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Enjay at COP27: “Deploying our technology in a restaurant saves 90% of the energy required for heating”

During the UN climate conference COP27, Enjay participated in the Dragonfly’s Den competition at the COP27 Climate Hub, an on-site and digital broadcast hosted by We Don’t Have Time from Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. Nils Lekeberg, Co-founder and Vice President of Enjay Systems joined the broadcast from Malmö in Sweden to talk about heat recovery in polluted air streams, like in restaurants.
Nils Lekeberg joined the COP27 Climate Hub on November 16 to talk about heat recovery in polluted air streams
Nils Lekeberg joined the COP27 Climate Hub on November 16 to talk about heat recovery in polluted air streams

Energy efficiency in buildings is crucial to solving the climate crisis. For every kWh of energy that we never use, we can prevent the environmental damage that comes from producing that energy. This is even more crucial as we are moving away from fossil fuels. As an example, one major way of increasing energy efficiency is by using a method called heat recovery, which means reusing the excess heat that is created from for example cooking food is reused to keep buildings warm. In Germany, heat recovery in offices and residential buildings saved about 55 TWh of energy. That same year, Germany bought 49 TWh of natural gas from Russia. In other words, without heat recovery in buildings, Germany may have needed twice the amount of natural gas from Russia.
Enjay is making use of this technology in an area where it has previously been impossible: What is called polluted air streams. For example, in restaurants, the warm air coming from the kitchen has previously been considered too polluted to be reused. With Enjay’s new heavy-duty heat exchanger, restaurants can reuse that heat to keep their dining room warm, for example, and in doing so lower the energy needed for heating by 90%.
This solution is ready to deploy, and there’s no drawback to implementing it. “The customer drive really is the wallet. What we have created is an economic incentive to help strive for the 1.5°C limit.” said Nils Lekeberg in his pitch. When asked about the payback period, he said: “If you install our technology in the new building stage, the alternative cost is very close to zero. If you do it as a retro-fit, it takes you about 18 months to pay it back.”
https://youtu.be/JHAGR_QdfXQ?t=33568


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  • Evangeline Wanjiru

    94 w

    This should be adapted on a larger scale

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    • Enjay Systems

      97 w

      Thanx Marine, We share your hope.

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      • Sarah Chabane

        97 w

        This should be implemented by all restaurants to act on energy efficiency!

        • Enjay Systems

          97 w

          @sarah_chabane What she said!

        • Tabitha Kimani

          97 w

          The technology should be deployed in all restaurants. The heat in the kitchens is usually too much.

          • Enjay Systems

            97 w

            @tabitha_kimani Word!

          • Marine Stephan

            97 w

            This is such a great innovation! Let's hope restaurants start using this!

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            Re-watch all our COP29 broadcasts

            We need to stop methane and #BuyMoreTime