EIE/06/075/SI2.448796 From January 2007 to March 2009 Sustainability via Energy Efficiency - The...

EIE/06/075/SI2.448796 From January 2007 to March 2009

Sustainability via Energy Efficiency - The efficient energy management in the

graphic arts industryData and facts from the EEEI project

MEDIAPRO-IP LECTURE 1 - WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE 2010MEDIAPRO-IP LECTURE 1 - WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE 2010

Dr. Anastasios E. PolitisDr. Anastasios E. PolitisAthensTEI AND HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITYAthensTEI AND HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY


EEEI Project facts

• Programme: SAVE – innovative approaches industry

• Removing barriers to energy efficiency• Promoting reduction of energy use and

costs of SME’s• Supporting SME’s with energy tools,

consultancy and training• Duration: 1-1-2007 till 31-3-2009• Budget: 1.391.887 EUR (EU Contribution:

50%)• Coordinator: Energy Experts International

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eeei Project partners• ATEI - Athens technologiacl Educational InstituteATEI - Athens technologiacl Educational Institute

• Bergische Universität Wuppertal Bergische Universität Wuppertal

• ENERGO GROUP AE ENERGO GROUP AE

• Energy Experts InternationalEnergy Experts International

• ENVIROSENVIROS

• Handwerkskammer MünsterHandwerkskammer Münster

• Heves Heves CountryCountry Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• KVGO DienstencentrumKVGO Dienstencentrum

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Project Objectives I

• Enhance awareness on energy and environmental issues

• Establish in-depth knowledge about energy efficiency within the European Graphic Arts and Media Industry

• Eliminate still existing barriers concerning efficiency improvement

• Tailor tools exactly fitted to the graphic arts and media sector

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Project Objektives II

• Enable direct annual emission and costs reduction

• Reduce the CO² output about 2.500t and save an overall sum of 500.000€ in energy costs including ~100 SMEs

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Project Activities

• EU and Country-wide Inventory – Regulations and Tasks– Energy Consumption– Questionnaire Evaluation

• Tool generation

• EU wide Workshops

• Final European Conference

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Energy management issues for the graphic arts and media

companies• Specific energy matters for the companies.• Production cooling / heating.• Energy consumption for compressors.• Energy reduction for “stand-by” production operations. • Energy consumption for VOC cleaning.• Use of renewable power resources (solar and

photovoltaic systems, windmills etc.) at company level.

MAIN ISSUES: • Energy use, consumption and costs remains often

“hidden”.• Energy consumption and costs are not taken as

important by the company.


Awareness of graphic arts companies Awareness of graphic arts companies on energy and environment issueson energy and environment issues

• Survey among companies in the 5 project countries• Structured questionnaire with 22 questions in 3 main

fields:

• General and specific on energy use, cost and consumption

• Management and energy strategy within the companies

• Aims for energy efficient management• Answers from 67 companies in the 5 countries


Classification of graphic arts Classification of graphic arts companies within the projectcompanies within the project

Sheet-fed offset

Web-fed offset

• Flexographic printing

• Gravure printing

• Silk-screen printing

• Digital printing

• Book binding


Results: Q - Structure


Results: Q - Structure


Results on graphic media companies from the survey

Country Number of companies per country

Total employees number

Average employees at companies per country

CZ 8 378 47 DE 19 1201 75 GR 14 566 40 HU 8 1180 147 NL 18 1208 67 Total 67 - -


Classification of the companies according to the use of printing

technologies

Technologies used

CZ DE GR HU NL Total

Sheet-fed offset

6 17 9 6 13 51

Web-offset 4 6 0 1 2 13 Flexography 1 2 3 2 1 9 Gravure 0 0 3 2 1 6 Silk screen 0 2 2 0 2 6 Digital printing

5 11 6 3 8 33

Book binding 7 6 10 2 5 30


Conclusion questionnaire evaluation

• There are very imbalanced starting points in the EU concerning the European Graphic Arts Industry that should be balanced by the EEEI-project as far as possible.

• There seems to be more consideration concerning energy consumption and management in companies with installations on web-fed offset and flexible packaging printing than in companies applying sheet-fed and digital printing machines

• Research on new communication concepts is available

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Main Conclusions European Synthesis Report

• SME’s are only able to participate in new media markets to a limited degree

• New management, production and service concepts can only be presented by full service SME’s

• Optimized energy efficiency and environmental protection are becoming increasingly important

• Reduction of energy consumption is a management issue and not only reducing greenhouse emissions

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Main conclusions European Synthesis Report (2)

• Innovative approach, combining the visualization of the often hidden use of energy and the provision of the technical know-how to reduce energy consumption, with the necessary management structures

• One way of achieving these goals is via operational ecological key data. It will be advantageous to compare the key figures of different companies and to do a benchmarking.

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Main conclusions of European Final Synthesis Report (3)

• Our creation of specified key data and indicators leads to optimized procedural methods for the intelligent use of energy, including adapted management tools.

• It is important to develop no or low-cost energy efficiency measures, because these could be initial impulses for further activities.

• Transparent key data, indicators and a list of measures are needed to achieve the precondition for establishing changes, required in SME’s to apply an energy efficient management.

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European Synthesis Report Graphic Media www.eeei.info


Energy Benchmark Analyzer Graphic Media - E-BAG Tool

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Generic company data21

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Industry

Company

Awareness tool company

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Specific benchmark toolMeasure list

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DisseminationExperiences Dissemination

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Consultant

Awareness tool industry


Number of companies in Benchmark

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Target Result Kolom1NL 25 22D 20 20CZ 20 27HU 15 16GR 20 20Total 100 105

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Results I: well-informed companies on energy management in the 5 project countries

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Percentages of the companies that are well-informed about energy efficiency possibilities in the different countries

Results: Q - Analysis


Results ΙΙResults ΙΙ

• Bigger companies are in general better informed on energy management issues.

• Packaging printing and web-fed offset companies are also better informed on energy management issues.

• A large number of companies is nor aware about energy costs in the company (this is the case in Greece).

• Energy efficiency management appears as a necessity for micro and small graphic arts companies

• All data are located in the European Synthesis Report Graphic Media), www.eeei.info.


Issues for management and actions on Energy efficiency from graphic-media

companies I • More information on energy matters is required

since energy is not amongst their main concerns. • No staff member for handling energy matters. • No energy saving information provided to the staff. • Certain companies have developed loose (non

systematic) energy saving measures. • Energy consumption is indeed a matter on

machinery investments • EMAS certification is known to some of the

companies but only one of them is EMAS certified. • ISO-14001 certification is widely known to the

companies.• Many companies intend to develop either EMAS

certification or ISO-14001 certification.


Issues for management and actions on Energy efficiency from graphic-media

companies II• Companies are generally NOT aware on yearly

energy consumption and costs.• Lack of awareness on the issue of energy

consumption. • Energy costs are included in general expenses

and are not associated with production output. • Difficulties in providing information about total

energy consumption per amount of production volumes.

• Getting specific consumption values concerning energy from companies: A difficult task

• The expressed interest on efficient energy management needs to be turned to real actions.


Lessons learned from pilot companies on Energy efficiency

• Energy savings has a good potential in the graphic arts SME’s

• Energy should be certainly a matter of daily practice in the companies

• Energy should be a matter of management within the company operation.

• Application of a system for environmental management

• Certifications according to EMAS / ISO-14001• Energy as an important factor on investment

decisions.


The Challenge for awareness and concrete actions from the European Graphic arts and media Industry for

the reduction of energy consumption

• Together we can make graphic media industry proud for its responsible commitment for a better environment and use of less energy recourses …

• … a necessity for our common future!


Thank you very much for your Thank you very much for your attentionattention!!

Dr. Anastasios E. PolitisDr. Anastasios E. Politis

[email protected]@techlink.gr

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