In October, the IEE project organized two benchmarking capacity-building sessions for Egyptian National Cleaner Production Center (ENCPC) and Industrial Development Authority (IDA) staff. The aim was to bring the representatives up to speed on existing methods of energy benchmarking, enabling them to then extend this knowledge throughout their respective government agencies. The training was followed by building on-the-job experience in data collection from a representative sample of the ceramics industry in Egypt in order to develop an energy benchmarking report for the sector. The two organizations (i.e. ENCPC and IDA) were selected by the Ministry of Trade and Industry to be responsible for energy benchmarking activities in order to ensure the sustainability of this activity following the completion of the IEE project.
To date, the IEE project has published three energy benchmarking reports for three energy intensive industries: fertilizers, cement and iron and steel.