Reduction of energy intensity in a company is a support area focused on energy savings in company buildings and technologies. It funds thermal insulation and the replacement of window and door structures, the modernisation of heat and cooling sources, heat recovery, energy-efficient lighting, reactive power compensation, measurement and management of consumption, and adjustments to production equipment. The condition is to substantiate the anticipated saving with an energy audit or a project assessment, and to demonstrate it through measurement after implementation. Calls tend to set a minimum percentage saving and maximum costs per unit of energy saved, which excludes expensive measures with little effect. Fulfilling an obligation imposed on a company by law cannot be funded, which mainly concerns larger companies subject to a mandatory audit. The budget should therefore also include consumption meters, without which the saving achieved cannot be documented during the sustainability period.
See also: Energy efficiency project, Grants for Energy Audits.
