Eco-Efficiency
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing businesses and citizens in the 21st century. This Laboratory aims to address some of the challenges associated with climate change including awareness-raising, improving energy-efficiency and sharing best practices.
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Project Description
The objective of this Laboratory is to raise awareness, improve energy-efficiency, disseminate an eco-efficient culture, share ideas, and produce practical advice. This Laboratory has, however, a main emphasis on transferring best practices from large multinationals to small and medium sized companies.
Main Project Objectives and Targets
Objectives:
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To disseminate an eco-efficiency culture across all industry segments, capitalising on progress attained by leading companies in developing and deploying effective programmes and practices.
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Share ideas on innovative technology helping to improve the eco-foot-print of companies.
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To produce practical advice to SMEs on how to measure consumption, identify improvement areas and define benchmarks, develop action plans and monitor progress
Deliverables:
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Specific and user friendly eco-efficiency guidelines/indicators for SMEs, making available also to SMEs the eco-efficiency knowledge and tools developed by large corporations participating in the Lab.
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A wealth of information is present in the lab, including utilities, heavy energy users in manufacturing, ICT, contacts, energy management in product design, and logistics.
Laboratory Leader
Facilitator
Company Participants
ABB, Bracco, Coca Cola HBC, Edison, Indesit Company, Telecom Italia
Milestones
- 2 February 2007 - First meeting of discussion
- 3 April 2007 - Establishment of objectives and deliverables
- 7 May 2007 - Kick-off
- 19 June 2007 - Tour to ST Agrate Plant
- September - November 2007 - Development of Guidelines and review with stakeholders
