Twinning Project Project Number BG2004/IB/EY/01

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Twinning ProjectProject Number BG2004/IB/EY/01
Institutional Building at the Energy Efficiency
Agency (EEA)
Project Leader Pier Luigi Noferi

• 28 September 2007, Varna

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Contents

• Twinning project
• Project structure (components, activities)?
• Results
• Summarizing

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Starting from

• The Energy Strategy for Bulgaria adopted in 2002,
  the Energy Act and the EE Act.
• This Twinning Project contributes to provide the
  adequate, effective and up-to-date instruments
  and knowledge in accordance with the Agencys
  functions, using the best from Italian
  experience.

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the overall goal is

• Legislative harmonisation in line with the acquis
  as well as to enhance the EEA staff capacity and
  operational tasks under the new Energy Efficiency
  Law.
• Enhance the public awareness, information and
  positive attitude on EE /RES technologies.
• Enhance EEAs capacity to implement energy audits
  in industry and Certification of Buildings.

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From 2006 to 2006 a Twinning Project

• But what is a Twinning Project?
• The main mechanism for
• helping the administrations of the EU candidate
  countries, with the support of
• EU Member States, to develop the administrative
  structures, human resources
• and modern and effective management skills needed
  to manage the acquis comunaitaire at the time of
  accession.

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The main Components of this TP are...
Component 1- Review/updating EE/RES
legislation. Compo
nent 2 - Financial Incentives and Co-ordination
with the other EE Agencies and NGO
institutions.

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The main Components of this TP are...
Component 3 - Training - Energy Audits,
Certification of Buildings and Information
Campaigns. Component 4 - Tecchnical
Specification

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Implementation of the Action Key Activities

• Component 1 - Proposals to improve the EE
  Bulgarian legislation.
• Component 2 - Co-ordination with other EE
  Agencies and NGO institutions.
• Component 3 - Training
• 2 Pilot Projects in Energy Audits
• Place Sofia
• 5 Pilot Projects in Certification of Buildings
• Places Sofia, Rousse, Haskovo, Varna, Plovdiv
• 1 Pilot Project in Dissemination Campaign
• Places Sofia, Rousse, Plovdiv.

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Main Performed IssuesComponent 1

• Draft of proposals concerning to the Energy
  Efficiency Audits (namely climatization
  efficiency controls, energy audits, energy
  certification) Energy Management Services
  (namely Energy Manager appointment in public and
  private companies) and Energy Services Companies
  (namely ESCOs) were prepared by the TP.

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Main Performed IssuesComponent 2 (I)?

• Activity 2.1 - Final Report of the main financial
  incentives to be considered in a suitable EE
  Policy was elaborated by the TP.
• In particular, ESCOs role and the analysis on the
  marked based instruments were also introduced by
  the above Report.

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Main Performed IssuesComponent 2 (II)?

• Activity 2.2 - Reporting concerning to the
  Establishment of monitoring and reporting schemes
  was issued by the TP.
• Activity 2.3 - Co-ordination with other EE
  Agencies and NGO institutions is going to be
  concluded.

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Main Performed IssuesComponent 3 (I)

• Activity 3.1 The Seminars on EU Institutional
  aspects were held by MS experts.
• Activities 3.2 / 3.3 Preliminary activities of
  the Pilot Projects for Certification of Buildings
  and Industrial Audits in the Cities of Sofia,
  Plovdiv, Rousse, Varna and Haskovo were
  performed.
• Technical University of Sofia and the EEA Staff
  have quite concluded the measuring phase under
  the supervision of the MS experts.

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Main Performed IssuesComponent 3 (II)

• Activity 3.4 - Seminars and workshops for the
  information campaigns were accomplished by the TP
  Partners and Sofia and Plovdiv. On this path the
  TP during this Fifth Period is in Rousse!

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Information campaign

• Method and planning of EE/RES information
  campaigns. The planning include dissemination
  activities to promote suitable energy saving
  behaviour/interventions in the Households,
  Commercial, Industrial, Buildings and Public
  sectors by energy sources and end uses.

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Information campaigns main place
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Main Performed IssuesComponent 4

• Need assessment / Technical specification drafted
  
• Tendering process concluded
• Delivery of the Mini laboratory

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Summarizing the Main Figures

• 749.307 Phare budget and
• 32.578 national co-financing
• 260 (ca.) man/days Italian experts
• 16 Italian experts participating
• 13 months by Resident Advisor
• 18 seminars/workshops
• 20 Institutions involved
• 7 pilot projects
• 2 traineeships (Austria/Italy)?
• 1 Laboratory supplied (26 items)?

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Thank you for your attention
Pier Luigi Noferi Project Leader Twinning
Project Energy Efficiency Agency Minister of
Economy and energy (Bulgaria)? tel/fax 359 2
981 05 20 caponigro_at_seea.government.bg