Expected results

The expected outcomes of EU-MERCI project are: • Selection of exemplary cases and best practices that, in a specific industry sector, may lead to the most effective and efficient EE solutions, considering both the technical and economic aspects; • For selected specific industry sectors, production of methods of evaluation of savings and algorithms, common procedures (e.g. con...
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Objectives

The overarching objective of EU-MERCI is to grow the energy efficiency in the European industry, by exploiting and expanding the opportunity offered by the Efficiency Obligation Schemes and/or Alternative measures imposed to the Member States (MSs) by the 2012/27/EU Directive and, specifically, by the Art. 7 of the EED: “Energy efficiency obligation schemes”. To this extent, E...
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Why energy efficiency in industry?

The Food&Drink Industry is the largest manufacturing sector in Europe with an annual turnover of €1,048 trillion, half of which is generated by SMEs (49,3%). The sector is a leading employer in the EU manufacturing sector (15.0%) employing about 4.3 million people and is highly fragmented comprising some 287,000 companies (Eurostat). Food production and consumption is resp...
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The EU-MERCI project

EU-MERCI stands for EU coordinated MEthods and procedures based on Real Cases for the effective implementation of policies and measures supporting energy efficiency in the Industry. Its main aim has been to provide industrial enterprises and policy makers with best practices and tools to increase the competiveness of the EU industry by improving the efficient use of energy. E...
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ANIA

ANIA is the French food industries association. It gathers more than 8000 french food companies from all sectors, size, regions. Its role is to promote the French food industries competitiveness. Among its key issues (food safety, foo regulation, nutrition, communication,…), you have sustainability and innovation. These two topics are of crucial importance for the sector. The...
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