BEST RESULT

Project name

Building and Energy Systems and Technologies in Renewable Energy Sources Update and Linked Training

Project duration

from 1.07.2006 to 31.12.2008

Project coordinator

CRACA Centro Regionale di Assistenza per la Cooperazione Artigiana

Partners

1. Centro Regionale di Assisnetza per la Cooperazione Artigiana Societa Cooperativa (CRACA) – Venezia, Italy – project coordinator
2. Unione Provinciale Artigiani (UPA) – Padova,Italy
3. Universita degli Studi di Padova – Padova, Italy
4. Energy Management SRL (GFE) – Firenze, Italy
5. Chambers’ Group for the Development of Greek Isles (EOAEN) – Chios, Greece
6. SC Chiminform Data SA (CHD) – Bucharest, Romania
7. Mid Wales Energy Agency Ltd (MWEA) – Machynlleth, United Kingdom
8. Natonal Energy Conservation Agency (NAPE) – Warsaw, Poland
9. Escola Superior de Technologia de Setubal (ESTSetubal) – Setubal, Portugal
10. Universidad de Valladolid (UVA) – Valladolid, Spain
11. ESCAN S.A – Madrid, Spain
12. Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) – Pikermi, Greece
13. Fundacion CENER-CIEMAT (CENER) – Nawarra, Spain
14. Centro de Automatizacion, robotnica y Tecnologias de la Informacion y de la Fabricacion (CARTIF) – Valladolid, Spain
15. Fundacion Asturiana de la Energis (FAEN) – Asturias, Spain

Objectives

The project carried out in the framework of Intelligent Energy Europe program aims to develop a working strategy to extend the market of small scale RES applications in the building and energy sector through common and local activities addressing RES suppliers and consumers. All activities are aimed at opening new market opportunities and raising suppliers’ awareness and knowledge of RES applications by providing information and suggestions on how to improve their positioning inside the market. Information and communication activities targeting the general public or specific groups of consumers will simultaneously support the demand side. Strategies will be developed for a better internal and external communication tools among all the supply and demand actors of the building RES market. Good coordination and cooperation at European as well as at national and local level will permit to carry out interesting activities, bringing a common result in this European project fulfillment.

Results

Short-term results

The direct outcomes of the BEST RESULT project are:

Moreover, in the framework of the project 11 publications will be issued (in the form of brochures supplied by CD) treating on subjects connected with possibilities of renewable energy application in buildings. A website presenting best solutions and a newsletter informing about project progress will also be prepared.

Long-term results

It is being expected that the project will considerably increase interest in new technologies using renewable energy and thus being energy- and cost-saving and good for the environment. Direct promotion of good practice examples will stimulate the market of building materials and products that are applicable in energy efficient buildings. Meetings organized during project realization will enable contact between all sides on the energy market – suppliers, producers of appliances, and receivers. These meetings should improve the understanding of needs and expectations and fulfilling them. Information flow should influence the quality of services and consequently, decrease energy consumption. A wide-range promotion campaign and trainings addressed to different target groups should considerably increase their interest in renewable fuels and thus increase the market demand for appliances and technologies based on renewable fuels. NAPE S.A., as a Polish partner in the project, is responsible for fulfilling the tasks assigned to Poland. Because we are, together with Romania, a new member of the EU, our role in this project is particularly important because of the specificity of buildings in post-communist countries. Renewable energy use is also considerably lower than in western European Union countries. It is our responsibility to make sure that the new training provides for the conditionings in Eastern European countries.

Project website

www.bestresult-iee.com

Coordinator from NAPE’s side

Małgorzata Popiołek mpopiołek@nape.pl

Relation from the project’s seminar

A seminar of the project Best Result – Building and Energy Systems and Technologies in Renewable Energy Sources Update and Linked Training, was held on 18 June 2008 in Warsaw.

The first part of the seminar was lead by the Polish coordinator of the project Małgorzata Popiołek, MS, who presented the state of its implementation and the extent and economic feasibility of RES application in the project. Subsequent speakers presented economic aspects of the use of solar collectors and the possibilities of solid biomass utilization in district heating. Stanisław Pietruszko, PhD, from Warsaw University of Technology presented a very interesting aspect of photovoltaic cells’ application.

He showed elements of photovoltaic systems integrated into the architectonic design and external appearance of buildings. Many positive aspects of this type of solutions are giving hope for broader and economically feasible application of these technologies.