The session was organised by Sustainable Innovations (SIE) and it counted with the participation of TÁNDEM, CREARA and RINA. They presented the benefits that the project offers for the participating supermarkets as well as the work they will be doing in carrying out energy audits and developing innovative financial schemes to implement energy efficiency measures in the pilot supermarkets.

Representatives from at least 4 supermarkets joined the webinar. They participated actively through an interactive session organised with the help of Mentimeter, where they shared their feedback and inputs.

The entire session was recorded, and it can be seen in the video below

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The session, titled Promoting energy efficiency in small and medium supermarkets in Spain, focuses on the Spanish market, one of the pilot regions of the project together with Italy.

The aim of the webinar is to present the project and the benefits it offers to supermarkets, with the ultimate goal of increasing their involvement and engagement.

The session will be free upon registration, and you can sign up now in this link: https://www.eventbrite.es/e/promoviendo-la-eficiencia-energetica-en-supermercados-de-espana-tickets-139625775453

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During the second part of the meeting, several workshops were carried out in order to brainstorm about the upcoming activities:

• Sinloc coordinated the first workshop: Defining the innovative business models, where all the partners shared ideas about innovative business models to be explored, analysed and developed.
• RINA led the second workshop: Energy Efficiency saving measures in supermarkets, with the aim to identify different solutions and present a timeframe for the actions.
• Zero-e Engineering, the Municipality of Padova, Sinloc and Tandem coordinated the third brainstorming session: Customer engagement and reward mechanisms for the supermarket.
• Following this, Sustainable Innovations led another session related to the Communication and Dissemination activities of the project. Here, the Mentimeter tool was used to gather feedback from the partners.
• And last, but not least, R2M Solutions concluded with a discussion on risk management and impact that was carried out in Mural, an interactive tool to create boards with sticky notes.

In spite of being held online, the consortium meeting was very fruitful and great ideas came out of it!

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Six supermarkets took part in the meeting: Alì, Aspiag Service, CONAD, COOP, Ecor NaturaSì, and Lidl Italia. They highlighted the main challenges they are facing in the energy refurbishment sector and the main constraints they would like to overcome. Nearly all of them underlined the importance of the communication and awareness raising activities towards customers and the definition of policy recommendations for decision makers. Another crucial aspect addressed by the supermarkets was the identification of innovative technologies to further increase the energy efficiency of their stores and the correct way to finance this improvement.

From its part, the Municipality of Padova and SINLOC presented the advantages that participating in SUPER-HEERO offers for supermarkets, such as the free provision of smart meters to assess and control energy consumption, a professional study and analysis of the supermarkets’ current situation in order to find viable solutions to increase energy efficiency and reduce consumption, and support with the planning of business models and revenue streams for both customers and supermarkets.

The next steps to be taken consist in the definition of an Italian working group of supermarkets and in the set-up of operational proposals which should be tailored to the specific needs and objectives of the different players.

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