{"id":242,"date":"2020-03-12T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/?p=242"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:59:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:59:53","slug":"role-of-smes-in-low-carbon-economy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/en\/role-of-smes-in-low-carbon-economy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of SMEs in Low-carbon Economy Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The transition from a high-carbon to a low-carbon energy system&nbsp;is&nbsp;inevitable.&nbsp;To&nbsp;decrease&nbsp;the carbon emissions,&nbsp;the key&nbsp;lies in&nbsp;energy demand&nbsp;reduction, energy efficiency&nbsp;improvement&nbsp;and decarbonization technologies&nbsp;use,&nbsp;e.g.&nbsp;renewable energy and digitalization.&nbsp;(World Economic Forum  2019)&nbsp;For instance, industry accounts for 25% of the&nbsp;EU&nbsp;total&nbsp;energy consumption&nbsp;(European Environment Agency 2020).&nbsp;At the same time, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 99% of all businesses&nbsp;in the&nbsp;EU&nbsp;( European Commission 2020).&nbsp;SMEs\u2019&nbsp;potential for energy efficiency and renewable energy use&nbsp;stays&nbsp;untapped&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;change in&nbsp;energy behaviour, therefore,&nbsp;plays&nbsp;an essential part&nbsp;in&nbsp;the shift towards&nbsp;a low-carbon economy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interregional workshop&nbsp;on Energy Support Mapping&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Interreg Europe funded projects, both addressing&nbsp;the&nbsp;topic of&nbsp;low-carbon economy, have created&nbsp;a joint local stakeholder group&nbsp;to support the development in the P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me region.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/resindustry\/\" target=\"_blank\">RESINDUSTRY<\/a>&nbsp;focuses&nbsp;on&nbsp;renewable&nbsp;energy sources in&nbsp;the&nbsp;industry, and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/smepower\/\" target=\"_blank\">SME POWER<\/a>\u2019s target is energy efficiency in non-energy intensive SMSs.&nbsp;The benefits of such mutual support and cooperation were presented to the participants of the&nbsp;SME POWER&nbsp;interregional workshop held in&nbsp;Heinola&nbsp;and Lahti on 19-20th February 2020. Also, the&nbsp;RESINDUSTRY&nbsp;project was invited to&nbsp;join&nbsp;the meeting and&nbsp;introduce&nbsp;the project\u2019s&nbsp;aims and goals&nbsp;to the&nbsp;audience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition2-1024x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition2-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition2-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Picture 1. Katerina Medkova presenting RESINDUSTRY to SME POWER partnership. Photo: Seamus Mc Cormack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The objective of the first day of the workshop was to present the&nbsp;initial&nbsp;findings related to Energy Support Map,&nbsp;an&nbsp;available energy support&nbsp;system&nbsp;for SMEs to invest in a low-carbon future in&nbsp;all partner regions. The workshop was organised as a speed date&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;between&nbsp;two regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regions&nbsp;were&nbsp;changed in regular intervals&nbsp;so that at the end, all regions&nbsp;discussed their results with all&nbsp;partners. This&nbsp;speed date method enabled&nbsp;the partners&nbsp;to&nbsp;gather external perspectives&nbsp;on&nbsp;own mapping&nbsp;of policy instruments,&nbsp;and to&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;their&nbsp;strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, some partners got&nbsp;inspired&nbsp;by&nbsp;other regions&nbsp;for possible&nbsp;improvements to be implemented back in the home regions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improvements were foreseen in increased awareness and better communication among the business and industry sectors. Also,&nbsp;process&nbsp;simplification&nbsp;when applying for&nbsp;energy efficiency&nbsp;related&nbsp;subsidies, its&nbsp;submission&nbsp;and&nbsp;less bureaucracy were&nbsp;pointed out several times. These are regarded as the biggest obstacles for&nbsp;SMSs&nbsp;due to a&nbsp;lack of resources, knowledge and time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition-1024x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/Role-of-SMEs-in-Low-carbon-Economy-Transition.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Picture 2. SME POWER partnership visiting LAB University. Photo: Katerina Medkova. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playful approach to learning<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The second day took place&nbsp;at&nbsp;the LAB&nbsp;University&nbsp;of\nApplied Sciences&nbsp;campus with&nbsp;focus&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/policylearning\/good-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Practices<\/a>. One of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/about-us\/what-is-interreg-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interreg Europe<\/a>&nbsp;project outcomes is to recognize good examples\nalready proven in practice that could be easily adapted&nbsp;and\ntransferred&nbsp;to other partner regions or within the EU. Some\nof the Good Practices identified in the region of P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me could be\nbeneficial for both projects, some may be specific to only one of the projects.\nPlaying a game and identifying an imaginary Good Practice in three different\ngroups contributed to a better understanding of what kind of information is\nrequired and how to prefill data into a template. In the\nend, all groups voted for the best imaginary example and discussed the reasons\nbehind their voting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The identified Good Practices will inspire all regions when creating their Action Plans to improve the regional policies and pave the way towards low-carbon economy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Written by Katerina Medkova who works as an RDI specialist&nbsp;at LAB University of Applied Sciences and is the RESINDUSTRY Project &amp; Communication Manager.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European Commission. 2020. What is an SME?. [Cited 22 Feb 2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/growth\/smes\/business-friendly-environment\/sme-definition_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/growth\/smes\/business-friendly-environment\/sme-definition_en (avautuu uudessa v\u00e4lilehdess\u00e4)\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/growth\/smes\/business-friendly-environment\/sme-definition_en<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European Environment Agency. 2020. Final energy consumption by sector and fuel in Europe. [Cited 22 Feb 2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/data-and-maps\/indicators\/final-energy-consumption-by-sector-10\/assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/data-and-maps\/indicators\/final-energy-consumption-by-sector-10\/assessment  (avautuu uudessa v\u00e4lilehdess\u00e4)\">https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/data-and-maps\/indicators\/final-energy-consumption-by-sector-10\/assessment <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Economic Forum. 2019. A low-carbon energy world is dawning \u2013 but we must move even faster [Cited 24 Feb 2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2019\/01\/a-low-carbon-energy-world-is-dawning-but-we-must-move-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2019\/01\/a-low-carbon-energy-world-is-dawning-but-we-must-move-faster\/  (avautuu uudessa v\u00e4lilehdess\u00e4)\">https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2019\/01\/a-low-carbon-energy-world-is-dawning-but-we-must-move-faster\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interreg Europe. 2020a. Good practices from Interreg projects and beyond. [Cited 24 Feb 2020]. Available at: https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/policylearning\/good-practices\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interreg Europe. 2020b. Project Summary. RESINDUSTRY. [Cited 22 Feb 2020]. Available at: https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/resindustry\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interreg Europe. 2020c. Project Summary. SME POWER. [Cited 22 Feb 2020]. Available at: https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/smepower\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interreg Europe. 2020d. What is Interreg Europe?. [Cited 22 Feb 2020]. Available at: https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/about-us\/what-is-interreg-europe\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture 1. Seamus Mc Cormack: SME POWER Interregional Worksop in Heinola on 19.2.2020. 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