SENET/ESCOBALT Conference
Date: 2005-12-13
Organiser: Lithuanian District Heating Association and Kaunas City Municipality
Place: Kaunas City Municipality (Laisvės av. 96, Kaunas); Reval Hotel Lietuva (Konstiticijos str.20, Vilnius), Lithuania
International conference in financing of energy efficiency projects for energy managers and local municipalities and associations "FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ENERGY SAVING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CSRC APPROACH".
13 December 2005 Kaunas City Municipality (Laisvės av. 96, Kaunas)
14 December 2005 Reval Hotel Lietuva (Konstiticijos str.20, Vilnius)
Organizers: Lithuanian District Heating Association and Kaunas City Municipality.
This event was held within the frameworks of SENET (Phare) and ESCOBALT (Intereg IIIB) projects.
Tuesday, 13 December 2005: Kaunas City Hall
Session A: Impacts on municipal budget
- Analysis of the potential of Energy Efficiency measures; impact of Energy Efficiency on municipal economy (profits, costs and cost-effectiveness) /Arto Nuorkivi, ESCOBALT Project Manager, Finland/
- Municipal development in eastern regions of Germany with respect to the energy efficiency issues. Statistics and reporting for evaluation and analysis of the heat consumtion in the district heating system of Grevesmühlen (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /Heiner Willms, Stadtwerke Grevesmühlen, Germany/
- Potential economic benefits in energy efficiency and energy saving in Kaunas City /Rimantas Bakas, JSC Kauno Energija, Lithuania/
- Municipality’s impact on regulation and management of DH sector in Kaunas City. Case ESCOBALT Pilot Energy Audit of District Heating System in Kaunas /Algirdas Vaitiekūnas, Kaunas City Municipality, Lithuania/
- Relations between heat consumers and suppliers /S. Karčiauskas, B. Stulpinas, JSC Kauno Energija, Lithuania/
Session B: How were financing organised and the benefits obtained in real life? Examples of applications
- ESCO companies in Lithuania /Svajūnas Juodka, JSC “LITESKO”, Lithuania/
- Initiatives of Vilnius City Municipality on renovation of multy-family apartment houses /Kęstutis Nėnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania/
- Development of streets lighting in Kaunas City /Dr. Alfonsas Vaškys, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania/
- ESCO implementations in Austria. Some good practices /Jan W. Bleyl, Graz City, Graz Energy Agency, Austria/
- ESCO implementations in Germany, best practices /Kuno Schallenberg, Holger Doule, Energieplus, Germany/
Session C: Trans-national energy efficiency networks
- The key international organisations in energy saving. The role of the EU in regulation of energy saving /Seppo Silvonen, Motiva Oy, Finland/
- How ManageEnergy can support energy actors in promoting a sustainable energy culture in Europe /Jan W. Bleyl, Graz City, Graz Energy Agency, Austria/
- Swedish National Energy Efficiency Network, Bioenergy Association /Tord Fjällström, Energia Dalen, Sweden/
Wednesday, 14 December 2005: Reval Hotel Lithuania, Vilnius
Session D: The world is full of money: Opportunities to finance energy efficiency improvements: Public Private Partnership / Investment models for communal economy. / Third party financing
- ESCOs in Europe: Relevant policy developments in the European Union and highlights of the ESCOs in Europe status report /Paolo Bertoldi (European Commission), Silvia Rezessy (Central European University, Hungary)/
- Why not more ESCOs? Barriers in the public sector. New opportunities for financing of energy saving measures. Implementation models. ES impact on municipal economy. Benefits of the regional energy saving programmes. /Seppo Silvonen, Motiva Oy, Finland/
- Climate change and emission trading. Incentive for investments /Martin Bartelt, Max-Plank Institute, Germany/
- International financial institutes. IFC project: attracting of national financing institutions to EE investment /Ilkka Heikkilä, Electrowatt-Ekono, Finland/
- Feasibility study as a basis for investment financing. /Arto Nuorkivi, ESCOBALT Project Manager, Finland/
- Energy Auditing as an essential part of the investment process. Elements of an energy auditing procedure. Practices in some EU-countries. /Seppo Silvonen, Motiva Oy, Finland/
- Renovation of multi-family apartment houses in Lithuania. Lessons learned and perspectives /V. Serbenta, Housing Agency, Lithuania/
- Third party financing as an instrument in municipal energy policy /Jan W. Bleyl, Graz City, Graz Energy Agency, Austria/