International energy, environment and urban smart technologies fairs opened in Belgrade
International fairs of energy, environment and urban future technologies have been opened today at the Belgrade Fair, featuring more than 150 domestic and foreign exhibitors. In addition to presenting new technologies, these fairs provide an opportunity to discuss the most relevant issues in the field of energy and environment at numerous accompanying conferences and debates. […]
Small portion of public funds dedicated to upgrading buildings in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Only 3 percent of the public funds that could be used to support energy-efficiency investments in the Central, Eastern and South-East Europe are dedicated to upgrading buildings. This shows that buildings are not considered to be critical energy infrastructure, although they can help reduce energy dependency and have other positive impacts, the Buildings Performance Institute […]
Central and South-Eastern European countries expand cooperation in energy sector
Central and South-Eastern European countries, including 9 EU Member States and 8 Energy Community Contracting Parties, have expanded their cooperation in the field of energy under the CESEC initiative to include electricity, energy efficiency and renewable energy. To that end, a memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday at the ministerial meeting in Bucharest. Ministers of […]
Update: Building Efficiency Accelerator regional workshop held in Belgrade
Updated on November 7, 2017. A regional workshop dedicated to accelerating building efficiency has been held in Belgrade. The workshop has provided experts and representatives of several European cities participating at the project with an opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge gained. The Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) project is a part of the UN’s Sustainable […]
Green building concept has important role in climate change adaptation, Belgrade conference conveys
Green building concept has important role in climate change adaptation, as buildings account for more than 30 percent of CO2 emissions in the world, the Going net zero conference, held today in Belgrade, was told. Serbia is committed to the sustainable development of housing and the improvement of energy efficiency, Serbian officials said at the […]
City of Kruševac and GGE sign largest public lighting PPP in region
The City of Kruševac, in central Serbia, has signed a public-private partnership (PPP) with GGE, regional energy services group, for a complete renovation of public lighting systems in its administrative area. This is the largest public lighting PPP in the Balkans by number of light bulbs and luminaires to be replaced, and the largest energy […]
Serbia receives MVP platform from GIZ in support of efficient monitoring of energy efficiency measures
The German development organization Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has officially handed-over, to the Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy, the Monitoring and Verification Platform (MVP) aimed at the improvement of data collection and monitoring, including coordination of activities and monitoring of progress in the field of energy efficiency. The online based MVP […]
IRENE project: upgrading of public lighting through cross-border cooperation
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro have launched IRENE project aimed to promote sustainable use of natural resources. The project, which is mostly financed by European IPA funds for cross-border cooperation, envisages upgrading of 11 public lighting systems in several municipalities and towns as well the installation of solar collectors in one of them. The […]