14 mayors in the spotlight for sustainable energy
May 3rd, 2010 by wiebke
One highlight of the RURENER European conference on March 1o/11th in Tirano, was the signing of the charter by the 14 mayors or their representatives of the pilot communities. The Italian partners organised the meeting for partners, pilots, other interested small rural communities as well as national and European decision makers. The RURENER project was introduced, some best practises where demonstrated, information about funding options was given, and a lot of discussion took place during workshops, coffee breaks, round tables and site visits about European Energy policy and local action in rural areas. In the following you find minutes from some of the sessions or the presentations given:
- “Presentation of Rurener concepts”. Video by Kairos – View
- “Presentation of European Programmes and funds that can support communities‘ energy actions”. Presentation by Marco Canton – Download
- Public networks and services and Sustainable development Directorate General – Energy policies of the Lombardy Region”. Presentation by Silvana di Matteo – Download
Best practices:
- Albosaggia Municipality (IT) – “How can we improve energy performance on a territorial level?” Presentation by Matteo Clementi – Download
- Wesendorf Municipality (D) – “District heating network based on heat from biogas”. Presentation by René Weber – Download
- Video “Mader Municipality (A) – “Efficiency on public lighting”. Film presented by Aline Brachet – Video IT – Video EN – Video FR
- Veneto Agricoltura (IT) – “Vineyard pruning cycle for heat production in east Veneto, Italy. A contracting example in a co-operation model”. Presentation by Federico Correale Santacroce – Download
Workshops:
- WS1 – “How to produce sustainable renewable energy in rural communities: impacts on local development”. Speaker: Mr Jesus Mtnez-Almela – Download 1 – Download 2 – Download 3_(conclusions)
- WS2 – “How to make the most of my public buildings in terms of energy efficiency, what impacts locally?” . Speaker: Mr Jean Louis Coutarel – Download 1 – Download 2 - Download 3 (conclusions)
- WS3 – “Planning local policy for energy, how can we implement the 7 steps of the RURENER Roadmap?” Speakers: Wiebke Abeling, Andrea Molnar – Download 1 – Download 2 (Conclusions)
