The aim of the Energy Gain is to increase awareness of energy issues in SME, by combining education with a voluntary agreement on action taken by the companies. The objective is to have 100 participating companies (manufacturing companies, industrial workshops, agricultural enterprises, real estate companies, groceries, supermarkets and automotive retailers etc) that are making efforts to make their energy use more efficient as well as investing their possibilities to change from fossil fuels to renewable energy, decreasing CO2-emissions as well as emissions of other polluting substances. SME are often hard to reach and some key-factors to reach and involve them have been: Use existing channels Facilitate experience exchange Combine knowledge building with actions at the participating companies