Project information
- Energy Efficiency Best Practice Workshops
- Project director: Jerzy Wisniewski
- Project manager: Isabelle de Keyzer
- Status: completed project
- Project code: 2015/ENV/426
Project description
Energy efficiency has a huge potential for cost savings (for most railways a 1% improvement will normally save several million Euros per year) and also represents the most direct way to reduce CO2 emissions and to secure strong environmental performance in support of the UIC-CER Sustainability Strategy. In recent years a lot of successfully concluded projects have delivered promising results for energy efficiency (Railenergy, CleanER-D, Energy consumption, Parked Trains, etc) and other important ones are ongoing (MERLIN, Shift2Rail). What is in many cases lacking is practical implementation and optimisation in the field. This project will develop best practice for energy efficiency through a series of workshops. These workshops will bring together experts to share experience, find solutions and overcome obstacles. The project continues a series of very successful and well attended energy workshops over the past few years.