The importance of efficient energy use continues to increase
Date: February 17, 2021, No. Ambitious company targets The winter survey 2020/2021 for the Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) shows again that efficient energy use in German industry is increasing in importance. It is becoming apparent that the corona pandemic has no lasting negative effect, because companies are setting themselves even more ambitious climate targets than before for 2030. "After a short-term drop in the wake of the corona pandemic in the spring of 2020, the Energy Efficiency Index stabilized at the previous year's level. In the case of capital expenditure for energy efficiency, a new record high was only narrowly missed. Despite or perhaps because of corona, the companies surveyed attach even greater importance to energy efficiency than they did six months ago," 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 and goals of German industrial companies in terms of energy efficiency on a semi-annual basis.
