The European Copper Institute - the driving force behind the Leonardo ENERGY initiative - is a joint venture between the world's mining companies, represented by the International Copper Association, and the European copper industry. Its mission is to promote copper's benefits to modern society across Europe, through its Brussels office and a network of eleven Copper Development Associations.
In fulfilling its mission, ECI manages a broad range of information and education activities. Dissemination to target audiences is carried out through the national Copper Development Associations located in the Benelux, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain and the UK.
By UIE webmaster / Published on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:42
Developing economic well-being and preserving a healthy environment are not opposed forces but do, on the contrary, have a primary relationship and require a similar way of thinking: maximizing the efficiency of a product over its life cycle will minimize its total financial cost as well as the total environmental impact over its life cycle.
The case studies bellow were developped to substantiate this Life-Cycle-Thinking by delivering high level messages supporting decision making on the sustainable energy arena.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 10:54
This report contributes to the energy efficiency objectives by bringing some light and economic analysis on the right regulatory signals to be implemented for efficient investments and energy loss reduction.The structure of the remainder of this report is set out as follows: Chapter 2: Overview of Regulatory Models This chapter takes a closer look at the regulatory models in Europe and describes their main characteristics. This chapter serves as an initial step in preparing the discussion on incentives for efficient investments.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:38
Switching to energy efficient motor driven systems can save Europe up to 202 billion kWh in electricity consumption, equivalent to a reduction of €10 billion per year in operating costs for industry.
It would also create the following additional benefits:
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:34
Since the end of the 1990s the European Copper Institute [ECI] has been concerned about the impact experienced by commerce and industry of the changing nature of the energy demands organisations face as a result of equipment technological advances, the increasing need o build in resilience into their electrical power installations and the presumed mounting costs of not taking either adequate preventative or reactive action to accommodate the changes.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 10:30
On the January 23, 2008 the European Commission agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote RE. With the publication of this Climate Action Plan and its several targets, the EU wants to show global leadership in this area.
This report provides an overview of the Kyoto-targets and the objectives of energy from RES in final energy consumption in 2020.
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