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MR Energy takes part in D-nest International Inventors Exhibition, the innovation festival held on October 13 to 16 in Venice at the Venice Gate Pavillion.

Innovating also means changing the way you ‘design’ objects, thinking to the energy and climate sustainability since their conception. Visit our stand inside the D-nest International Inventors Exhibition, and discover the story of Kiddy Design, the new line of Kid Pass products, that we have helped in developing a study of environmental impacts through a special LCA.

The pavilion hosting the event, the Venice Gate Pavillon, is LEED Gold certified. MR Energy Systems has supported the designers and builders in order to predict the consumption of the building and optimize it, by taking all measures to reduce the impact of construction and operation phases. The building has been certified by a third party independent organization using the LEED protocol.

This is innovation!

Following the provisions of Legislative Decree 102/2014 and the Ministerial Decree of 12 May 2015, Lombardy Region has approved the call “ Bando per l’efficientamento energetico delle PMI ” to support  SMEs, in the realization of energy audits or the adoption of the ISO 50001 management system in one or more of their operational headquarters located in Lombardy, up to a maximum of 10 sites.

Resources allocated by Lombardy account for EUR 2,271,132, 50% from the Region and 50% from the central State.

The contribution covers 50% of costs incurred by SMEs for:

• The realization of energy audits carried out in compliance with Annex 2 of the Legislative Decree no. 102/2014. Compliance with the criteria set out in Schedule 2 is assessed according to the technical standards UNI CEI 16247 – 1-2-3-4. Energy audits must be obligatorily carried out by the entities listed in Article. 8, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 102/14, or energy service companies ESCOs, experts in energy management or energy auditor certified by bodies accredited in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree no. 102/14.
• The implementation of the energy management system compliant with ISO 50001, proven by a certificate of conformity issued by the third body, independent and accredited in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 of the European Parliament and the European Council of 9 July 2008, or signatory of the international mutual recognition agreements. The implementation of the energy management system should cover the entire operational headquarters and cannot be restricted to a single production line, or to a single sector of the same site.

The maximum contribution is:

•  € 5,000 for each energy audit;
•  € 10,000 for each adoption of the ISO 50001 management system.

Beneficiaries

The call is open to small and medium enterprises with the following requirements, by the date of application:

• legal and operational sites for which the contribution is requested, placed in Lombardy
• properly constituted and registered in the RI from at least 2 years from the 30/10/2015
• in case of service enterprises, they have been established as companies
• eligible for the de minimis regime.

Time and procedure of application

Starting from September 28, 2016, SMEs may apply for regional contributions, by the Information System “SIAGE”, upon registration of the enterprise reference person.

The allocation of the contribution will be in accordance with the chronological order of the lodging of applications.

How MR Energy Systems can help SMEs

MR Energy Systems is an accredited ESCO, with resources certified UNI CEI 11339 and with proven experience in the field of:

• Energy audits in industrial and residential areas, fully in accordance with the Decree of Energy Efficiency (standard ISO 50002, UNI CEI EN 16247, UNI CEI EN 15900)
• Supporting ISO 50001 implementation and certification process of enterprises
• Identification of energy efficiency measures

For more information see the new to the following address: https://goo.gl/wJYRfH and contact us to info@mrenergy.it.

The Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture of Treviso has recently published the “Call for grants to SMEs for innovative investments” in order to increase the efficiency and flexibility of production of companies operating in the Treviso area.

Among the eligible investments there are energy efficiency measures such as:

• installation of machinery, plant and equipment in the production process;
• adoption of hardware, software and digital technologies closely related to the production of goods and business services.

Applications must be submitted from 11 to 22 April 2016, exclusively by telematic mode.

The maximum contribution for each company will be equal to 40% of the eligible expenses (net of VAT and other taxes and fees) up to a maximum of € 15,000.00.

If the applicant company, by the date of publication of the Call, has got the “Rating of Legality”, contribution will be equal to 50% of eligible expenditure, up to a maximum of € 18,000.00.

Application for eligible expenses less than € 6,000.00 will be not considered.

The contribution will be determined on the full amount of the eligible costs, excluding VAT, incurred by the company, starting from the following day of the date of submission up to 17/02/2017.

For more information click here.

In compliance with art. 7 paragraph 8 of D.Lgs. 102/2014, companies that implement an energy management system ISO 5000, large companies and companies with high energy intensity that have fulfilled their obligation to carry out an Energy Audit by December 5th 2015, shall report to ENEA by March 31st 2016 the energy savings achieved in 2015.

As clarified by the Ministry of Economic Development in May 2015 “The obligation lies with the companies, and is referred to all of their production sites, including those excluded from obligation of energy audit due to the clustering process. The savings to be reported are those aroused both from efficiency improvements in the production cycle and from any other changes, even behavioral, in the management of the production cycle itself. The savings should be reported […] only if greater than 1% of the previous year’s consumption.”

Draft EU rules requiring ship owners using EU ports to monitor and report CO2 emissions each year received the support of the House on Tuesday 28th April. The new rules, already informally agreed with the Council of Ministers, will apply from 2018 on to ships over 5,000 gross tons, regardless of the country in which they are registered, as a first step towards cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. At the time being no allowances will have to be surrendered against the reported emissions but an eventual EU ETS link up is possible.

The text will be put to a vote in a forthcoming Council of Ministers meeting in order to come into force on 1 July 2015.

For more info: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news

MR Energy Systems will take part in SMAU Padova 2015.

On April 1st and 2nd, we’ll participate to SMAU Padova 2015, where we’ll present some of our innovative services. In particular, we’ll introduce the prototype of BIM it APP, a ‘5D’ scanner application for modeling building interiors.

Participating to SMAU is simple: fill in our invitation, and come to visit us for free.

Once registered, visit our page on the exhibition web site, and add us to your visit plan.

We’ll meet you at our Stand, Pav 11 – Booth B1. See you soon.

MR Energy Systems will take part in Verso il 2020: la sfida dell’efficienza energetica e delle fonti rinnovabili, the event on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources promoted by AGIRE (Agenzia Veneziana per l’Energia).

On November 14th, Mauro Roglieri will present energy monitoring and control system applied to energy efficiency.

The event will take place in Sala San Leonardo, Canareggio 1584, Venezia, from 2 p.m.

For more info: https://agire2014.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/14-11-14-verso-il-2020/#more-269

To register for the event click here.

Mr Energy Academy analyses in depth the content of the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework approved by the European Council, on 24th October 2014.

Click here to read the article.

On the 9th of June in Milan, the Steering Committee of GBC Italia will be appointed.

Since 2011, the current Board, led by President Mario Zoccatelli and joined by Mauro Roglieri, MR Energy Systems CEO, has achieved important goals at national and international level, becoming the main partner of USGBC for the regional adaptation of LEED protocols, and development of new specific protocols, and working at the technical tables of the Italian Ministry for the Environment on the minimum requirements for the Green Public Procurement of buildings.

The team that has led GBC Italia growth over the last years, is now promoting a new structured and shared program aimed at strengthening the on-going activities and achieving further goals and results. To find out the details, consult the full program  statement at the following link http://www.gbcitalia.org/page/show/255