Municipal Network for Energy Efficiency

Alliance to Save Energy in Moldovan News

A large number of articles have appeared in Nezavisimaya Moldova, but also in Moldova Suverana and Golos Balti between September 2004 and May 2005. The articles address the issues of centralized vs. autonomous heating, energy accounting, a need for better HOA management and ownership, energy security and its relation to energy efficiency, tariffs in thermal power, the crucial need for indigenous power, etc.

Constanta Heating Investment Program, Romania

Developed by the Urban Institute and sponsored by USAID the objective of this 211-page report is twofold. The first is to summarize the findings of an engineering analysis concerning energy efficiency measures in Constanta.

Coping with the Cold - Heating Strategies

Coping with the Cold provides new insights into how the urban poor have coped with the loss of heavily subsidized district heat provided under central planning.

Development of Energy-Efficient Projects: Feasibility Study and Business Planning

Report on the Alliance to Save Energy training project aimed at creating conditions for practical implementation of energy-saving potential in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Energy Conservation. Best Practices

A Report on the Communal Services Sector in Ukraine (heat supply, water supply, and wastewater disposal enterprises) as part of the USAID/PADCO Tariff Reform and Communal Service Enterprises Restructuring Program.

Energy Efficiency Housing Pilot Project

The Housing and Urban Development Foundation prepared this paper to describe the combined efforts of active homeowners, private businesses, the project co-ordination unit, state authorities, donor countries and international financing institutions that led to successful implementation of the Energy Efficiency Housing Pilot Project (EEHPP) in Lithuania.

Financial and Organizational Issues of Renovating Property in Hungary

Supplementary training material for property managers and common representatives prepared with USAID donation and the cooperation of the Urban Institute and the Metropolitan Research Institute.

How to Develop Municipal Energy Projects

Financial Manual for Municipalities in Central and Eastern Europe; published by SEVEn (the Energy Efficiency Center, the Czech Republic) and NOVEM (the Netherlands)

The Role of Local Government in the Condominium Sector in Hungary

With financing from USAID, the Urban Institute and the Metropolitan Research Institute review the status of the 1.1 million condominimiums in Hungary and the roles for Hungarian municipalities.

Watergy Report: energy used in water systems

Energy consumption in most water systems worldwide could be reduced by at least 25 percent through cost-effective efficiency actions. See this executive summary on Watergy Report prepared by the Alliance with support from USAID. The full report (1.59Mb file) is available for download from www.ase.org/programs/international/.

World Bank Report: Maintaining Utility Services for the Poor. Part I: Introduction

Maintaining Utility Services for the Poor: Policies and Practices in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. One of the most challenging issues in energy sector reform is protection of low-income consumers in the face of rising energy costs. The World Bank has produced this report which outlines subsidy mechanisms that are widely-used throughout the region, and analyzes their effectiveness in targeting specific consumer groups. Here you can download Part I: the Introduction.

World Bank Report: Maintaining Utility Services for the Poor.

Part III: World Bank Advice and Government Response

World Bank Report: Maintaining Utility Services for the Poor.

Part IV - Annexes

MUNEE users database

This database directory is using the Microsoft Access platform. The directory is a joint project between the USAID and the Alliance to Save Energy identifying Non-Government Organizations, Government Departments and Agencies in Energy Efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

RENEUER Countries - Selected Graphs and Profiles

Prepared by Thomas J. Secrest from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, this presentation includes 16 figures. They provide a comparison of the economic, energy, and environmental profiles on a per capita basis of the eight RENEUER countries to the OECD and EU countries, and to each other for the period 1990-2001.

Leasing Seminar_BaltESCO Russian.doc

Baltonexim Leasing (in Russian only) Report by A.A.Donchenko on a leasing financing for a district heating project in the St.Petersburg municipality.

Waterworks of Szentes; case study from Hungary

Since most municipalities have their own water production plant and distribution center, the technical decentralisation of the system could be done relatively easily.

Russia: Energy Subsidies and Right Prices

An appeal for elimination of subsidies often calls for bringing current prices to the "right price" or "economically justified cost." Different regulators (with different rules) or market forces justify the right price in different ways. Therefore, "economically justified prices" depend on the regulator rules or market conditions. How are equity considerations and distributional aspects related to the achievement of societal goals? In this paper, the Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEf) in Moscow explores these issues in light of on-going energy reforms.

Energy Efficiency in Economies in Transition (EITs): A Policy Priority

Paper from the International Energy Agency (IEA) on the priority of Energy Efficiency and the need for an integrated approach in EITs.

Energy Attestat by the Russian Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEf)

How to monitor energy efficiency project implemented at a number of residential or public buildings

Energy Efficiency 21

See UNECE Weekly Issue #28 (11-15 August 2003) dedicated to the Energy Efficiency 21 project and with latest updates on its progress. The UNECE supports the MUNEE Program.

Impeller Trimming

Impeller trimming is the process of decreasing the diameter of an impeller by machining to decrease the energy added to the system fluid. Impeller trimming provides a useful correction to pumps that are oversized for their application.