Municipal Network for Energy Efficiency

Ukraine - Kiev, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne (66 kb)
Ukraine has tremendous potential to increase the efficiency of its buildings and urban infrastructure. This MUNEE paper follows some of the best practice efforts in Ukrainian cities to improve energy efficiency.

Ukraine - Berdyansk, Khmelnitsky, and Zhytomir (37 kb)
Ukrainian district heating and other utilities are facing serious problems connected with the lack of funds for renovation of their infrastructure and inability to provide necessary level of service. Both high tariffs and inadequate service reduce willingness to pay, leading to accumulation of debts and further worsening of utilities financial state. In this situation, many district heating companies and other communal service providers are often willing to get at least partial debt repayment. In 2001, several cities in Ukraine made innovative efforts to collect some debts from population.

Ukraine - Lutsk Systematic Approach to Improving Payment Collection in the Communal Sphere (38 kb)
As everywhere in Ukraine, the non-payment problem in Lutsk had a significant impact on the financial state of communal utility providers and the city budget. The municipality has taken a firm and unwavering stand on this issue and produced systematic efforts to improve billing and collection of payments for communal services. Major steps included establishing a city-wide information and billing system, creation of a special commission by the municipality, and targeted work with non-payers in May 1995.

California Energy Efficiency Leadership (315 kb)
See this April 2003 report from NRDC and the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and how California has modeled some of the best possible ways to protect its economy and environment by working to reduce demand for electricity. The 2001 energy crisis in California would likely have been much more painful and protracted had not the residents and businesses, nonprofit organizations, government and utilities united behind the most successful statewide energy conservation campaign in history.

Latvia - Valmiera Ekodoma Demand Side Management Project (118 kb)
The Valmiera, Latvia Demand Side Management (DSM) project implementation paper explains the technicalities involved in implementing DSM, chosing and implementing the most fitting energy efficiency measures.

Ukraine: Allies in Energy Efficiency (966 kb)
Ukranian heat control system in the Lviv School for Children with Cardiovascular Disease modernizes with help from the Alliance and funding from USAID

SEVEn Center for Energy Efficiency - Selected References
Selected References for SEVEn, the Center for Energy Efficiency and MUNEE Partner from the Czech Republic
(48 kb) SEVEn_seleted_references.doc

Arena-Eco Agency for Rational Use of Energy and Ecology - Selected Projects
ARENA-ECO (Kiev, Ukraine) has developed and implemented dozens investment energy efficiency projects in district heating systems, industry and building sector.
(27 kb) ArenaEco_selected_projects.doc