SMEnergy targets SMEs’ micro-enterprises’ owners/managers/personnel and/or their responsible/ decision-makers for energy sources management and/or environmental managers. 

Its objective is to help them get educated on Energy Footprint Management, by utilizing digital modern tools and technology.

The project will last two years and will be conducted by a consortium of 5 partners from 4 European countries: 

• SIGMA BUSINESS NETWORK (Greece)-Lead Partner

• UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER (Greece)

• INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE (Portugal)

• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY VRATSA SDRUZHENIE (Bulgaria)

• EUGENE GLOBAL LTD (Cyprus)

Project deliverables and results include the below-listed ones:

PR1: Energy Footprint management methodology: Methodology framework for implementation that will provide a systematic step-by-step process helping target groups to decrease their energy footprint.

PR2: Energy Footprint management Self-Rating tool – Preparation of an Energy Footprint Self-Assessment & Rating tool (S-R Tool). The tool will contain a series of well-thought questions per target group, based on the Methodology (PR1), which will guide SMEs to create their Energy Footprint and receive energy management, improvement and optimization suggestions. 

PR3: Training course -Preparation of a training course for SME’s personnel and other target groups, to understand the theory, the Methodology and the use of the S-R tool.

PR4: Open Education Resource platform (OER platform) – Preparation of all required web platforms and online sites and tools to host the digital forms of the Methodology, S-R Tool and Training Course.

SMEnergy is funded under Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices / KA202 – Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training.