New numbers: Energy efficiency in companies

Importance increases despite or because of coronavirus [ Picture: EEP] The index on the importance of energy efficiency (EEI) rose more than ever in summer 2020. Also, the targeted energy productivity for the past six months is higher than before. Thus the corona pandemic did not have a negative, but rather a positive impact on the importance companies attach to energy efficiency. The importance of energy efficiency has never been more appreciated by industry, although there has been a decline in investment. "Despite or perhaps because of Corona, the respondents seem to attach great importance to energy efficiency in their planning," says Professor Alexander Sauer, Head of the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart. Since 2013, the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart has been surveying current and planned activities by German industrial companies in terms of energy efficiency on a semi-annual basis. The Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) is created in collaboration with the German Energy Agency (dena), the Federation of German Industries (BDI), the Fraunhofer IPA, the TÜV Rheinland testing service provider, and other partners.