Twinning Project
Project Number BG2004/IB/EY/01
“Institutional Building at the Energy
Efficiency Agency (EEA)”
Project Leader
Pier Luigi Noferi
28 September 2007,
Varna
Contents
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Twinning project
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Project structure (components, activities…)
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Results
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Summarizing
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-todate instruments and
knowledge in accordance with
the Agency’s functions, using
the best from Italian
experience.
…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 EEA’s capacity to implement
energy audits in industry and
Certification of Buildings.
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.
The main Components of this TP are...
Component 1- Review/updating EE/RES
legislation.
Component 2 - Financial Incentives and Coordination with the other EE
Agencies
and
NGO
institutions.
The main Components of this TP are...
Component 3 - Training - Energy Audits,
Certification of Buildings and
Information Campaigns.
Component 4 - Tecchnical Specification
Implementation of the Action Key Activities
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Component 1 -
Proposals to improve the EE Bulgarian
legislation.
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Component 2 -
Co-ordination with other EE Agencies
and NGO institutions.
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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.
Main Performed Issues
Component 1
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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.
Main Performed Issues
Component 2 (I)
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Activity 2.1 - Final Report of the main
financial incentives to be considered in a
suitable EE Policy was elaborated by the TP.
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In particular, ESCOs role and the analysis on
the marked based instruments were also
introduced by the above Report.
Main Performed Issues
Component 2 (II)
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Activity 2.2 - Reporting concerning to the
Establishment of monitoring and reporting
schemes was issued by the TP.
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Activity 2.3 - Co-ordination with other EE
Agencies and NGO institutions is going to be
concluded.
Main Performed Issues
Component 3 (I)
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Activity 3.1 – The Seminars on EU Institutional aspects
were held by MS experts.
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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.
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Technical University of Sofia and the EEA Staff have
quite concluded the measuring phase under the
supervision of the MS experts.
Main Performed Issues
Component 3 (II)
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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!
Information campaign
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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.
Information campaigns: main place
Main Performed Issues
Component 4
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Need assessment / Technical specification drafted
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Tendering process concluded
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Delivery of the Mini laboratory
Summarizing: the Main Figures
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749.307 € Phare budget and
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32.578 € national co-financing
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260 (ca.) man/days Italian experts
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16 Italian experts participating
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13 months by Resident Advisor
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18 seminars/workshops
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20 Institutions involved
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7 pilot projects
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2 traineeships (Austria/Italy)
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1 Laboratory supplied (26 items)
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
[email protected]