Ελληνικα
INZEB and The Hellenic-Dutch Association of Commerce and Industry (HeDA) organised on Thursday, October 15, 2020, at 14.00, the online event “The Value of Energy Management Practices in the Business Sector”, in which the developments and the benefits of an effective Energy Management System (EnMS) within the organisational structures, were presented and discussed.
In his presentation, the Assoc. Professor of NTUA, Dr Haris Doukas, pointed out that industry sectors have made a significant contribution to global gaseous pollutants over time. Dominance of inefficient production processes creates obstacles to the sustainable transition of industries, such as in Germany and the United Kingdom. Emission reduction requirements and lack of immediate alternatives make energy management necessary, in order to reduce production costs and improve the environmental footprint of the industrial sector.
Dr Alexandra Papadopoulou, Chemical Engineer, NTUA, CEA-I, focused through her presentation on the need for energy management, and the role that energy management systems can play, in view of the different standards that can be applied. The main steps of implementation of such a system in companies as well as the relative benefits from their use were presented, while reference was made to the current situation in Greece.
Alice Corovessi, Managing Director at INZEB, presented the results of the survey that conducted in 100 small and medium enterprises. The aim of this research was to identify the level of awareness of small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations regarding the benefits arising from the conduct of energy audits and the implementation of energy management systems, such as identifying the greatest potential for energy savings in a business, and thus helping to reduce energy costs, improve profitability and enhance competitiveness.
Finally, Giannis Tsonis, Technical Operations Director at AΒ Vassilopoulos, presented the energy profile of the company, the implemented energy management and energy saving actions as well as the intentions of the organization for the new actions that will be implemented, with the aim of further reduction of energy consumption.
The fruitful discussion that followed, indicated and highlighted the urgent need for energy management in the business sector through a holistic approach, projecting not only the problem and the need but also the solutions and the benefits of the implementation of such systems.
The video of the online event is available here.
The presentations of the speakers of the event are available in the links below.
*Both presentations and video are in the Greek language
