DaKShaTA

Description of DaKShaTA

DaKShaTA- Database for Knowledge Sharing on Technological Advancements aims to help industry identify technologies and measures that can help them in enhancing energy efficiency, improving productivity and reducing CO2 emissions, while assessing the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency investment options.
It is estimated that energy efficiency in the industrial sector can be improved tremendously through adoption of proven and commercially available technologies. However, industry leaders often cite the lack of information on relevant options and benchmarks, and difficulties with building a clear-cut financial case for energy efficiency investments as the two main barriers to widespread deployment of energy efficiency technologies and measures. This database aims to help decision makers to realise this significant energy savings and GHG mitigation potential by providing comprehensive and easily accessible information that can help in overcoming information and financial barriers.
Currently the database covers information on the cement sector and we shortly plan to include other sectors. The information contained in the database is primarily compiled from a wide array of publicly available sources and published literature. The database provides sector specific information (characteristics of the sector including its size, its importance in terms of its energy consumption and GHG emissions, as well as estimated potential for technical improvements), technologies and resources, key data, Benchmarks.