596 Result(s)
Refine Search
Loading
In December 2018, Friends of the Earth-CEPA published recommendations for the programming of EU funds in the Slovak Republic from the point of view of regional energy support. The recommendations contain six priorities for the upcoming budget period that respond to the current situation. The ambition of their proposal is not to cover the whole issue of energy but to focus on creating favourable conditions for a purposeful increase in the energy self-sufficiency of the regions of Slovakia.…
Enersol-SK is the national round of an international voluntary competition for full-time students of secondary schools (grammar schools, secondary vocational schools, and high schools). The competition is joining in with the education of students in the subject of environmental education and focuses on the use of alternative energy sources, energy saving, renewable energy sources, and reducing emissions in transport. It hopes to develop students' creative competencies, professional-theoretical knowledge and professional-practical abilities and skills in the field of sustainable energy. Pupils defend the results of the work they do in the competition before professional juries. The competitio…
In August 2021, SONCE energija presented the first 100 % energy-self-sufficient village in Slovenia - Zavrate. This was the first step towards creating self-sufficient and climate-neutral communities in the country, as well as energy independence. Furthermore, in October 2021, they also launched the first self-sufficient city centre in Radeče. The integration into community self-sufficiency in Zavrate was carried out with the help of the SunContract platform, which enables end users to directly use community renewable sources and connect with electricity producers, which ensures greater access to energy for individuals. It also enables greater transparency in the electricity market and a red…
Online Platform Sufficient for All provides information, ideas, tools and support for the implementation of sustainable community projects. It helps local communities to realize their development opportunities, encourages the involvement of the population, and contributes to better economic and environmental indicators and quality of life. The Platform was launched in 2016 and currently operates within the LIFE IP CARE4CLIMATE project (LIFE17 IPC / SI / 000007). By raising awareness, educating and training key stakeholders, the Platform promotes the implementation of measures that will help Slovenia achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and achieve a faster tran…
Solar PV was installed on the roof of a local elementary school in Budanje village. This was the first example in Slovenia of a PV installation on the roof of a public building used to supply electricity to local residents (seven households). Budanje is Slovenia‘s first self-sufficient RES community.…
The project encourages the improvement of energy efficiency and savings in residential homes (thermal and electric, e.g., awareness of possible heat losses, characteristics of domestic electricity) across Galicia, Ibiza, La Rioja, Mallorca, and Madrid. The results of the audits will be used for a study that will help put these types of projects into effect across the population.…
The EcoVillage project in the Canary Islands was started by the NPO/NGO Asociación Gaia Tasiri to repopulate a rural farmstead and establish a community to do more effective work in facilitating the global and local transition. It is also engaged in research and action organized around ecology and sustainability. They are a self-titled ‘Transition Town’ (post-petroleum and off-grid communities).…
An integrated and open community where everyone operates under the principle of "Leave what you can; take what you need”. The self-sufficient ecovillage has many permanent residents and also hosts pilgrims making the Camino de Santiago.…
A week-long campaign promoting sustainable means of transportation (walking, biking and the use of public transport). From 16-22 September 2012, ENGAGE posters have been widely displayed and used to promote local mobility initiatives. Workshops for primary school students were held at the Environmental Information and Education Centre administered by the municipality.…
The thermal rehabilitation of four blocks of flats situated in the city centre of Iasi, Romania. These were old buildings from the 1960s and 70s, highly degraded and energy-consuming, with pipe networks for utilities and some parts seriously affected by the weather over time (rooftops and basements, some parts of walls, and window frames). The inhabitants of the apartments inside these blocks of flats complained all the time about the high cost of these malfunctions and about the ugly nature of the buildings.…
The Agency for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection (AEEPM) is an independent legal entity (an NGO at the service of local communities) founded in 2007 at the initiative of the Local Council of Sector 1 of Bucharest, co-financed by the European Commission through the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme. It is a separate legal entity with its own statutes and is established as an NGO.…
The Balkans United for Clean Air campaign aimed to inform Western Balkan citizens about the causes and consequences of air pollution and possible solutions which could improve air quality. The campaign focused on six important topics related to air pollution in the Western Balkans. It created a network of 435 organizations, individuals and experts, reaching 650,000 citizens and with more than 500 publications in the media.…
The Slovak Renewable Energy Agency (Slovenská organizácia pre obnoviteľné zdroje energie, n.o.), in cooperation with schools, prepared a freely distributable educational manual to build an understanding of energy among pupils and inspire them to implement changes. The manual originally comes from the US; it was put together in 2010 by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was adapted to Slovakian conditions in 2016 in cooperation with Ing. Jana Pašková from the Secondary Industrial School of Electrical Engineering. The handbook was presented to the public as part of the 6th European Solar Days awareness-raising cam…
The European Solar Days initiative was launched in Austria in 2002 as the "day of the sun" and has gradually been extended to a Europe-wide campaign, which takes place every year during the first weeks of May. It is an educational campaign, the main goal of which is to point out the possibilities and benefits of using solar energy. Slovakia joined the campaign in 2011 thanks to the non-profit organization Slovak Renewable Energy Agency (SK REA), which aims to build a network of partnerships and supporters of the European Solar Days at the regional level. It is the largest campaign about solar energy in the country and is also unique in its form: various entities throughout Slovakia organize …
The goal of energoportál is to support local governments in building their own modern, decentralized and non-fossil energy by providing commercially independent but practical and inspiring information. It was created and managed by Friends of the Earth-CEPA (Priatelia Zeme - CEPA) with partners independent of business and party interests. The portal does not promote any products or services of commercial entities.…
The Slovak Republic has committed itself to meeting the climate goals that are necessary to avert a crisis of the global ecosystem, but without a sustainable energy policy at the regional and local levels, these goals will only remain on paper. If a modern regional and local energy policy is to emerge in Slovakia, sufficient professional, technical and financial capacities must be available in the regions. These are missing today, with a few exceptions. The result of the project of FES Slovakia and its partners (including Friends of the Earth-CEPA) is a proposal for measures at the national, regional and local level that would lead to the establishment of systematic and sustainable regional …
Local and regional governments in Slovakia have almost no capacity to coordinate and guide the energy sector. In practice, their activities in areas related to energy and transport are determined by national and European subsidy and support programs and not their own priorities. The purpose of the project was to create conditions for progress in public administration in the field of energy through purposeful development in three of the least developed districts: Kežmarok, Rimavská Sobota and Rožňava. The project provided the latter with extensive methodological and professional support for the implementation of systematic energy planning, supported the emergence of generally available region…
The first European map showing examples of RES use in a given location was developed as part of the international project REPOWERMAP (Renewable Energy Power Map) in cooperation with other EU countries. Owners, designers, producers, as well as villages and municipalities may add their renewable energy examples to the map. The aim of the renewable energy power map is to encourage the use of renewable energy sources. Thanks to the Slovak Renewable Energy Agency's activities within the project, more than 3,000 examples of renewable energy sources were added to the “Slovak” part of the map in only two years of project participation. The map is still active and is waiting for experiences to be sha…
From October 1, 2019, Friends of the Earth-CEPA began to implement a project called Building Pilot Coordination Capacities for Sustainable Energy in Marginalized Regions in Slovakia. The project responds to the need for a new and consistent regional sustainable energy policy as a prerequisite for the effective transposition of EU and Member States' climate goals at the local level. It focuses on the three least developed districts of Slovakia (Kežmarok, Rimavská Sobota and Rožňava) and one transforming coal region (Upper Nitra), which have shown interest in this new type of public policy and have begun to build their own capacities for it. The project will motivate the main actors in the tar…
TOPTEN ACT develops a comprehensive market transformation strategy targeting consumers, manufacturers, consumer associations and other key actors to promote energy-efficient products so that they become the natural choice for consumers.…