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Is ICP the Alexander the Great of century XXI? And what has this to do with the Gordian Knot? The 2018 Energy Efficiency Barometer is here. You have time until the 30th of September to participate and have the chance to consider.

Jean Monnet was one of the founding fathers of the European Union. He says we are now in much better shape to take effective action - if there is the will and commitment to do so. There are more technologies available to help you reduce your energy.

The Investor Confidence Project (ICP) has developed protocols that enable standardisation of documents and processes for energy efficiency projects. The protocols make projects bankable for investors, which in turn enables aggregation of projects to unlock vast pools of capital to flow into energy.

The European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) launched an onsite matchmaking programme. Matchmaking aims at giving participants a chance to create long-term relationships that can ultimately lead to actual financial support to the project.

De-risk your project and access finance by joining the ICP Project Development Network. Participate in the free training on 20th November for Industry and Energy Supply and on the 22nd November for Street Lighting. The Investor Confidence Project Europe unlocks access.

One of the most effective ways of building better business cases is to identify and value non-energy benefits (NEBs) NEBs are all those benefits that come from an efficiency project that are not energy related. They can include improved health, reduced absentee.

This was a climate summit and, all too often, energy efficiency is too quickly passed over. We know there is a serious underinvestment in energy efficiency. Many energy efficiency measures are not undertaken because of a lack of standardisation - of the process.