Proposals sought to develop innovative financing mechanism to improve energy efficiency in public buildings

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has issued a request for proposals for the delivery of developed models for an innovative financing mechanism for the implementation of the Low-Carbon Urban Development Concept (LCUD) under the Catalyzing Environmental Finance for LUCD project. Due to a long period of neglect and under-investment, […]

The first-ever ESCO project signed in Cyprus, RE-Pro says

RE-Pro Group, an Austrian company owned by international billionaire businesswoman Elena Baturina, continues the expansion of its business to generate, use, and market renewable energy in Europe and has recently signed the first-ever ESCO-related project in Cyprus, according to a press release from RE-Pro Group. The ESCO (Energy Services Company) market focuses on improving energy […]

I recommend ESCO model to municipalities and public sector

I believe that the use of public-private partnership, or the ESCO mechanism, is the right way to increase energy efficiency in the public sector. Therefore, I recommend it to municipalities, but also the entire public sector,” said Aleksandar Antić, Minister of Mining and Energy. In an interview for the Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication he […]

Building owners, local mayors are heroes of energy efficiency

Government and regulators are responsible for empowering decision makers on the local level as well as for clarifying how to engage with private energy service companies (ESCO) to establish public-private partnerships (PPPs) in energy efficiency, says Toivo Miller from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), adding concrete investments in the field are done […]

Interviews January 29, 2018

Public-Private Partnership: Regional expertise for local projects

Ankica Barbulov, Director at GGE ESCO, spoke about the potentials and importance of public-private partnership (PPP) for municipalities in Serbia and PPP projects that GGE Group has successfully implemented in partnership with several municipalities in the region.  Following are excerpts taken from her interview for Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication. Total energy saving potential of public […]