Promoting Industrial Energy Efficiency through a Cleaner Production
/ Environmental Management System Framework
The overall objective of this project remains to reduce the emission
of greenhouse gases by identifying and implementing energy efficiency
(EE) improvements as an integral part of Cleaner Production (CP)
assessments in industrial enterprises. The project operates in the
six countries of China, Vietnam, India, Hungary, The Czech Republic
and Slovakia.
The project helped participating National
Cleaner Production Centres integrate energy efficiency concepts
into CP approaches and include energy efficiency activities as a
comprehensive part of their core programmes. National NCPC offices
are very well positioned to promote energy efficiency in industrial
settings. The experience gained from this project is now being shared
with other NCPCs operating within the larger UNEP/UNIDO network
of cleaner production centres. As part of this joint effort, UNEP
is responsible for providing strategic environmental expertise in
training and information to NCPCs.
The reduction of carbon dioxide emissions was done by improving
energy management practices and identifying investments in small
and medium enterprises.
Some direct outcomes from the project are:
- an estimated reduction of 225,000 tons of CO2 based on the experience
of the six NCPCs participating in the project;
- a numberof Energy Audits conducted by each of the six participating
Centres (a total of 87 audits);
- UNEP CP-EE Manual that are specifically
integrated with the CP and EMS materials already being used by
National Cleaner Production Centres;
- trained personnel in the six NCPCs capable of conducting an
energy audit, either as stand alone activity or as part of CP-EMS
audit.
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