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The following organisations are partners within
the ECM project:
Ecofys b.v. (co-ordinator)
An experienced market leader
Established in 1984, Ecofys specialises in energy saving and renewable
energy solutions. As part of the Econcern group, we offer research
and consultancy services as well as product development. Over the
years we've conducted extensive research and completed projects
for many energy companies, housing corporations, building companies,
international and local authorities, and energy consumers around
the world. With more than 150 employees in six countries, we're
one of the largest consultancy firms in sustainable energy.
Broad expertise
Ecofys offers a wide range of high quality services, based on our
extensive knowledge of renewable energy and energy saving solutions.
Areas of expertise include solar energy, wind energy, biomass, hydrogen
and fuel cell technology, energy supply and climate policies. Our
experts are organised around different markets and the fields of
consultancy and product development. Technical, financial, legal
and planning disciplines are combined to develop balanced and cost-effective
solutions.
Innovative and forward thinking
Ecofys is always at the forefront of climate and energy market developments.
Because of our activities in strategic research and our contributions
to international and local policy development we lead the way in
applying these advancements in our projects. We also continue to
develop new products of our own, or in partnership with other organisations.
In the ECM project besides Ecofys Utrecht are involved the offices
in Germany, Poland and Spain.
Contactperson:
Ecofys NL: Yolanda de Jager, tel. +31 30 2808436, E-mail: y.dejager@ecofys.nl
Ecofys D: Sascha Gajewski, tel. +49 221 51090722, E-mail: s.gajewski@ecofys.de
Ecofys PL: Przemek Nowak, tel. +48 61 6610071. E-mail: p.nowak@ecofys.pl
Ecofys E: Joaquim Corominas, tel. +34 93 3909077, E-mail: j.corominas@ecofys.com
For more
information, please visit www.ecofys.com
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Ajuntament de Cardedeu
The Ajuntament is the local government administration
of a town of 13.000 habitants. Located at 35 km of Barcelona. We
have approved our Agenda 21 since 2001 and presently we are in process
of implementation. We are planning policies of RES and RUE. The
most important action is the regulation that obliges all new buildings
to install water heating solar systems. This regulation was approved
in January and in these moments is in period of allegations. Probably
it will be approved definitively in two or tree months. We are preparing
campaigns, courses and information necessaries to achieve good results
in the regulation adoption. Also we are studying the way to achieve
the implementation of energy saving measures in buildings. We are
studying the settlement, next year, of direct and indirect incentives
to promote the use of solar systems in buildings that are not obliged
for the regulation.
Contactperson: Neus Casajuana, tel. +34-6-09780445, E-mail:
truco@wanadoo.es
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Sofia Energy Agency - SOFENA
SOFENA is a non-governmental organization and non-profit
legal entity with the following objectives:
- To assist the Sofia Municipality in developing a sustainable
energy policy;
- To implement models for the Sofia Municipality energy planning;
- To involve the intellectual potential of the capital city in
solving energy and environmental problems;
- To assist for transferring know-how and up-to-date technologies;To
reveal possibilities and to participate in projects, financed
by foreign institutions; To contribute for the dissemination of
best practices;To implement new schemes for financing energy efficiency
projects.The team of the agency consists of five persons.
During the last three years most of them worked
for the Energy Efficiency Foundation and have been involved in the
development of different projects, important for the City of Sofia.
Contactperson: Dimcho Boyadjiev, tel. +359-2-943-49-53,
E-mail: issofena@techno-link.com
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Energy and Environment Agency of Potenza - APEA
The Energy and Environmental Agency (APEA) is a
corporation realised under the EU SAVE II Programme, aiming at constituting
local agencies to promote the renewable energies, the energy saving
and the energetic efficiency. The project was realised in a consortium
with the Province of Limburg (The Netherlands) and the Municipality
of Sofia (Bulgaria).
APEA had been constituted under the society form thanks to the adhesion
of many local partners, amongst others the Province of Potenza,
the L.I.S.I.D.E.A., the Consortium ASI, the ATER of the Province
of Potenza, the Lega delle Cooperative, the Confcooperative of Basilicata,
the Federconsumatori, the Adiconsum, the A.N.C. AMBIENTE. Thus APEA
represents the industrial, users, citizens' and overall society
needs for energy supply and demand.
The Agency acts as the support reference-basis for the industries,
the governmental bodies and the citizens.
Contactperson:
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Miljöaktion Värmland
Region Värmland is a member of the Association
of Swedish Regional Energy Agencies and started in 1998 with Energy
Information Värmland. From 2003 till 2007 the Swedish Government
and the regional authorities in Värmland will strengthen the
work of the regional energy agency. The objective is to bring about
a change on both the demand and supply side that will foster the
introduction of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Our target groups so far have varied from decision-makers
and energy representatives to households. The most important networks
have been the local energy advisers in Värmland plus energy offices
and energy advisers all over Sweden. Several courses have been held,
mainly for energy advisers and energy entrepreneurs. Information
has been disseminated by means of the Web, e-mail, multi-slide presentations,
fact sheets and folders at meetings, lectures, seminars and fairs.
Procurement has been used as an effective tool.
Our attic insulation procurement resulted in about 300 installations
and savings of about 1,000,000 kWh per year. Our procurement competition
on Solar Domestic Hot Water systems was finalised in 2002. The competition
was carried out as part of the Swedish participation in the IEA,
Solar Heating and Cooling Programme, Task 24, Solar Procurement.
14 systems from Sweden, Denmark and Austria entered the competition
and the winner was the company Uponor which developed a new system
with a plastic collector. In addition 6 other system was given word
of honour. Deliveries of the system started autumn 2002. Up to date
close to 3 000 customers have signed a "declaration of interest
to buy".
When regionalising the national environmental goals
we will investigate how to introduce the EU Climate Menu. Also,
the sixteen municipalities will hopefully be aided by the Climate
Menu when implementing climate strategies (mandatory when applying
for grants from the national climate investment program).
Contactperson: Jonas Lagneryd, tel. +46 (54)
148010, E-mail: jonas.lagneryd@regionvarmland.se
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Gemeente Maastricht
Maastricht is the oldest city of the Netherlands,
once built as a Roman settlement at the river Maas. It was the first
Dutch city to industrialise, with industries like pottery and paper.
Current policies emphasise Maastricht's central location in Europe
and its European image. In 1981 and 1991 the city hosted the summit
meeting of the EC heads of state. It has 122.000 inhabitants and
is visited by many tourists and businesspeople.
For years, the Municipality daily operates on
an improved living environment both within its municipal boundaries
and in relation to a wider region. To this respect, the municipal
board recently agreed with the Nature and Environment Policy Plan
(NMP). The NMP is regarded as a tailor-made approach reaching synthesis
between sustainability and economic growth. This not only prepared
and executed by the Municipality alone, but in full co-operation
with the central government, citizens and the business society.
As such, the Municipality strives to create new opportunities for
the environment, e.g. by using the heat of industry for heating
dwellings or by the potential use of solid waste for energy supply
to the residents in the city. The NMP has set high ambition levels,
especially in the energy field. The ambition of Maastricht is to
reduce the consumption of energy as generated by fossil fuels by
half in the year 2050 (as compared to 2000). The conventional fuels
should then be replaced for 50% renewable energy sources.
Maastricht entered the ECM project in order to
exchange information about climate related issues, cooperate in
a European context and possibly benchmark on a European scale.
Contactperson: Hanneke Bootsma, tel. +31
(043) 3504414, E-mail: hanneke.bootsma@maastricht.nl
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Stadt Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen was founded in the eleventh century
but became a City first in the 19th century through the industrialisation.
Until the 80th steel and mining industry were important fields of
economy but since the diminishing of these industries made it necessary
to restrucure the economic basis of the city. The number of inhabitants
decreased from a peak of 400.000 to less than 300.000 today and
the unemployment rate is one of the highest in the region. To combat
this development Gelsenkirchen is struggling for a new profile.
As metaphor for its former economy it has been called the cities
of 1000 fires.
To symbolize the transition process a new slogan has been developed:
"From the city of 1000 fires to the city of 1000 suns!" Nowadays
Gelsenkirchen is heading to become an important player in the sustainability
discussion and development of solar related technologies. Through
dozens of measures and projects Gelsenkirchen seriously tries to
speed up the transition process and to activate all possible ressources.
To prove its seriousness Gelsenkirchen decided to participate in
IEA Task 30 "Solar City" and launched an initiative called "Solarstadt
Gelsenkirchen" consisting of an dedicated Web-Site (www.solarstadt-gelsenkirchen.de)
and a local communication process.
Contactperson: Armin Hardes, tel. +49 (209) 1694584, E-mail:
armin.hardes@gelsenkirchen.de
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South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) covers
an area of approximately 90,000 hectares and has a low population
density. Although the total population of the District is over 130,000,
this is comprised of 101 villages.
The accessibility together with the economic success
of the Cambridge area in building up a high technology employment
sector has created a buoyant local economy whose performance in
jobs and wealth creation is well above the national average. The
District includes the internationally renowned Cambridge Science
Park. Local family run service type businesses are distributed around
the district.
The overall environmental aim of the Local Plan is to preserve the
biodiversity, historic interest and special character of the landscape
and settlements of South Cambridgeshire and to achieve new development,
which respects and reinforces local distinctiveness. In doing this,
a contribution will be made towards the protection of the regional,
national and global environment.
The Cambridgeshire Structure Plan forecasts that
the population of the District will grow to approximately 141,500
persons by the middle of the year 2006. The Structure Plan proposes
that this will require the development of an additional 11,300 dwellings
concentrated in the larger and better-served villages. SCDC is a
property owner in its own right and is responsible for housing stock
of
Contactperson: Cameron Adams, tel. +44 (0) 1223 443011,
E-mail: cameron.adams@scambs.gov.uk
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Miasto Murowana Goslina
Murowana Goslina is a municipality at a distance
of 20 km north from Poznan city limits in the Wielkopolska Voyvodship.
It covers an area of 172 km2 and has a population of 15 162.
The municipality has a substantial percentage of forested land
(approximately 45%), which value as a natural resource is considerable;
e.g. Puszcza Zielonka and forests along the Warta River. It is a
very picturesque and unpolluted natural environment, with clean
lakes and a population with a positive attitude towards changes
and challenges.
Contactperson: Elzbieta Kujawa, tel. +48 (61) 8122420, E-mail:
ekujawa@wp.pl
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Miasto Pniewy
Pniewy is a small town with about 12,000 inhabitants situated
in the centre of the Wielkopolska Voyvodship, about 50 km. from
the capital City of Poznan. The 700-year old city is located at
the international transport route Berlin - Warsaw - Moscow. The
town is quite well represented by economic activity, with more than
600 enterprises it forms the centre of business for the region.
The dominant industry in the city is related to wood production
(wood products, wood manufacturing, and furniture production) and
building constructions.
As a large-scale energy customer, the town of Pniewy
shows much interest in energy efficiency and is actively involved
with renewable energy solutions. The municipality owns an energy
company that is interested in the energy service concept and is
much affiliated with local solutions that can contribute to climate
protection or avoiding further climate change. Because of the very
attractive location and surrounding, the city is striving for a
better development in the field of tourism.
The ambition of the city officials and authorities
is to enable and promote sustainable development, which would allow
simultaneous economic development, but at the same time not compromising
the local folklore and the state of the environment. With the unemployment
rate of 11% this is a challenge, however the local authorities are
doing their utmost, by active participation in projects and initiatives
which may bring solutions to the problems of the city and the region.
Contactperson: Jacek Korpik, tel. +48 61 291 01 45, E-mail:
J.Korpik@pniewy.wlkp.pl
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Climate Alliance
In the Climate Alliance, European local authorities
have joined together to combat climate change and to work as partners
with indigenous peoples to preserve tropical forests. The Climate
Alliance strives for a comprehensive approach to climate change
policy, based on the commitment and diversity of the local level.
We see our initiative in the context of the efforts to achieve a
sustainable development and a more equitable relation between North
and South.
As of February 2002, the Climate Alliance had 996
full and 44 associated members in eleven European countries (Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland). The member municipalities' size
ranges from some 500 inhabitants to 3.5 million.
The Climate Alliance was founded in 1990 based on the Climate Alliance
Manifesto. When joining, members commit themselves to the goals
and policies put forward by the Manifesto, and the Climate Alliance
Declaration form 2000. In 1992, the members founded the association
"Klima-Bündnis der europäischen Städte mit indigenen
Völkern der Regenwälder / Alianza del Clima e.V." (Climate
Alliance of European Cities with Indigenous Peoples of the Rainforests)
registered in Frankfurt am Main, to ensure coordination and democratic
decision-making within the Alliance. In some countries, independent
national coordination and contact offices provide services to the
members working closely with the European Secretariat.
The European Secretariat works closely with the member municipalities
as well as with national and regional co-ordinating bodies, NGOs,
local citizens' initiatives and other stakeholders in various European
countries.
Contactperson: Gotelind Alber, tel. +49-69-717139-11, E-mail:
g.alber@klimabuendnis.org
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