We live on a planet with close to 8 billion people. Increasing consumption and a growing energy demand mean we need to get better at maximizing efficiency. At the same time, we need to minimize our carbon footprint. Fortunately, the world is gradually waking up. Today, industries are looking for more sustainable solutions. Improving energy efficiency will be one of the main contributors to achieving sustainable development the critical path needed to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. By optimizing the world’s use of energy and producing more from less, we can meet increased demand while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions to limit global temperature rise. And as much as half of the potential energy savings we see today come from the industrial sector, with 30% coming from buildings. The good news is that the solutions needed to achieve these energy efficiency improvements are already here. Now it’s time to speed up their implementation. At Alfa Laval, we have spent decades developing thermal technologies that help businesses optimize energy use in their processes. Every year, our newly installed plate heat exchangers enable customers to save a combined 50 gigawatts. That’s the same amount of energy that it takes to annually heat 10 million European homes. It also translates to a 25-million-tonne reduction in global CO2 emissions or what’s produced every year in the city of Paris. But this only scrapes the surface of what we can do by boosting energy efficiency. Imagine if the world’s industries switched from traditional solutions to innovative and efficient heat exchangers designed, operated and serviced in the optimal ways? In refineries, for example, this could reduce annual energy consumption by 23% or 1000 terawatt hours. In data centers, more efficient waste heat recovery by 2030 would lead to energy savings of 3000 terawatt hours per year the equivalent of heating 300 million European households. The corresponding CO2 reduction adds up to 680 million tonnes. And best of all, energy saved is money saved. So improving efficiency in your operations helps more than the planet. It also helps your bottom line. From heavy process industries to data centers domestic heating and cooling, and much more today’s Alfa Laval serves the widest range of customers imaginable. No matter what industry you work in, we are already there with innovative and efficient plate heat exchanger solutions that dramatically save energy and reduce carbon emissions. Want to know more? Contact us today!