
Decarbonisation of industrial heat: The iron and steel sector
Headlines Current primary steel production is highly integrated; incremental efficiency improvements can only further reduce emissions by about 10%. The analysis of scenarios published recently by…
Read Full articleUnveiling the Energy Footprint of Europe's Food Sector
The European Union's food sector is a significant energy consumer, responsible for 17% of the EU's gross energy consumption and 26% of its final energy usage in 2013. The agricultural phase, including…
Read Full articleEMB3Rs code and modules released at GitHub
The next step has been taken in the heat and cold matching platform project EMB3Rs : the code of the integrated platform and of its modules is now available at GitHub , a provider of internet hosting…
Read Full articleHeatpumps: vision vs. reality
Vision vs. reality – why political intervention is essential to unleash heat pumps energy savings potential in industrial and commercial applications. Buildings need a comfortable indoor temperature…
Read Full articleIndustrial Symbiosis: A Transformative Approach for Sustainable Industry
The following article is a summary of the report “Analysis for the cross-sectorial replication of IS technologies” delivered by the EU project CORALIS. And it is also a training article for the…
Read Full articleDigital Solutions for Industry
This is the era of the fourth industrial revolution. An era of change towards digital solutions for the simple and efficient management of processes and plants which, like any previous industrial revolution, brings with it a colossal transformation.…
DetailsHow to generate long-term value creation through operationalisation of sustainability data
This article aims to outline best practices for operationalizing sustainability performance data and emphasize the benefits of fully embedding sustainability within operational strategy. Many firms…
Read Full articleIndustrial motors energy saving potential: 5 nuclear power plants!
What is said about the energy saving potential of VSD (variable speed drive) in industry? Replacing conventional motors by those with variable speed would save about 41 percent of the energy used in…
Read Full articleHow energy efficiency upgrades can benefit building owners and tenants
If an energy efficiency building upgrade doesn’t benefit both the property owner and the tenant – especially with a triple net lease – it’s often easier to simply leave things the way they are even if…
Read Full articleSummertime is installation time
Engineers use the summer break to launch new heat recovery system This summer, when millions of Europeans were departing for their first holidays since the start of the pandemic, also Prof. Hussam…
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