A5038527444- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Process Optimization and Integration
- Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
- Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
- Metallurgy and Material Science
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Advanced Control Systems Optimization
- Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
2021-2024
The cement industry is highly energy-intensive, consuming approximately 7% of global industrial energy consumption each year. Improving production technology a good strategy to reduce the needs plant. market offers wide variety alternative solutions; besides, literature already provides reviews opportunities improve efficiency in However, constantly developing, so available alternatives may change within few years. To keep knowledge updated, investigating current attractiveness solution...
The implementation of monitoring tools and energy management systems (EnMSs) supports companies in their long-term efficiency strategies, they are essential to analyse the effectiveness performance improvement actions (EPIAs). first fundamental step towards increasing is development audits (EAs). EAs provide comprehensive information about usage a specific facility, identifying quantifying cost-effective EPIAs. crucial role these clean transition remarked by European Energy Efficiency...
The glass industry is highly energy-intensive, consuming approximately 500–700 million GJ each year. Replacing inefficient equipment with better-performing a good strategy to reduce the energy consumption of plant. Since there are many alternative solutions, choice which technological improvement implement usually difficult. Therefore, review solutions in plant pivotal. literature offers similar studies, but they not sufficiently up-to-date and do represent actual state art, should be...
In this work, a novel methodology to assess energy performance indicators of productive and economic sectors trough the analysis Italian mandatory audits database is presented. The updating sectoral reference fundamental for both companies policy makers—for formers evaluate compare their with competitors in order achieve improvements latter effectively monitor impact policies. This could be potentially applied all production sectors, providing key information needed characterize various...
The increased focus on energy efficiency, both at the national and international levels, has fostered diffusion development of specific consumption benchmarks for most relevant economic sectors. In this context, energy-intensive facilities, such as hospitals health structures, represent a unique case. Indeed, despite high these scientific literature lacks presence adequate performance benchmarks, especially in regard to European context. Thus, study aimed defining benchmark indicators...
Ceramic tile production is an industrial process where energy efficiency management crucial, given the high amount of (electrical and thermal) required by cycle. This study presents preliminary results a research project aimed at defining benefits using combined heat power (CHP) systems in ceramic sector. Data collected from ten CHP installations allowed us to outline average characteristics prime movers, quantify contribution thermal supporting dryer process. The electric size installed...
The foundry industry is regarded as one of the most energy-intensive industrial sector due to its energy consumption up 9 MWh/ton produced metal. As a result, many companies are trying increase efficiency their plants. Since energy-saving technologies proposed by manufacturers and literature, choosing appropriate difficult task. Moreover, being updated with available solutions complicated because quick technology advances. Consequently, this paper aims at investigating recent future...
Petroleum products account for the 32.3% of worldwide primary energy. There are more than 100 oil refineries in Europe that directly employ 119,000 people with a turnover EUR 600 billion and around 1.2% to total value added manufacturing. Therefore, petroleum refining sector is very important European economy, its decarbonization crucial energy transition. Refineries present high degree complexity integration, continuous increase their efficiency key topic sector. In this work an analysis...
Ceramic tile manufacturing is a highly energy-intensive process. Concerns about carbon emissions and energy costs make management crucial for this sector, which holds leading role in Italian industry. The paper discusses the energetic environmental performance of cogeneration (CHP) ceramic industry, where prime mover exhaust heat supplied to spray-dryer system, contributing satisfaction thermal demand decreasing natural gas consumption. A thermodynamic model dryer unit, validated against...
As a result of the expected increase in food demand, improving sustainability industry has become priority worldwide. The recovery industrial waste heat is widely regarded as key strategy to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions manufacturing processes. Estimating available recoverable can contribute driving actions that promote effective exploitation such an untapped source. This study aimed evaluate potential large energy-intensive Italian dairy companies. To this end,...
The growing attention towards environmental sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry and increased awareness of potential for improving energy performance are justified by fact that sector is intensive. However, variety processes lack data about production consumption make it difficult to calculate Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs) as much list Improvements Actions (EPIAs). This work elaborates data, such final site characteristics, from 84 mandatory Italian Audits (EAs) mean...
Abstract The 25 million of European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 99% businesses account for the two thirds total employment a half Gross Domestic Product. Thus, SMEs are considered as backbone European’ economy. crucial importance energy efficiency its potential in is worldwide recognized. However, use consumption information very limited, disaggregated data between large often not available at national or level. aim this work to present methodology characterization...