Promotional packs on energy efficiency in the Lesser Poland Voivodship, Poland
Numerous initiatives for increasing awareness about energy efficiency are held yearly in Poland. In 2016 the
Differentiated waste collection, Sustainable mobility, Italy
Castelbuono is a Zero Waste town of 10.000 inhabitants in Sicily, Italy, which has managed to develop an
Duurzaamheidsmeter Wijken (DZM Wijken), Belgium
The Duurzaamheidsmeter Wijken (DZM Wijken, Sustainability Meter for Neighborhoods) is a tool created by the Flemish government to support the planning, design, and implementation of a new sustainable (residential) neighborhood, and measure its sustainability. The tool can be used by the local government or a project developed.
Establishing a team responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the “Low carbon economy plan ”, Poland
The team was created to realise the requirements of implementing the Low carbon economy plan and ensuring a correct delivery date, as well as monitoring of the plan’s implementation.
Reduce the use of energy carriers (especially in the area of heat) and promote an integrated approach to energy efficiency, Poland
On June 28, 2016, the City of Słupsk as the Project Leader signed a grant agreement with the Marshal of the
SEC-Suisse, France
Urban energy planning
The MEU project has as objective to develop and test a web tool that precisely meets the needs of planners of urban energy systems. This project helped put together the academic partners, as well as four Swiss cities.
Guideline on energy efficiency management in industrial enterprises, Bulgaria
The guideline can be used by energy managers, specialists from large companies and industrial systems having obligations under the EEA, SME to increase their EE. The guideline gives instructions how to collecting and analyzing information on energy consumption; practical actions for building, monitoring and improvement of energy management systems; implementation of measures to increase the EE of major groups of energy consumers; creation of system for energy monitoring.
Municipal energy consumption calculator, Bulgaria
The calculator for municipal energy consumption developed by Energy Agency of Plovdiv is a software tool, based on Excel, to support local authorities in calculation of total municipal energy consumption and energy costs. This tool gives opportunity to separate energy consumption:
- by sectors- public sector, public administration, transport, industry, agriculture sector, health and social care, households, tourism;
- by energy sources and monetary value.
EnergyPLAN, Bulgaria
The EnergyPLAN model is an input/output computer model for Energy Systems Analysis. It simulates the operation of national energy systems on an hourly basis, including the electricity, heating, cooling, industry and transport sectors. The main purpose is to assist the design of national energy planning strategies on the basis of technical and economic analyses. General inputs are demands, RES, energy plant capacities, costs and a optional different regulation strategies emphasizing import/export and excess electricity production.
Verlichtingsvisie Amsterdam (Plan), Netherlands
The municipality of Amsterdam has started to develop a 'public lighting vision' to combat light pollution and unnecessary light, and at the same time save energy. The 'plan of action' for this light vision provides many useful ideas for a light vision for Amsterdam and beyond. The main aspect is to characterize specific 'lighting typologies', where guiding principles are set for different types of environments (e.g.
