Transcript Norela Constantinescu Research

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WELCOME TO THE
2nd EUROHEAT & POWER
RTD WORKSHOP
„High efficiency –
Improved Building Installations and
Customer Comfort“
Norela Constantinescu
2/3 February 2006
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"Association of Associations"
Members in 32 countries, including 21 national CHP/DHC
associations:
Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Finland,
France, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK
Areas of activity
 Promotion (Positioning in EU policies)
 Expertise (market analysis / statistics and certification,
research, projects, studies, reports)
 Meeting platform ( Forums for utilities / industries, WGs)
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European
Union
General
Assembly
Board of Directors
Nat.Ass. Delegates (1 each)
1 industry, 1 utility delegates
Secretariat
WG Energy
Policy
WG RTD
TF
Marketing
Utilities
Forum
NE Generation
TF
Transport
TF
TF Customer
Eco-labelling Installations
Industry
Forum
TF Cooling
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Energy Research
European Union
 6th/7th Framework Programmes – focus research
 Intelligent Energy Europe/Competitveness and
Innovation Programmes – complementarity with
research
International cooperation
 IEA IA CHP/DHC
National programmes – CHP/DHC sector - limited
 (eg Denmark, Germany, Finland, Sweden) and almost
non existing in CEEC
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Paving the way to success I
Research is a strong component of policymaking
 focus on energy efficiency / renewables
 but: no specific platform for CHP/DHC
 large budgets / networks required
Better coordination
 more efficient / effective use of scarce resources
 build-up on existing projects
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Paving the way to success II
 Synergies with
 EU funds : especially Structural and Cohesion Funds
 International Financial Institutions (EIB, EBRD, WB)
 Better cooperation
 facilitating access to funding
 increased dissemination
 enhanced visibility
 stronger partner for the EU (implementation)
 Deepening the integration of European (manufacturers),
national (research institutes/universities) and local level
(utilities)
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