The projects aims at the development and evaluation of mitigation/adaptation policy portfolios and at the prioritization of research needs and gaps for twelve countries - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine, characterized as emerging. The achievement of these aims is ensured through : Evaluation of available data and information, Choice and implementation of models, Scenarios and po...

In South-East Europe (SEE), the transfer, experimentation and consolidation of know-how related to the use and production of energy, following a good planning and employing the appropriate management methods, are important for the improvement of the energy balances of the countries. The ENER-SUPPLY project will assist the local authorities in these activities, particularly in relation to the utilization of renewable energy sources (RES) and the implementation of energy efficiency (...

SUSPLAN seeks to bring awareness to and solutions for the coming environmental and energy challenges facing the European community. SUSPLAN focuses on developing strategies, recommendations, and benchmarks for the integration of renewable energy sources (RES) by 2030-2050 within an Europe-wide context. Against this background, SUSPLAN performes a multi-dimensional approach by assembling legislative, policy, business, economic, environmental, and energy professionals together towards addressing t...

The objective of the IDEAL EPBD project is to contribute to increasing the effect of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) for existing private dwellings, by defining and disseminating policy recommendations. Within IDEAL EPBD the following activities are foreseen: Monitoring the first results of labelling of existing, privately owned dwellings (<1000 m2) under the EPBD, through in-depth interviews and electronic questionnaires among dwelling owners in 10 differe...

EnviroGRIDS aims at developing a Black Sea Catchment Observation System that will store, analyze, visualize and disseminate information on past, present and future states of the region to assess and predict its sustainability and vulnerability. A gap analysis will identify specific areas where most efforts are needed. As climatic and hydrological changes are of concern, their impacts on several societal benefits areas of the Group on Earth Observation will be evaluated, namely on environment and...

A main objective of the Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services (ESD) is to stimulate the market for energy services and for the delivery of other energy efficiency improvement measures to final consumers. In order to achieve this objective, the ESD gives a special role to energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies. On the other hand, there are different types of "pure" energy service companies (ESCOs) in the marke...