Strategic: Investing in industrial Energy Efficiency is a major decision
Investing in industrial energy efficiency is a major decision To succeed, businesses are continually investing in product inputs, equipment, buildings, marketing, distribution and people to name but a…
Read Full articleUsing Non-Energy Benefits to Build Better Business Cases
First published here . A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for better business cases for energy efficiency projects. More and more it seems that one of the most effective ways of building better…
Read Full articleAsset managing your data on the way to electrification
By taking an asset management approach to your data, you can generate value both in the short and the longer term. If you think of asset management in terms of real estate, it is the process of…
Read Full articleIncreasing the flow of investment into energy efficiency in industry
The most recent EEFIG meeting focused on industry, a sector that is sometimes neglected compared to buildings. I summarised the work on the EEFIG Underwriting Toolkit and took the opportunity to give…
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First published here . I was glad to see that Amory Lovins returned to the subject of the size of the energy efficiency resource in a recent paper in Environmental Research Letters . Amory mentions…
Read Full articleRoundtable on Financing Industrial Energy Efficiency
On October 19th there will be a special invitation only roundtable to discuss EEFIG recommendations and how the industrial sector fits into the EU’s overall energy efficiency strategy. There is limited space but if you would like more information and…
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First published here Growing up I loved anything to do with the future – particularly the 21st century. TV21 was the comic to read and it was full of stories about life in the 21st century,…
Read Full article“Simply not enough”
Current efforts in the industrial sector are simply not enough in light of both the drastic climatic changes ahead and vast efficiency potentials sitting around barely touched. All essential…
Read Full articleCompetitiveness of the European Energy-Intensive Industries
The Brussels-based European Round Table for Industry this week published two new reports by the Boston Consulting Group that lay out the state of play and articulate the challenges in Europe’s energy…
Read Full article5 steps for a robust energy strategy
According to the recently published article in the Harvard Business Review "Energy Strategy for the C-suite", energy is climbing up the corporate agenda. This is true and based on climate change and…
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