The ICCEE (Improving Cold Chain Energy Efficiency) project will facilitate the food and beverage sector cold chains to undertake energy efficiency measures after carrying out supply chain energy assessments. Why focus on the cold chains of the sector? Because of its significant stages (refrigerated transport, processing and storage) with large energy saving potential.
The project follows a holistic approach, shifting from a single company perspective to the chain assessment, which will lead to increased opportunities for energy efficiency measures. Through expert analytical tools and dedicated stakeholder capacity building programmes, ICCEE will accelerate turning energy efficiency opportunities into actual investments, with a special focus on supply chains involving European small and medium sized enterprises.
The specific objectives of ICCEE are:
– Design and deliver a dedicated cold supply chain energy efficiency tool to support the decision making processes of the supply chain companies in estimating their energy saving potential,
– Promote and facilitate investments in the viable energy efficiency improvement measures estimated with the tool,
– Create a capacity building programme and a community dedicated to exchange experiences in cold chains’ sustainability, supporting the change in the energy culture of companies and improving their energy performance through both direct training and e-learning.
SEVT participates in the project through the SPES Consortium, which will map all supply chain stakeholders and develop a network of partners that will promote changes in energy management.
The project started on 1st of September 2019 and will last 36 months. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 847040. It is coordinated by University of Brescia with 12 partners: IEECP, FIRE (Federazione Italiana per l’uso razionale dell’energia), Adelphi Research Gemeinnützige, ATEE (Association Technique Energie Environnement), Fraunhofer, Riga Technical University, ESCAN, SPES GEIE (SEVT), ECSLA, Chamber of Korinthia, University of Stuttgart, and Romalimenta.
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