Links

Related European Networks

ManagEnergy is a technical support initiative of the EC Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) programmewhich aims to assist actors from the public sector and their advisers working on energy efficiency and renewable energy at the local and regional level. The website has, e.g., many resources for local energy agencies: http://www.managenergy.net/

Energy Cities is the European Association of local authorities inventing their energy future. The association, created in 1990, now represents more than 1,000 towns and cities in 30 countries. Their website hosts actions by members, resources, publications, etc. They also organize study tours to successful energy cities: http://www.energy-cities.eu/

eceee, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy is a non-profit, membership-based European NGO. The goal of eceee is to stimulate energy efficiency through information exchange and co-operation. Their website hosts proceedings from scientific conferences as well as updates and position papers on European energy policy: http://www.eceee.org/

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is an association of over 1200 local government Members who are committed to sustainable development. Members come from 70 different countries and represent more than 569,885,000 people. Resources offered by ICLEI include, e.g. Case Studies that profile locally-based projects that support sustainability Http://www.iclei.org/

The Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) Energy Commission focuses on reduction of greenhouse gases, energy efficiency programs
and higher self sufficiency and local energy production. The overall aim of the Energy Commission is to look at energy system issues rather than individual sources, and introduce this to the municipalities. http://www.ubc.net/commissions,26.html

Related organisations and projects

BEHAVE Intelligent Energy Europe project, which has issued guidelines for behaviour change programmes http://www.energy-behave.net

BewarE Intelligent Energy Europe project that developed guidelines for energy efficiency services http://projekte.izt.de/bewaree/

Cowi Lietuva, Lithuania http://www.cowi.lt/

CRES, Center for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece http://www.cres.gr/kape/index_eng.htm

Ekodoma, Latvia http://www.ekodoma.lv/index.php?lang=en

Energiaklub, Hungary http://www.energiaklub.hu/en

Energy Efficiency in Student Housing, Finland http://www.facebook.com/pages/Energiatehokkuutta-opiskelija-asumiseen/327907753927969

Energy Service Company Enespa, Finland http://www.enespa.fi/

Green Evolution, Greece http://www.green-evolution.eu/

GreenDependent Sustainable Solutions Association, Hungary http://www.greendependent.org/

LifeEvents, Germany. The project studied possibilities to promote sustainable consumption during life changes http://www.lifeevents.de/. The project has published a nice toolkit (in German): http://www.kampagnen-baukasten.de/, which offers building blocks to plan climate campaigns.

Kredex Energy Saving Competence Center, Estonia http://www.kredex.ee/esk_en

Manchester Knowledge Capital, UK http://www.manchesterknowledge.com

Peloton http://www.peloton.me, a project to engage 'gatekeepers' in promoting climate-friendly lifestyles  run by Demos Helsinki, Finland

PEPESEC, Energy planning for sustainable communities http://www.pepesec.eu

SEV, Housing Experiments Steering Group, Netherlands http://www.sev.nl/about-the-sev

Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany http://www.vz-nrw.de/