Municipal Network for Energy Efficiency

Presented by the Center for Energy Efficiency - EnEffect

The Network: Thirty-Five Bulgarian cities have established the Municipal Energy Efficiency Network (MEEN). EnEffect is the Secretariat of the Network. Since April 2001, MEEN has admitted four municipal associations as collective members. In order to create a successful municipal energy plan, MEEN promotes the development of two key elements: an energy database and a training program for municipal officials.

Information Collection: General information is collected into municipal "Passports". This information is gathered through surveys of various organizations and entered into a database, or energy efficiency information system (EEIS). The EEIS has two layers: database and analysis. The database, a Microsoft Access application, contains objective, technical information, and the analysis contains non-technical information, such as financial, institutional and regulatory documents generated at the national level. This information is organized into three categories: municipality-wide consumption, site-specific consumption, and municipality-wide production.

EnEffect looked to numerous sources to collect this data, since this information had not been collected previously by a single entity. EnEffect utilized quarterly and annual reports on actual fuel and energy consumption, which every municipality has to submit to the Ministry of Finance. Other sources include municipal archives and accounting departments, as well as information maintained by the managers of individual sites, energy audits and on-site surveys and measurements.

For more Information on EEIS here you can download a Presentation on the Municipal Energy Efficiency Information System (200 KB PDF) developed by EnEffect or you can contact by email Kalinka Nakova.