ATENEA4SME: Industrial SME Self-Evaluation of Energy Efficiency

Antonio Ferraro, Giacomo Bruni (), Marcello Salvio, Milena Marroccoli, Antonio Telesca, Chiara Martini, Federico Alberto Tocchetti and Antonio D’Angola
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Antonio Ferraro: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, via dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Giacomo Bruni: Dipartimento Unità Efficienza Energetica, Laboratorio Efficienza Energetica nei Servizi Economici, via Anguillarese 301, 00060 Roma, Italy
Marcello Salvio: Dipartimento Unità Efficienza Energetica, Laboratorio Efficienza Energetica nei Servizi Economici, via Anguillarese 301, 00060 Roma, Italy
Milena Marroccoli: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, via dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Antonio Telesca: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, via dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Chiara Martini: Dipartimento Unità Efficienza Energetica, Laboratorio Efficienza Energetica nei Servizi Economici, via Anguillarese 301, 00060 Roma, Italy
Federico Alberto Tocchetti: Dipartimento Unità Efficienza Energetica, Laboratorio Efficienza Energetica nei Servizi Economici, Sede di Palermo, via Principe di Granatelli 24, 90139 Palermo, Italy
Antonio D’Angola: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, via dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-28

Abstract: Promoting energy efficiency in the Italian production sector is significantly hampered by the lack of knowledge, the scarcity and the limited distribution of tools for supporting energy audits in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a wide range of Italian economic sectors (industry, tertiary sector, transport). The Advanced Tool for ENErgy Audit for SMEs, ATENEA4SME, is intended to help SMEs promote energy-efficiency projects, supports energy audits and self-evaluation of energy consumption. The tool uses an original mathematical model that takes into account the results of questionnaires and a multi-criteria analysis to generate recommendations for energy efficiency investments. This article will give a thorough explanation of the tool, emphasizing and outlining the sections as well as the procedures to get the ultimate summary of the energy usage of the enterprises under investigation and the potential for energy saving. From a technological and financial perspective, the tool helps to remove obstacles to the development of energy-efficiency measures. In this article, the IT and methodological structure of the tool will therefore be extensively described, and its operation for the context of SMEs will be illustrated, with application cases. Ample space will be allocated to the dissemination campaign and the replicability of the tool for all economic sectors of the industrial and tertiary sectors.

Keywords: energy efficiency; energy audit; SMEs; energy efficiency tool (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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