The EnTRAINER – Energy Transition Audits towards Decarbonization project aims to introduce a paradigm shift from conventional energy audits to a new, holistic and complete methodology of “Energy Transition Audits” (ETA). With this new approach, the main focus is to provide a multi-benefit scheme and a complete action plan towards full decarbonization of the audited sites.
EnTRAINER comprises partners with a long-standing cooperation and energy audit experts and focusses on energy intensive industries in four South-East EU countries (EL, RO, IT, ES), which are lagging in the implementation of energy audits compared to other EU regions.
The holistic methodology of EnTRAINER includes training elements, in the form of two accredited courses for energy auditors and energy experts and one course for company staff. It also includes a web-portal, with four new and upgraded tools, freely offered to energy professionals, and a training platform and knowledge hub that will allow a continuous interaction and knowledge.
In addition, the project will provide preliminary energy scans in 80 energy intensive industries, and then, based on certain maturity criteria, perform 40 detailed direct ETAs. The results from these ETAs will act as lighthouses for other industries of the same sector, by using the knowledge hub.
EnTRAINER will train 240 Energy Auditors, and in this context, will trigger another 40 indirect ETAs through the interaction with external energy auditors. Moreover, it will train 240 energy experts that may become the future energy transition auditors, and 400 company staff including key decision makers. EnTRAINER actions aims to trigger 16M€ investments, 4.75 GWh primary energy savings and 5.16 GWh renewable energy generation in total.
The project is coordinated by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH, EL), and includes other 7 partners: University of Western Macedonia (UoWM, EL), Agenzia CasaClima (IT), UniverCities (IT), Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTC, RO), SERVELECT (RO), Technical University of Valencia (UPV, ES), BEON (ES).
Project status: ongoing
Targeted sectors: energy intensive industries
Countries: Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain
Benefits for SMEs
Project coordinator:
Professor Grigoris K. Papagiannis
Power Systems Laboratory
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
P.O. Box 486 – University Campus
54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
tel. +30 2310 996388
email gpapagia@ece.auth.gr
Further information
Project website:
https://entrainer-project.eu
Materials:
Four new and upgraded tools free to use:
CUSUM Tool https://entrainer-project.eu/cusum-tool/
Heat Loss Calculator https://entrainer-project.eu/heat-loss-tool/
Energy Audit Estimator https://entrainer-project.eu/energy-audit-estimator/
On Site Auditor https://entrainer-project.eu/on-site-auditor/
EnTRAINER Tools Guide https://entrainer-project.eu/entrainer-tools-guide/
EnTRAINER Training Hub – https://hub.entrainer-project.eu/
News – https://entrainer-project.eu/ournews/
Results – https://entrainer-project.eu/results/