PraTLA – Assessing performance and potential is key to success
Many mayors would like to improve the energy efficiency of their city – if convincing solutions were at hand. This is one of the lessons learnt during PraTLA’s 2nd interregional meeting in Annecy on 3 Feb 2012.
PraTLA has found more than 30 students so far that carry out practical trainings in local authorities helping cities to assess certain aspects of local energy performance or to set up, update and even improve energy strategies. Steffi Hänig a student from Zittau/Görlitz university of Applied Science even assessed local CO2 balancing systems in an interregional comparison when she made an internship at the Energy Agency for South East Sweden in Oskarshamn. The different approaches of Smaland (Kalmar and Kronober)/Blekinge and Saxony that have been identified during her six months training could help to improve both calculations systems in various ways.
Cette année c’est Energie Durable pour Tous
Le 20 décembre 2010, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a proclamé 2012 Année internationale de l’énergie durable pour tous.
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Cette Année Internationale de l’Energie Durable pour Tous représente une opportunité unique de sensibiliser le plus grand nombre à l’importance d’encourager à tous les niveaux l’efficience énergétique, l’accès durable à l’énergie, et l’énergie renouvelable. L’accès à l’énergie, en particulier l’énergie durable, dans les pays en développement permet entre autres :
CLIMATE ADAPTATION – Information to politicians and municipal officials
On the 1st of September the municipality of Växjö (Sweden) held a meeting addressed to politicians and municipal officials (staff) about climate adaptation. The politicians and staff that attended the meeting showed a diversity of experience and knowledge, since they represented different administrations within the municipality. About 40 persons attended and most of them held management positions within their administration.
CLIPART meeting in Växjö, Sweden
The EnercitEE sub-project CLIPART organized a workshop in Växjö, Sweden, 27-28 October 2011, gathering 10 participants from five countries. The meeting was the second workshop within the CLIPART project and it was truly a working meeting.
FIPREC’s kick-off meeting in Porretta Terme
The FIPREC sub-project started in Porretta Terme, 25th-27th October 2011 at CISA (Innovation Center Environmental Sustainability) headquarters where the LSPP welcomed the 2 partners who take part in one of the five sub-projects that were approved in the 2nd Call for Proposals within EnercitEE.
Impression from the kick-off meeting
Each participant (CISA, Saxon Energy Agency – SAENA GmbH and District of Olawa) shortly presented itself and the projects already carried out. Many subjects were discussed, all of them listed on a meeting agenda agreed in advance, dealing especially with the overall objective of FIPREC which is to contribute to solving the applicative problems in public-private partnership and project financing, which have arisen in the energy sector interventions, especially where the financial return require a long time.
Polish-German promotional meeting entitled “Innovative technologies – Renewable energy sources”
On 18th October 2011 a Polish-German promotional meeting entitled “Innovative technologies – Renewable energy sources” took place in the Forest School in Bielawa. The meeting was organized under the project called “Local energy efficiency advice and networks (LEEAN)” which is implemented under the INTERREG IVC program “EnercitEE”.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Polish Chamber of Craft and the Guild of Various Crafts and Small Businesses, but also by representatives of the Chamber of Craft from Świdnica and of the Municipal Office of Bielawa. The patronage over the meeting was taken by the president of the Chamber of Crafts in Swidnica – Kazimierz Rachowiecki, the mayor of the city of Bielawa Ryszard Dźwiniel and the president of the City Council of Bielawa Leszek Stróżyk. The representatives of Bielawa included also the deputy of the mayor, Andrzej Hordyj. The German side was represented by the representatives of the Chamber of Craft of Dresden Ivan Purath and Homola, Hubner and Geissler.
How to deal with a passive house?
Living or working in a passive house is a challenging novelty. EEMTE partner city of Leipzig set the passive house as a standard for newly erected and – if economic efficiency is given – for refurnished buildings. Since the use of passive house requires specific knowledge, staff working in these buildings has to be trained to optimize their benefits.
18th Polish-German-Czech Entrepreneurs’ Cooperation Forum
The 18th Polish-German-Czech Entrepreneurs’ Cooperation Forum was held on the 10th November 2011 in Jelenia Góra. The meeting was organized by Karkonoska Agency for Regional Development which is also participating in EnercitEE’s sub-project PraTLA.
Impression from the Forum
Impression from the Forum
The theme of the Forum were issues related to energy-efficient construction, environmental engineering, environmental protection and waste management. This year 150 companies have reported the participation, including 60 companies from Poland, 40 German companies and 50 companies from Czech (200 people).
Saxony´s new energy and climate programme released for hearing
The draft version of Saxony´s first Energy and Climate Programme was released on 25 October for hearing in the Saxon Cabinet. This programme will substitute and combine the former Energy Programme (2004), the Climate Protection Programme (2001) and the Action Plan Energy and Climate (2008).
