Energy Performance & Decarbonation

Reduce carbon emissions in your industry: Ekium supports you in your energy efficiency efforts!

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Rising energy bills, regulatory pressure on CO₂ emissions? Ekium helps you reduce your energy consumption, recover waste heat, and deploy renewable energy.

Winner of the National Engineering Grand Prize for “Decarbonizing Industry” (2023 & 2024), we combine technical expertise (processes, utilities, buildings) with financial engineering to build your decarbonization roadmap and maximize public funding (ADEME, CEE, BPI, Regional Authorities).

Our approach: we primarily support our clients through high-value-added consulting services (energy audits, carbon assessments, decarbonization master plans, feasibility studies). Ekium then leads the implementation phases (from preliminary design to commissioning), where we bring our multi-disciplinary technical expertise to bear.

Our expertise

Audit & action plan

Energy audits and consumption mapping (production, buildings, utilities, maintenance, receiving, shipping)

Energy review and process analysis Identification of waste and energy-intensive equipment

Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon footprint assessment using the Bilan Carbone® methodology (ADEME)

Water audit : mapping of water usage, identification of optimization potential

Identification of opportunities for process, technical, and organizational optimization

Master Plan / Roadmap: Prioritization of actions based on ROI, operational and financial macro-planning

Solution studies

Technical and economic study for opportunity optimization / feasibility (macro or detailed)

CAPEX/OPEX/ROI estimates profitability analysis, payback period

Integration of multi-disciplinary expertise energy efficiency, decarbonization, cooling, heat recovery, renewable energy, water treatment

"Energy by Design" review energy optimization starting from the design phase (preliminary/detailed design)

Specific Expertise Energy efficiency of equipment (motors, compressors, lighting, HVAC) Heat recovery (compressors, chillers, cooling towers, effluents, geothermal energy) Hot water loop recovery, district heating Water management optimization (recycling, treatment, reuse) Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) Renewable energy: biomass, solar thermal/photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, biogas

Financing study and financial engineering

Assistance with securing funding from ADEME (Heat Fund, Decarbonization Fund, Tremplin), EEC (Energy Efficiency Certificates), BPI France, regional governments, and the EU (ERDF, Innovation Fund)

Preparation of grant applications , including technical and financial documentation, and administrative follow-up

Financial engineering: tailored financing structures (grants, EECs, EPCs—Energy Performance Contracts, leasing, third-party financing)

Combining different schemes: optimization of the financing plan (combining grants + EECs + regional aid)

Financial roadmap: phasing of investments based on financing capacity and funding opportunities

Project design & construction

Project management support (AMO) project management, coordination of stakeholders

Design study preliminary design, detailed design, technical specifications

Project management monitoring of supplier studies, coordination of lots, site supervision

Turnkey specialty services complete implementation (design + construction) for specific equipment (biomass boilers, solar thermal systems, heat recovery, water treatment)

Operation & Maintenance

Data collection and analysis: measurement of actual consumption, detection of anomalies

Monitoring solutions: real-time energy dashboards, alerts

Implementation of KPIs and dashboards: tracking energy and water performance

Process digitization: energy and water management workflows

Maintenance solutions: preventive/predictive maintenance of energy equipment

Automation and Industry 4.0 solutions : smart utility management, real-time optimization

Support for teams in energy efficiency: training, awareness-raising, and coaching

Browse our Low Carbon Solutions offer

Technology watch and innovation

  • Consortium with France Chimie/ADEME: identification, industrialization, and deployment of breakthrough technologies (hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), biogas, solar thermal)

  • Partnerships with specialized companies: monitoring, solar thermal, heat recovery, water treatment, carbon capture

Your challenges

  • High energy bills: impact on competitiveness, volatility in energy prices

  • Regulatory pressure: mandatory energy audits (large companies), carbon tax, CO₂ quotas

  • Decarbonization goals: CSR commitments, “net-zero” trajectory, pressure from customers/investors

  • Water restrictions: recurring droughts, municipal ordinances, threat to production continuity

EKIUM
Regulatory compliance (ISO 50001, carbon footprint, ICPE declarations, wastewater discharges) becomes a permanent challenge, all the more so as the complexity of public subsidies - difficult to identify and administratively cumbersome - hampers access to available funding. The lack of visibility on actual consumption, due to the absence of reliable measurements, prevents effective prioritization of improvement actions.
Jérémy VISSEAUX
Head of Energy Performance & Decarbonation Activity

Our added value

  • Comprehensive approach: from audit to operation, including financing (ADEME, EEC, BPI, Regions)

  • Field-based approach: on-site surveys conducted by consultants to collect data (consumption, processes, equipment)

  • Integrated multi-disciplinary expertise: energy efficiency, decarbonization, refrigeration, heat recovery, renewable energy, water treatment, processes, building systems, digitalization

  • Financial engineering: recognized expertise in preparing applications for ADEME, CEE, and BPI funding (maximizing grants)

  • Technology watch: consortium with France Chimie/ADEME, partnerships with specialists

  • Measurable performance: quantified savings (kWh, tCO₂, m³ of water, €), calculated ROI

  • Digitalization tools: monitoring, data analytics, smart utility management

45-8 ENERGY
Many thanks to the Ekium team involved in this study. It was a particularly challenging assignment, not only because of the very tight timing, but also because of the "breadth" of the study's scope. We rose to the challenge. The exchanges between our companies were constructive and always in good spirits, which contributed to the success of the project.
Nicolas PELISSIER
Chairman

CHEMISTRY

Development of a decarbonization roadmap: identification of 30% energy savings, preparation of ADEME Decarbonization Fund application (€2M grant), ROI < 3 years

AGRI-FOOD

Heat recovery from refrigeration compressors: valorization in hot water loop, 15% reduction in gas bill, CEE + ADEME Fonds Chaleur financing

PHARMACIE

Regulatory energy audit + action plan: identification of 20% savings (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, processes), ISO 50001 compliance

AGRI-FOOD

Implementation of a water roadmap (3Rs): 25% reduction in water consumption, reuse of process water, security in the face of restrictions

OIL & GAS

Biomass feasibility study: replacement of a gas boiler with a biomass boiler, 80% reduction in CO₂ emissions, ADEME Fonds Chaleur + CEE financing

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They trust us

  • Company logo ArcelorMittal
  • Company logo Euroapi
  • Company logo GSK
  • Company logo TotalEnergies

Partners & Competitive clusters

Search for financing and preparation of applications

Fonds Chaleur, Fonds Décarbonation, Tremplin, energy audits

Competitiveness cluster: chemicals/environment

Innovation financing, decarbonation loans

Decarbonizing industry consortium

Tenerrdis: Renewable energies competitiveness cluster

Our approvals & certifications

Energy audits in industry

Supporting manufacturers in low-carbon energy mix opportunity studies

Our news

  • GPNI: "Decarbonizing Industry" award 2023

    We have been awarded this prize for the project we carried out for EUROAPI: drawing up a strategic, technical and economic roadmap for 2030 and 2050, with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality and reducing energy and water consumption.

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  • GPNI: "Decarbonizing Industry" 2024 prize

    Ekium wins the "Decarbonizing Industry" award for building Europe's first Gigafactories dedicated to the production of key low-carbon batteries.

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Group presence

The Snef Group operates across four continents—the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania—in 30 countries and 80 cities, with a network spanning more than 100 international locations.