Interview to Rod Janssen - "We can't oversell energy efficiency"
First published here . Interview Energy Efficiency ABOVE THE RADAR “ We can’t oversell Energy Efficiency”, says EEIP* President Rod Janssen. But with the Energy Management System ISO 50001, and the…
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Short article about German start-up Visual Selling. Their business is to create visual and digital communication (content) which helps companies to sell complex product and services. This is likely important in industrial energy efficiency markets as the time of just replacing a motor or a pump is coming to an end. Today the system perspective is more important - but also more complex to sell! For…
Read Full Business PracticeDigital Transformation of Energy Utilities – Shifting Gears?
Since 2014, utilities have been increasing their investment in digital infrastructure. This is the key finding of the IEA report “energy and digitalization ” which was published in November 2017. This…
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Reining Heisskühlung = Well-matured concepts. For more than 50 years ago, Reining have commenced the development of hot cooling plants in order to reduce substantially the immense cooling water consumption for industrial plants and, apart from other advantages, to achieve a better energy recovery. In 1994 Reining became a…
ICP Street Lighting: 1st Technical Forum webinar
Technical Forum meeting to develop Street Lighting Protocol of the Investor Confidence Project. Register for 1h kick-off webinar here Background The ICP project supports growth of investments in street lighting in Europe (next to industry and…
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Energy Efficiency is not only about technology. From time to time we are highlighting related services of relevance so that companies do not forget the little, but often important pieces in the jigsaw to market their energy efficiency solutions internationally. An example is this short paper about technical translation. TAKE THE WORD “OBSTRUCT”. A German technical dictionary offers six different…
Read Full Business PracticeRecovering waste heat for a greener Portugal
Meet the European project EMB3Rs, that is finding new ways to recycle industrial waste heat to raise energy efficiency, cut carbon emissions and end fuel poverty in Portugal. Take a trip to Lisbon's…
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Ainara Alonso is the Communication Manager at the Low Carbon & Circular Economy Business Action (LCBA) in Latin-America. The LCBA Latam is an EU-funded Doing-Business platform aimed at developing B2B relations between EU providers and companies based…
Author detailsGKD - Gebr Kufferath AG - compressed air from the roof
Compressed air from the roof: metal weaver saves 20 % energy: The applications of the metal meshes produced by GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG range from microfilters for inkjet printers to automotive filtration, and from process belt mesh for dryers and ovens to challenging architectural projects. The company is based in Düren, Germany, and is the world‘s leading technical weaver. A compressor station…
Read Full Business PracticeWhat are green loans and how are they linked to the EU Taxonomy Regulation?
The EU Taxonomy Regulation is a key part of the European Union's strategy to combat climate change and drive investment towards environmentally sustainable activities. It sets out a common…
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