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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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Good practice
Smart meters for SME premises
Better results with better advice
Pilot programmes show substantial gas, water and power savings for SMES in different countries and settings
Typical combined annual savings by participants of around...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
5-10%
Measure
Implementing a waste-management system
The core goal of a waste-management system is to think of ways to improve a company's handling of non-product outputs (waste with zero or negative market value), and implement measures to minimise...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 20-50 % 0.5 - 3 Year(s)
Tags:
- Waste management
- By-products
- Circular economy
- Environmental management
- Fabric cuttings
- Food waste
- Industrial symbiosis
- Finnish industrial symbiosis system
- Lean production
- Material audit
- Material audit tool
- Material efficiency
- Material Separation
- Monitoring
- Packaging
- Recycling
- Reuse
- Sidestream utilization
- Training
- Waste reduction
- Zero waste
Measure
Refurbishment with water-saving sanitary installations
Older, more conventional sanitary installations can often easily be replaced by water-saving equipment. This cuts back on both fresh water consumption and sewage levels.
Toilets can be equipped with ...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
- Construction
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 20-40 % 1 - 8 Year(s)
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Refurbishment with energy efficient lighting
Any standard lighting system combines a lamp and a luminaire. Advances in technology have significantly improved the energy efficiency and performance of today’s lighting solutions.
Modernising...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
- Construction
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 20-70 % 1 - 1.5 Year(s)
Good practice
Multipurpose rainwater use in southern Germany
Rainwater collection was just the start...
Rainwater collection reduced fresh water consumption by 80 %
An integrated heating and cooling application cut energy consumption 66 %, saving € 55 000 a...
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Carbon
Measure
Introducing an environmental management system
A certified environmental management system (EMS) is a coherent strategy for reducing your environmental impact, complying with legislation and setting continuous improvement targets in a systematic...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 3 - 10 Year(s)
Good practice
Estonian water utility's eco-management efforts
Long-term collective effort gets the results
A raft of environmental measures form part of Tallinn water utility's EMAS strategy
Today, it uses 88 % of biogas produced on-site thanks to waste...
Sector / Industry:
- Waste management and recycling
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 15-20%
Measure
Positive incentives for employees to reduce resource use
Positive incentives for employees are closely related to information, education and training activities. While information and training are often the first steps, this measure focuses on positive...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 5-10 % 0.5 - 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Employees engage in a German SME's environmental policy
Undercover energy agents
German SME effectively combines HR development and resource protection
Workshops and programmes benefit the company and the environment while improving employee motivation...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost
Good practice
Competitions and games motivate staff to be energy...
Sherrifs track down energy villains
US wholesale company offers staff rewards and encouragement to cut energy costs
Killer Watt Gang game creates energy saving spirit which is good for team-building...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 5-25% 0.5 - 3 Year(s)
Measure
Collaborative and circular business model
Changing the company business model can involve new services, products and approaches to sourcing resources and dealing with customers. The motivation could be to capitialise on a new value...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 10-50 % 1 - 5 Year(s)
Measure
Implementing smart meters at SMEs
A 'smart meter' is an electronic device that can measure and control energy or water consumption through two-way interaction between a measurement unit and a control unit. Meters are available for...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
3-15 % 0.6 - 1 Year(s)