a global environment facility project in india found that more communication was needed among private sector players steel rerolling mills domestic equipment manufacturers trade and industry associations and others for uptake of industrial energyefficiency technologies verbeken agreements were established with local institutions hosting the project training courses which could then offer the courses beyond the project s lifespan the networks helped participating south african firms identify more than million rand in energyefficiency investments with a payback of less than a year spaldingfecher