1 European Enterprises’ Climate Cup (EECC) European Competition on Energy Saving for SMEsClaudia Julius Co2online gGmbH Tel:

2 EECC at a glance… European competition on energy saving involving 181 SMEs in 10 countries Duration: 28 April May 2016 3 European and 10 national champions Energy efficiency, CSR und employee motivation for SMEs Energy saving target 7 percent reduction

3 Who is involved? Ireland Denmark France Spain Italy Austria BulgariaMalta Latvia Germany

4 EECC is providing… Individual energy advice for SMEs, on-site audits in each country, Online energy monitoring by the interactive Energy Savings Account (iESA) Information material for energy weeks on special saving topics PR, CSR and media activities,

5 The Energy Savings Account (iESA)Online energy monitoring system: Electricity Space heating and cooling Water Individual accounts for SMEs Benchmarks evaluating energy saving successes Data protection guaranteed

6 Energy Saving Weeks Efficient lighting Avoiding standby lossesEfficient heating and cooling Water saving Energy saving appliances Energy effficient ICT (computers, fax, printer, phones, server, etc.) Experiences used at home

7 Evaluation of the winnersAward Criteria: Energy savings achieved for electricity and heating/cooling Energy saving and communication measures documented in individual iESA accounts Number of energy data entered in individual iESA accounts National level: Additional qualitative evaluation of saving measures implemented and of communication activities by questionnaires and interviews Final Score and final ranking

8 Achievements 10 National winners with ambitious saving storiesSønderborg Forsyning

9 EECC Jury Michèle RIVASI, MEP, France Bendt Bendtsen, MEP, DenmarkMercedes Bresso, MEP, Italy Dieter Brübach, Member of the Board of B.A.U.M. e.V, Germany Vincent Buhagiar, Head of Department of Environmental Design, at the Faculty for the Built Environment, Malta Miquel Cabré, President of the Catalan Wind Association, Spain Veselin Iliev, Director General of Internal Economic Relations Department at Bulgarian Industrial Association, Bulgaria Séan Kelly, MEP, Ireland Martina Schuster, Head of Division “Energy & Economic Policy“ in the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment & Water Management, Austria Roberts Zile, MEP, Latvia

10 Achievements 181 companies involved 6,900 employees involved3 European winning companies with more than 30 % energy savings and 10 national winners with important savings 8 % overall average savings 7.6 % average electricity savings by all participants 8.2 % average heat energy savings by all participants 4.5 % average cooling energy savings by all participants 8,740 energy data entries into the iESA system 375 technical and 512 non-technical energy saving or communication measures documented by the iESA system

11 Achievements County Percent France 12.87% Austria 3.86% Bulgaria 9.74%Electricity savings: County Percent France 12.87% Austria 3.86% Bulgaria 9.74% Germany 14.69% Denmark 6.40% Ireland 3.85% Latvia 7.69% Spain 23.79% All countries 7.61% (weighted)

12 Achievements County Percent Austria 1.57% Germany 19.64% Spain 8.97%Energy savings for space cooling: County Percent Austria 1.57% Germany 19.64% Spain 8.97% Italy -2.91% Malta 3.34% All countries 4.50% (weighted)

13 Achievements County Percent Austria 10.54 % Bulgaria 11.88 % GermanyEnergy savings for space heating: County Percent Austria 10.54 % Bulgaria 11.88 % Germany 0.17 % Denmark 3.04 % France 9.15 % Ireland 3.89 % Italy 15.45 % Latvia 4.77 % All countries 8.16 % (weighted)

14 Challenges SMEs often lack personal resources and time to take part to energy efficiency activities like EECC Energy costs are not always an important post in companies balances due to low energy prices Not all companies had separate meters for their offices Not all companies had access to their meters or received their energy bills in time for the competition Data evaluation was difficult due to climate influences on the energy consumption and un-sufficient data samples of some companies

15 Lessons learned You can find energy saving potentials everywhere even in committed green companies Energy monitoring is the first step to increase energy efficiency in SMEs Monitoring tools like iESA help companies save energy by direct feedback and quantify the direct impact of the campaign Energy audits and on-site visits are very useful to assist companies to identify and prioritize measures iESA data stock provides an interesting sample of real data from European SMEs The European aspect gave an important added value to the competition

16 Achievements 10 National winners with ambitious saving storiesSønderborg Forsyning

17 Award Ceremony of the European Enterprises Climate Cup (EECC) on the 11 July 2016 in Brussels

18 Austrian winner of the Climate CupGeorg Hartmann, energy manager

19 Bulgarian winner of the Climate Cup

20 Danish winner of the Climate CupSønderborg Forsyning

21 French winner of the Climate Cup

22 German winner of the Climate Cup

23 Irish winner of the Climate Cup

24 Italian winner of the Climate CupGABBANTICHITÀ Restauri

25 Latvian winner of the Climate Cup

26 Maltese winner of the Climate Cup

27 Catalan winner of the Climate Cup

28 Third Position European Enterprises Climate Cup

29 Second Position European Enterprises Climate Cup

30 First Position European Enterprises Climate Cup

31 Thank you for your attention!Claudia Julius Co2online gGmbH Tel: The sole responsibility for the content of this report lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EASME nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.