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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
Optimising magnetic flux in ventilation frequency changers
More flex in the flux...
Developments in solid-state electronics pave the way for more flexible and robust electric motors
Optimising the magnetic flux means motor speeds can be more easily adjusted...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 0.5 Year(s)
Good practice
Finnish door factory invested into geothermal heating system
Opening the door to savings
Traditional sector explores renewable energy alternatives
The results prove to be worth the investment
A Finnish door factory situated in Northern Ostrobothnia changed its...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 9% 10 Year(s)
Good practice
Solar and geothermal combine to power HVAC systems
Hybrid renewable energy solution in Finland
A 600 m² factory heated with solar collectors (total area 12 m²) and geothermal energy
Surplus energy is sold to the grid
The largest production hall of a...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 14% 7 Year(s)
Good practice
Energy analysis identifies big savings in industrial SME...
The SME top five
Analysis identifies where savings can be gained in an SME
Five actions including better use of automation and simple lighting changes were proposed
Finnish engineering SME Kaso...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 0 - 2.5 Year(s)
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Energy audit model for industrial SMEs
This audit model is developed for industrial SMEs to lower the threshold for auditing. A two-step energy review is primarily intended for SMEs in which the process of energy use and efficiency of the...
Sector / Industry:
- All sectors
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 16 % 0 - 2 Year(s)
Good practice
Energy efficient spa in Alps runs on green technology
Secrets from the ground...
Hotel Spa is heated by two inverter-driven ground-source heat pumps of around 10 °C with demand on average of 100 kW
Cooling (air-conditioning) is provided by passive...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Energy saving to become a modern conference centre
Transformation of another kind...
80 % of the hot water demand is produced by a 40m2 solar collector system
Natural wall-cooling system using water from nearby well
Annual energy savings are around...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 3 - 7 Year(s)
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Good practice
Energy refurbishment of a rural style hotel
Guesthouse gets an energy makeover
Traditional guesthouse refurbished to the state of the art in terms of energy efficiency
The whole refurbishment process was performed with natural renewable...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Good practice
Resort cuts energy use by a third
Green energy award-winner
Resort implemented energy efficiency measures such as solar thermal systems, A/C units with inverters and new boilers
Achieved annual cost savings are up to € 33 000
The ‘...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Tags:
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Energy and water excellence in BREEAM certified hotel
Big investment in green solutions pays off
First Czech hotel to use 100 % renewable sources for the HVAC system, cooking, washing, etc.
Hotel records first water recycling system in the Czech...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Renewables and organic food lead Danish hotel...
Nature, gastronomy and hospitality in harmony
Hotel offers 30-60 % organic food and beverages
Focus on purchasing local resources and decreasing their portions to reduce food waste
15 % of total...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Tags:
Good practice
The world's first city hotel with zero energy balance
Pioneering eco-hotel in Austria
130 m2 of solar panels supply electricity and energy to power the hotel and heat the facility’s water
Rhe well in the garden supplies hotel toilets with water...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost