GREENFOODS -Towards Zero fossil CO2 emission in the European food & beverage industry

GREENFOODS

Contract number: IEE/12/723.SI2.645697

Project duration: 28 months (04/2013 – 07/2015)

Last modified: 20.10.2014

Project summary

support the European food and beverage industry to achieve competitiveness gains triggered by higher energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions

Ensure and foster the competitiveness, improving the security of energy supply and guaranteeing the sustainable production in Europe

Reaching zero fossil CO2 emission in the European food & beverage industry“

Background

Challenges identified and to be solved European food and drink industry with low energy

efficiency, high energy costs and dependence on fossil energy sources

Missing awareness and knowledge of potentials for• Efficient process technologies

• Heat integration

• Integration of renewable energy sources

Inefficient or missing funding and financing schemes Missing guidelines how to realise identified optimisation

potentials Missing contact and information points Missing knowledge exchange on identified solutions

Need for a branch concept including tailor-made solutions

Objectives

Development of the GREENFOODS branch concept Guideline for the user to identify tailor-made solutions for

“green production” for SMEs in the food and beverage industry

GREENFOODS training module Impart essential knowledge about smart and green

technologies in the food and beverage sector by introducing participants into the use of the GREENFOODS branch concept

Special funding schemes Facilitate the implementation of identified energy efficiency

potentials and renewable energy sources in SMEs

Virtual Energy Competence Centres Contact points within a European network

Performance of energy audits as basis for the branch concept

Main steps

Development and usage of the GREENFOODS branch concept based on the performance of energy audits

Development of country- and sector-specific funding and financing schemes

Performance of 200 pre-energy audits and 20 detail energy audits as basis for 5 best practice cases

GREENFOODS training within the European Energy Manager (EUREM)

Dissemination of results and conclusions

Expected impacts

GREENFOODS branch concept will be applied in companies during the project and will

provide comprehensive solutions on energy saving and integration of RES.

supported and disseminated by at least 20 representatives of associations/multipliers (in 6 European countries) of the drink and food industry.

Best practice examples and tailor-made solutions for different sub-sectors of the food and beverage industry

GREENFOODS training module 60 trainers and 150 trainees trained with excellent

knowledge on energy saving methodologies and RES for producing companies in the food and drink industry at the end of the training course

Virtual Energy Competence Centres

Partners & contact

Coordinator: AEE – Institute for Sustainable TechnologiesChristoph BrunnerA-8200 Gleisdorf, Feldgasse 19Email: c.brunner@aee.atTel: +43 3112 5886 470Fax: +43 3112 5886 18

Partners:

• Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), Austria• Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Energieinstitut der Wirtschaft, Austria• Graz University of Technology, Austria• Bongfish GmbH, Austria• The Polish National Energy Conservation Energy (KAPE), Poland• Research Association for the agro-food industry (ainia), Spain• ESCAN s.l., Spain• ADVANCED SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (Aiguasol), Spain• SPANISH FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY FEDERATION (FIAB), Spain• Campden BRI, United Kingdom • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom • University of Kassel, Germany• Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Visit us online: www.green-foods.eu