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Alliance to Save Energy - 20 Years of Leadership

Presentation on Water Efficiency: Social and Economic benefits. Seth Baruch, Kevin James, Astghine Pasoyan; April 2002

Barriers to Energy Efficiency at a Municipal Level: case studies of Bulgaria and Macedonia

A thesis paper submitted by Ms. Silvia Lazarova to the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy of the Central European University, Budapest; July 2002

Integrated Municipal Energy Plan Survey in Lithuania

Main goal of this survey was to identify awareness of energy expenditures, interest and willingness of municipal officials to launch energy planning activities.

Low Cost Building Weatherization Manual

The Alliance to Save Energy rollout energy efficiency program sponsored by USAID was completed in Ukraine in 2000-2001. The purpose of the program was to demonstrate to local authorities the execution of an energy efficiency project in public buildings both in practical and theoretical ways. This instruction Manual is based on the experience gained during the past year and offers theoretical and practical knowledge on how to save energy.

Low Cost Measures to Save energy in Space Heating in Poland

Experience from a USAID/GEF demonstration project in Poland. Report prepared by Mr. Adam Gula, FEWE Center, Poland, June 2002

Major Barriers to Implementation of Energy Efficiency Projects in Bulgarian Municipalities

EnEffect (the Center for Energy Efficiency in Sofia, Bulgaria) has catalogued all of the major policy, technical and knowledge barriers that cities face.

Regional Energy Sector Investment Strategy for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

This report, prepared by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) and the Alliance to Save Energy, is intended to provide a strategy for the development and implementation of energy efficiency projects in the municipal sector of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

Review of Energy Accounting Software

The purpose of this review of available energy accounting tools is to provide Energy Managers with an independent evaluation of different software, describe their capabilities, features and requirements.

Third Party Financing and Energy Municipal Utility Restructuring

Analysts have observed that the Hungarian ESCO market is rather well developed when compared to the ESCO markets of other emerging economies. A growing volume of investments are implemented by companies which call themselves

LGA Policy in Romania

  • How to Develop Municipal Energy Projects - Financial Manual for Municipalities from Central and Eastern Europe prepared by the Czech Energy Efficiency Center SEVEn with support from NOVEM, the Netherlands.
  • How to Develop Municipal Energy Projects - TOC - Table-of-Contents of the Financial Manual for Municipalities from Central and Eastern Europe prepared by the Czech Energy Efficiency Center SEVEn with support from NOVEM, the Netherlands

Albania: Low Income Study

This paper by EEC, Albania, summarizes a number of studies on topics relevant to low-income assistance that were conducted over the past decade, identifies the main challenges to improvement of assistance programs, and makes recommendations for overcoming these challenges.

Bulgaria: Evaluation of Energy and Water Tariffs for Households

The Energy Strategy of Bulgaria ranks the reduction and phasing-out of energy price subsidies among the country medium-term priorities. This EnEffect paper focuses on the status of this process for heat, electricity, water and gas tariffs, outlines block tariffs to decrease the income burden on lower-income consumers and to promote efficiency within all income classes, and considers the most appealing energy sources for low-income consumers.

Bulgaria: Income Burden

EnEffect completed a report on the burden of energy costs on the budgets of low-income consumers. This report compares the burden of a single- and two-block tariff on numerous income levels.

MUNEE Program Briefing and Review - April 2003

Briefing paper on the MUNEE: a network of non-governmental organizations, municipal associations and other groups dedicated to accelerating the implementation of energy efficiency projects in cities across Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. MUNEE Program Review Meeting, April 2003, Washington, DC

Municipal Energy Efficiency Information System in Bulgaria

Power Point presentation about the Bulgarian EEIS, implemented by the Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect, Sofia.

MUNEE Analysis of Poland Experience with Restructuring and Private Sector Participation in District Heating

Analysis on factors that Enabled DH to improve in Poland; pitfals to avoid and recomendations. Presentation by Angela Morin, Program Manager for Poland and the Baltics; Alliance to Save Energy; Nov 2002

SMEU Urban Energy Management

Presentation from the Romanian Association for Energy Efficiency SOCER

Policy Matrix

Policy Matrix is a compilation of responses from MUNEE partners to a questionnaire, summarizing different approaches to energy reform throughout the region.

Euro Heat Power District Heating Cooling - N. Contstantinescu

MUNEE studies Euro Heat Power - N. Constantinescu July 1st, 2005

IEA District Heating Cooling - R. Wiltshire

Munee studies - IEA District Heating Cooling_R. Wiltshire, July 1st, 2005

Decentralized Heat Supply Projects

Given at the Second International Conference - Complex Solutions of Energy and Ecology Problems of Enterprises and Municipalities - in May 2005 in Big Yalta City, Ukraine, this presentation addresses the decentralized heating projects, main technical indicators and technical and institutional solutions.

RENEUER Strategy

The RENEUER (Regional Network for Efficient Use of Energy Water Resources of Southeast European Countries) Strategy assesses the future role of the network in disseminating good practices, acting as a policy instrument, preparing countries of Southeast Europe for integration into the EU energy market, and helping support the implementation of the UNFCCC framework.