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Energy Efficiency Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Current Situation, Case Studies and Best Practices<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Energy efficiency is a key factor to meet the ambitious climate targets of the European Union (EU) aligned with international policy directives. On their own, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) do not consume big amounts of energy, but taking into consideration that they represent about 99% of businesses worldwide, their cumulative energy consumption is remarkable.<\/p>

Even though SMEs are confronted with several barriers in their effort to develop their energy efficiency, their contribution to the EU\u2019s energy efficiency improvement targets is crucial through the implementation of measures to improve their energy footprint. The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive review of SMEs\u2019 energy efficiency and energy footprint management, which has been carried out in the context of the \u201cSMEnergy\u2014Energy Footprint Management for SMEs\u201d EU-funded Erasmus+ project. The correlation between energy conversion and consumption processes and energy efficiency, as well as the current situation of energy footprint management and energy management systems in SMEs, are discussed in detail. Moreover, successful case studies of SMEs that have implemented specific measures to improve their energy footprint and achieve energy efficiency targets are also included. It is highlighted that SMEs exhibit a high potential for energy efficiency enhancement that could directly promote climate change mitigation and sustainable development.<\/p>

Energy Management in SMEs
1. Measure energy consumption
2. Fix the basics
3. Automate
4. Monitor and control<\/p>

BEST PRACTICES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT:<\/strong>
Awareness of Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency Improvements
Measures Related to Operational Processes and Maintenance
Measures Related to the Thermal Insulation of Buildings
Measures Related to the Heating and Cooling of Facilities
Measures Related to the Lighting of Facilities
Optimal Water Chemistry as a Measure for Energy Efficiency Improvement
Measures Related to Process Design and Energy Supply
Renewable Sources and Energy Storage
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Heat Recovery
Waste Heat to Power<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publications Energy Efficiency Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Current Situation, Case Studies and Best Practices Scientific publication in Sustainability journal Download publication Introduction Energy efficiency is a key factor to meet the ambitious climate targets of the European Union (EU) aligned with international policy directives. On their own, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) do not consume big amounts of energy, but taking into consideration that they represent about 99% of businesses worldwide, their cumulative energy consumption is remarkable. Even though SMEs are confronted with several barriers in their effort to develop their energy efficiency, their contribution to the EU\u2019s energy efficiency improvement targets is crucial through the implementation of measures to improve their energy footprint. The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive review of SMEs\u2019 energy efficiency and energy footprint management, which has been carried out in the context of the \u201cSMEnergy\u2014Energy Footprint Management for SMEs\u201d EU-funded Erasmus+ project. The correlation between energy conversion and consumption processes and energy efficiency, as well as the current situation of energy footprint management and energy management systems in SMEs, are discussed in detail. Moreover, successful case studies of SMEs that have implemented specific measures to improve their energy footprint and achieve energy efficiency targets are also included. It is highlighted that SMEs exhibit a high potential for energy efficiency enhancement that could directly promote climate change mitigation and sustainable development. Energy Management in SMEs1. Measure energy consumption2. Fix the basics3. Automate4. Monitor and control BEST PRACTICES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT:Awareness of Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency ImprovementsMeasures Related to Operational Processes and MaintenanceMeasures Related to the Thermal Insulation of BuildingsMeasures Related to the Heating and Cooling of FacilitiesMeasures Related to the Lighting of FacilitiesOptimal Water Chemistry as a Measure for Energy Efficiency ImprovementMeasures Related to Process Design and Energy SupplyRenewable Sources and Energy StorageCombined Heat and Power (CHP)Heat RecoveryWaste Heat to Power<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4705,"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1188\/revisions\/4705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smenergy-project.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}