...the answers are already mapped.
You will find them in our public deliverable D2.3 – Energy Audits, available on the EENOVA website. Explore it, and while you are there, take a look at our other public deliverables to see how the work progressed from analysis to implementation.
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Food processing runs on heat, cooling, motors and compressed air. Most of it stays invisible. Yet this is where costs rise and efficiency gains are won.If you want to see where the biggest loads sit, what typical efficiency measures look like in practice, and how audits translate into action....
Today’s Bulgarian wineries combine centuries of craft with modern energy demand: pumps, cooling, and bottling. EENOVA's audits help these wineries to focus on potential savings and turn waste heat and renewables into the new “sunlight” of winemaking.
From hand-pressed grapes to data-guided cellars!
“Boy with a Basket of Fruit” by Caravaggio (c. 1593, Italy)
Caravaggio’s overflowing basket came from vineyards that relied on sunlight, muscle, and time. Grapes travelled by hand, fermented in cellars cooled by stone walls, not by compressors.
What happens when a meat producer, an IT expert, a furniture manufacturer and an energy consultant sit at the same table to talk about energy efficiency?
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#EENOVA #EnergyEfficiency #ValueChains #SustainableIndustry #CleanEnergyTransition
53rd Congress of the Slovenian Cooperative Union: “The Country Needs the Countryside”
On 11 March 2026, EENOVA was at the 53rd Congress of the Slovenian Cooperative Union in Portorož, which brought together key stakeholders from the Slovenian agri-food sector.
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From Energy Audits to Action: Insights from the EENOVA Workshop in Slovenia
On 10 March 2026, agri-food companies, energy experts, and researchers met at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia for an EENOVA workshop on improving energy efficiency in food production.
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EENOVA helps to identify energy saving opportunities such as reusing heat from pasteurisation and introduce renewables so every litre flows with less waste.
Light once filled the room; now efficiency keeps it glowing.
#EENOVART #EENOVA #LIFEprogramme #SustainableFood #EnergyEfficiency #Dairy 🇸🇮
“The Milkmaid” by Johannes Vermeer (1658, Netherlands)
Vermeer’s maid poured milk lit only by daylight. Every step: milking, heating, churning - drew on human and animal power.
Modern Slovenian dairies rely on pumps, chillers, and pasteurisers. Energy keeps milk safe, yet it’s also a major cost.
What does energy efficiency look like when it becomes part of a region’s identity?
Read the full article to see how Birštonas is bottling a model of resilience for Europe’s food and beverage sector and how regional industry can modernise while staying rooted in its local identity.
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From grain to energy efficiency🌾
At this year’s Grain Technology Day, the EENOVA project joined the discussion on how the milling and grain processing sector can improve its energy performance while staying competitive.
Identifying where cooling loads can be optimised, and waste heat recovered, cutting costs without compromising quality.
From open stalls to controlled chambers, the craft continues. The difference lies in how efficiently we power it.
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Today, Romanian meat processors work behind closed systems: controlled cooling, ventilation, hygienic processing lines. Safety and consistency depend on electricity and thermal management. We support this transition through energy audits and value-chain cooperation.
"A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms” by Pieter Aertsen (1551, Netherlands)
In this 16th-century market scene, slabs of meat hang openly in the foreground: salted, smoked, and sold fresh. Preservation relied on air, salt, and timing. Energy meant labour, firewood, and proximity to market.
Milk oversupply, shrinking demand, a new dairy crisis on the horizon?
Planika Dairy is not hitting the brakes. Curious how they plan to navigate the coming dairy crisis and what this means for the regional value chain?
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EENOVA movie recommendation | Kiss the Ground
Looking for a film that actually challenges how our food systems work? Kiss the Ground is worth your attention.
If you care about sustainable food systems beyond buzzwords, put this on your watchlist.
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Local rivals turning into partners. 🍷
What happens when vineyard management, wine production and logistics stop working in silos and start working together?
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In today’s Austrian bakeries, the same warmth still drives creation, but now heat recovery and efficient systems can reuse that energy instead of losing it.
Picasso balanced colour and light; we balance kilowatts and taste.
#LIFEprogramme #SustainableFood #EnergyEfficiency #Bakery 🇦🇹
#EENOVART - “Still Life with Bread and Apples” by Pablo Picasso
When Picasso painted his quiet table of bread and fruit, ovens were fired with wood and every loaf baked by hand. Heat escaped freely, and energy meant smoke and labour.
Lithuania’s beverage producers now depend on refrigeration, carbonation, and packaging, energy-intensive processes that EENOVA aim to improve through energy audits.
What once travelled by sail now moves by circuit; efficiency can steer the course.
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“Still Life with Lemons" by Jan Davidsz de Heem
In de Heem’s vibrant still life, citrus and glass shimmered, luxuries brought by wind and sail, cooled only by the season. Drinks were precious because making and moving them cost effort, not electricity.
What if an energy audit actually told you something useful?
Not theory. Not paperwork. Real insights that show where energy is wasted, what can be fixed quickly, and why even simple data can unlock serious savings.
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Happy New Year from EENOVA!
This is our final calendar year, with less than twelve months left to deliver the full results of a project that began in 2023.
To jog the memory, here is the video we released in 2024. It sums up where we started and why the work matters.
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Thank you to everyone who engaged with us, collaborated with us, and helped amplify the project’s mission. Your commitment strengthens the path towards cleaner energy use and smarter production practices across the sector.
#LIFEprogramme #SustainableFoodSystems #EnergyEfficiency #CleanEnergy
The EENOVA consortium extends best wishes for the festive season🎄2025 has been a year of progress for our work on improving energy efficiency across regional food value chains. Together with our partners and stakeholders, we advanced to support a more sustainable and resilient food system in Europe.
#EENOVA collaborates with regional actors to strengthen value chains, improve energy performance, and help businesses adopt solutions that are realistic and scalable. A more efficient chain benefits everyone: companies, consumers, and the climate.
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The journey of festive food is longer than it seems 🎁🚚
Raw materials, processing, storage, packaging, transport, every step consumes energy. When Christmas demand rises, inefficiencies become both more visible and more costly.
#EENOVA works with regional value chains to support practical, data-driven improvements that help companies cut energy waste, reduce costs, and stay competitive during peak periods. Sustainable choices aren’t only long-term commitments; they matter most when demand is at its highest
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As Christmas approaches, food consumption surges and so does the energy demand behind every product on our tables. From bakeries scaling up production to beverage processors running at full capacity, the festive season highlights how essential energy efficiency has become for a resilient food sector
📢 New Deliverable Available: D4.1 – 3rd Roundtable Regional Scenarios Report
🔍 What’s inside?
D4.1 brings together the newest insights from our third roundtables, where regional stakeholders refined their #energytransition scenarios.
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