Gabrovo opens energy efficiency projects tender

The Municipality of Gabrovo has opened a tender for design of work projects, part of an energy efficiency programme, with an estimated value of BGN 2 million (EUR 1.02 million), a notice published in the EU’s procurement journal indicated, SeeNews reported. The value of the contract does not include value-added tax. Works should be completed […]

İşbank joins EBRD’s home energy efficiency programme

The USD 350 million financing facility launched by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) was joined by İş Bankası AŞ (İşbank), headquartered in Levent, Istanbul. The purpose of the programme is to boost investment in energy efficiency improvements for homes, EBRD said. The Turkey Residential Energy Efficiency […]

Bogdan Balaci: Connected lighting, future of the industry

While these days modern lighting is equivalent to using LED equipment, the technology developments achieved in recent years have brought this concept a step forward: to ’connected lighting’, the future in this industry, according to Bogdan Balaci, Commercial Leader of Philips Lighting for SEE, who presented the company’s innovations in this area, during a media […]

Two thirds of EU may face sanctions for ignoring directive

Nineteen EU member states have missed the deadline to translate the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) into national law by more than nine months, despite the rigorous enforcement of existing efficiency laws being part of the flagship Energy Union project, Publics.bg portal said. Proceedings against Greece, Portugal and Slovenia for failure to fully implement the directive […]

Funding energy upgrade for family houses made easier

„Based on the experience on family houses energy upgrade from last year, we decided to change the programme in order for it to become more fair and enable everyone from any part of Croatia to apply,“ the country’s minister of environmental protection and nature Mihael Zmajlović said. Last year it turned out only 180 cities […]