is a working example of the circular economy
Over 46 million slices of bread, or 44 % of...
Sector / Industry:
- Waste management and recycling
Resources:
- Energy
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 1 Year(s)