Over the past three and a half years, the DEESME 2050 project has worked towards creating favourable conditions for smaller companies to implement energy efficiency measures in line with Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive.
To achieve this, we focused on the furniture sector, a representative case of small, dispersed, non-energy-intensive, and often hard-to-reach enterprises. This presented both a challenge and an opportunity to design solutions that are realistic, transferable, and scalable.
This report presents the results of our collective efforts and aims to provide useful insights and practical guidance for future work on advancing energy efficiency in small and medium-sized enterprises across Europe.
