Accompanying SMEs in implementing energy efficiency measures

2026-07-22

The EnergyEfficiency4SMEs project in the work plan has carefully ensured that all the activities included a focus on support to companies, support to company staff in the implementation of energy efficiency measures. The consortium includes key stakeholders, such as local and regional authorities, energy agencies, foundations and chambers of commerce and industry in the implementation of the project as partners. The EnergyEfficiency4SMEs project will focus its activities in the following NACE sectors: • Accommodation and food service activities (Nace Code: I55 to I56.3.0) • Manufacturing – Agri-food (Nace Code: C10 to C11.0.7) • Manufacturing – Metalwork (Nace Code: C24 to C25.9.9) The EnergyEfficiency4SMEs project over 36 months will: •Directly support 1000 companies in the implementation of energy audits •140 Number of energy audits carried out within the project •1000 Number of company staff with improved skills/knowledge •200 Number of energy auditors / other stakeholders with improved skills/knowledge. The EnergyEfficiency4SMEs project will: - Identify the best practices available for large companies and from these best practices further identify relevant cost-effective recommendations for SMEs from the identified sectors / sub-sectors; - Develop tools to make the energy transition in SMEs; - Identify energy-saving actions and possibly identify actions requiring additional studies such as energy diagnosis, opportunity and feasibility study; - Raise awareness so that the company commits to sustainable energy management and monitoring system that can lead to the implementation of an energy management system, depending on their maturity and their possibilities; - Capacity Building & Implementation of energy efficiency measures within SMEs; - Study into energy efficiency business financing.

Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Cyprus, Malta, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Germany

2025-12-01