| | Green Light Graz - Modernization and saving energy at street lighting in the City of Graz - Graz Energy Agency, Austria | | | In 2005, the Pilot Project “Green Light Graz I” (modernizing street lighting along the main traffic route Wienerstraße – Gürtel and other main streets) was started.718 lamps in main streets were renewed and provided with state-of-the art technologies and control engineering. The Graz Energy Agency has taken over
the whole project handling for contract management as an overall package by order of the City of Graz. As for technical implementation and financing, the Graz Energy Agency co-operates with Energy Graz. Together these two organizations guarantee the calculated energy savings! The costs are amortized by the savings. No additional investment costs accrue to the City of Graz. On April 26, 2006, the City of Graz was presented with the Green Light Award 2006 in Frankfurt for its programme!......more >>> | Source: managenergy www.managenergy.net/ |
| BedZED | | | BedZED is a housing development with a difference; this solar urban village has transformed a brown field site, in the south of England, into an environmentally
friendly housing development. The Peabody Trust, a charity that provides housing for the poor in London, is the company responsible for the development of the 82 flats and houses at BedZED..... more >>> | From managenergy www.managenergy.net/ |
| SOLAR ENERGY, Installations on public buildings | | | | Although the quality of the equipment and the efficiency of photovoltaic and thermal solar systems have improved greatly in recent years, this type of energy production has not achieved yet a significant share of the market in Europe. However, thanks to energy and climate protection action plans implemented by some local authorities, there are now good examples of photovoltaic and solar thermal applications at the local level. The Municipality of Roma, in collaboration with ROMAENERGIA - Rome Local Energy Agency - as technical consultant, imposes the use of such technologies on the different buildings of the city and intends to develop solar systems in several schools to serve as an educational example....... more>>> | From managenergy www.managenergy.net/ |
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