
Energy Management System for hospitals
The Vinzenz Group is one of the largest private providers of care facilities in Austria. To comply with European Energy Efficiency Regulations and to meet energy consumption reduction targets, the Vinzenz Group decided to carry out an energy management project. Main objectives were: 1- Unified energy management system to monitor, accumulate and analyse energy consumption data for all the…
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Silvia Zinetti
Silvia Zinetti is a sustainable energy expert and policy advisor. Silvia provided managerial and technical support to several RE and EE projects of international organizations eg European Commission, World Bank, U.S. Trade and Development Agency…
Author detailsEnergy Management for logistic provider
Pošta Slovenije (Slovenian Post Office) - the primary and largest provider of the postal and associated logistics services in Slovenia has joined efforts with Solvera Lynx to introduce ISO 50001 Standard for Energy management and increase energy efficiency at more than 350 postal facilities in the total area of more than 150.000 sq. m. The project also included the car fleet (1.300 vehicles).
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