3 EMT User Guide Eco-Energy Efficiency Management Tool

About the 3 EMT

The 3 EMT (Eco-Energy Efficiency Management Tool) is a self assessment tool for SMEs. It is

a simple and user-friendly, web-based tool and you can find it on the CEEM website

(http://www.ceemproject.eu). The tool is optimized for desktop and mobile systems (e.g.

tablets) and it is recommended to use the latest version of your internet browser.

For using the tool, SMEs need to register and get username and password, afterwards they

can log in on the project website and fill out a questionnaire. The questionnaire is divided in 5

sections: general information, status, energy management, self evaluation, future outlook.

Filling out the questionnaire needs about 45 minutes. Once finished the questionnaire, SMEs

get a automatically generated benchmark report. The benchmark report is a status quo

report in terms of energy-efficiency and sustainability and compares the SMEs performance

with national and international competitors. Additionally, the benchmark report offers an

excellent basis for further consulting and improving the eco efficiency of the SMEs.

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The 3 EMT workflow for companies

The first step is the online registration on the CEEM website (http://www.ceemproject.eu).

Therefore the following informations are required: Username, Password, First & Last Name,

Company Name, Country and email address. The next step is to login on the project website,

thereupon SMEs fill out the questionnaire. During the survey, SMEs always have the possibility

to postpone the questionnaire, e.g. because they have some important information not at

hand. After filling out the questionnaire, SMEs submit it – afterwards are no further changes

possible. Finally SMEs get their benchmark report. Additionally, they also have the possibility

to download a questionnaire report (a listing of all questions and given answers).

1. Online

Registration 2. Login

3. Fill out

Questionnaire

4. Postpone

Questionnaire 6. Get

Reports

5. Submit

Questionnaire

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3 EMT - Navigation

For the navigation in the 3 EMT, three buttons are available:

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Suspend exit the 3EMT tool and

go on later

Back

Going back to previous page

Next

Going to next page

3 EMT – Navigation

In the header of the 3 EMT, SMEs get informed about the current section and progress:

Section and Progress

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3 EMT – Questionnaire Functionalities

The 3 EMT Questionnaire consists of 125 questions. There are mandatory and voluntary

questions, whereby the mandatory questions are marked with a *

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3 EMT - Questionnaire Functionalities

Next to any question there is a question mark. Clicking this question mark offers further

information about the specific question:

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3 EMT - Questionnaire Functionalities

There are different answer types in the 3 EMT:

Switch-Buttons Drop Down Yes / No

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3 EMT - Questionnaire Functionalities

There are different answer types in the 3 EMT:

Numerical Values Multiple Selection

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3 EMT - Questionnaire Functionalities

There are different answer types in the 3 EMT:

Insert Text

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Preparing for using the 3 EMT

For filling out the questionnaire, the following documents could be useful:

• Annual balance sheet

• Energy bills (electricity and heating)

• Energy supply contracts (electricity and heating)

• Documents about annual fuel consumption

The questions in the 3 EMT cover a wide range of issues about the SME, e.g. NACE code,

turnover, property and ownership structure, size of the company, information on energy

provision and consumption, building and energy management, barriers of energy efficiency

and future outlook. Because of this wide range of issues, concentration during filling out the

questionnaire is important. The better the input data of the SMEs, the better are the

benchmark reports the SMEs finally get.

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Structure of 3 EMT – Log in Page

The log in page provides some

general information about the

questionnaire, like duration,

different sections and benchmark

report.

For logging in, username and

password are required. SMEs can

register on the CEEM project

website.

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Structure of 3 EMT – Start or re-start

If the SME doesn´t log in for the first

time, the tool offers the possibility to

jump to the last visited page or start

from the beginning.

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Structure of 3 EMT – Menu Page

On the menu page SMEs get some

quick information about the

creation date, last change and

status of the questionnaire. Status:

The questionnaire could be “open”,

this means that the SME has not

submitted the questionnaire yet

and can change the input data and

answer the questions. If the SME

submits the questionnaire, the

status turns to “submitted”,

afterwards no further changes are

possible by the SME.

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Structure of 3 EMT – Section Info Pages

At the beginning of each section

of the questionnaire there is a

section info page about the

contents of the following section.

To some extent documents are

listed which could be useful for

filling out the questionnaire.

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Structure of 3 EMT – Final Validation

At the end of the questionnaire,

SMEs submit the survey. After

submitting the survey, SMEs are

not able to change their inputs

any more. In case that the

company put in wrong information

and wants to change it, the

national contact points are able to

reopen the questionnaire for the

SMEs.

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Structure of 3 EMT – Final Overview & Report Request

After submitting the

questionnaire, the 3 EMT menu

page appears again. On this page

SMEs can now download the

benchmark report as well as the

questionnaire report. The status

of questionnaire is now

“submitted”. No changes are

possible anymore, but the the

SMEs can click through the

questionnaire again if they like to

review some numbers.

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3 EMT – Benchmark Report

The 3 EMT benchmark report offers an overview

over the SMEs energy efficiency management and

compares its performance with a sectorial, national

and overall benchmark. Besides an overview and

comparison of the performance, the report provides

a valuable data base for further consulting and

measures for improving the eco efficiency and

therefore strengthening the competiveness on a

national and/or international scale.

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3 EMT – Benchmark Report

For achieving a benchmark, the SME results are compared with the results of other SMEs. For

such comparison, three groups of companies are considered:

National competitors: SMEs participating in the survey with the same NACE code and of

the same country as the considered SME

European competitors: SMEs participating in the survey with the same NACE code as the

considered SME, but from all the considered project partner countries (Austria, Czech

Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia)

All the companies participating in the survey

Beside the benchmarks, a solely quantitative analysis and comparison of the SME’s energy

efficiency is offered at the end of the report to complete the picture.

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