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  • CPSUC – Capacity Building and Establishment of Cleaner Production Service Units & Campaigns for the Industry in the Less Developed Regions of China (2008 - 2011)
  • Promotion of Benchmarking Tools for Energy Conservation in Energy Intensive Industries in China (2008 – 2009)
  • ESCO - Capacity building of Mongolian and Inner Mongolian (Chinese) Energy Service Companies (2008 - 2009)
  • TEMPUS CROATIA - Cleaner Production Centre Rijeka (2006 - 2009)
  • ECOPROFIT for Sustainable Mongolian Entrepreneurship (2006 - 2008)
  • EU-India Sustainable Energy Efficiency Initiative (EISEEI) - Partnering effort to strengthen selected state agencies in implementing the Indian Energy Conservation Act on a local level (2005 - 2008)
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  • INSABA - Integrated Southern Africa Business Advisory (2005 - 2007)
  • CO2 Managers for the Industry in the People”s Republic of China (2005 - 2007)
  • Capacity Building for Calaca, Batangas Local Governments Unit (LGU), Public Market Vendors and Households to Operate a Biogas Facility: Learning from European and ASEAN/Thai Best Practices (2006)
  • Feasibility Study for Distributed Generation (DG) and Renewable Energy Portfolio (REP) of a Distribution Utility: Case Study in the Philippines (2005 - 2006)
  • Feasibility Study for the Implementation of Energy Integrated Urban Planning (EIUP) in ASEAN Cities and of the Applicability of European Approaches (2004 - 2006)
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  • Interprise on Advancing Business Partnerships for Industrial Energy Efficiency in Malaysia
  • Cleaner Production in the Foundry Industry of the People's Republic of China (2003 - 2005)
  • Training Programme on Greenhouse Gas Reducing Energy Strategies, Tools and Technologies in the People's Republic of China and in Europe (2002 - 2003)
    • Project Introduction
    • Milestones and implementation schedule
    • Training courses in China
    • The training modules
    • Study Tour to Europe
    • Long term training in Europe
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  • Training Programme for the Industries in Gurgaon, Haryana in India on Preventive Environmental Protection Following the ECOPROFIT Approach (2002 - 2003)
    • Project Introduction
    • Milestones and implementation schedule
    • Workshops
    • Company visits and on site consulting
    • ECOPROFIT award
    • Project results
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  • UNDP Clean Energy Action China
  • Osh Water Supply Plan (2000 - 2002)
  • Training Programme on Energy Management and Energy Efficiency in the People's Republic of China and in Europe (2000 - 2001)
    • Project Introduction
    • Training sessions in China
    • Study tour to Europe
    • Long term training in Europe
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  • Chernovtsy Energy Plan (1999 - 2001)
  • ECOPROFIT Ukraine (1999 - 2001)
  • IMPEL Workshops and Conferences (1998 - 2000)
    • The IMPEL Network
    • IMPEL 2000 Conference on Compliance and Enforcement
    • IMPEL Workshop on the use of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (CHC) in Industrial Plants
    • IMPEL Workshop on Licensing and Enforcement Practices in a Cement Plant using Alternative Fuel

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The project is designed to support marketing and enforcement of the Indian Energy Conservation Act on state and local level, resulting in improved energy efficiency and lower energy intensity in India. To this end, Energy Conservation Action Teams (ECAT) consisting of professionals from state and local agencies. are established in five Indian states. They prepare market oriented three-year action plans, which are institutionalised by designated state agencies involved in energy efficiency and/or renewable energy. The state specific Action Plans state general policies, a mission, and a vision relating to energy efficiency, renewable energy, support to power sector reform, and greenhouse gas emissions. Building on this information, annual operational plans are prepared, defining deliverables as well as local, state and central government investments necessary to achieve quantified and validated targets. Demonstration projects suggested in the Operational Plans are carried out by accredited energy auditors and their clients in at least 10 selected key urban centres. Project activities focus on facilitating a moderated dialogue between India and Europe as well as among the ECATs in order to support preparation of action plans and operational plans, to ensure financing and agree on achievable targets. Furthermore, domestic and overseas training and exchange of views with policy makers, opinion leaders and professionals in these areas will be arranged. All demonstration projects will be checked for eligibility under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, a respective Project Identification Note (PIN) will be prepared and, if feasible, a project design document (PDD) developed for host country approval.
CENTRIC AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL is one of the European expert teams providing European best practice to the Indian partners.


The overall objective is to contribute to marketing and accelerated enforcement of the Indian Energy Conservation Act and the Indian Electricity Act on local as well as state level in support of a sustainable national energy policy.
Enforcement of the energy and electricity act will help decouple economic growth from growth in energy consumption by more efficient use of energy as well as a diversification and shifting of the energy mix towards increased utilisation of renewable energy whenever and wherever technically feasible and economically justifiable. Promoting less energy intensive sectors of the national economy such as the service sector or IT industry may as well decouple economic growth form growth in energy consumption, but is not the objective of this action.
The project’s purpose is to develop the capacity and competence of as well as strengthen the network between all relevant staff at a local and state level in selected states in India in order to meet the challenges of sustainable energy management. Further, the project aims at upgrading the staff's skills in developing, executing and institutionalising Energy Conservation Action Plans and Operation plans as well as in identifying, designing and implementing bankable urban demonstration projects with particular focus on energy conservation and energy efficiency.
More precisely this project aims at:
-- Establishing a network of Energy Conservation Action Teams (ECAT) consisting of members from state and municipal departments dealing with energy, energy efficiency, urban planning, and infrastructure.
-- Consulting, coaching and training of key staff in state agencies and local governments by the newly established ECAT
-- Networking within India and Europe through one-to-one continuous consulting.
-- Defining and strengthening the position of designated state agencies and local departments with respect to stakeholders, the general public, and, most important, state level decision makers.
-- Improving co-operation, exchange and a joint policy between state and local level administration.
-- Promoting the concept of energy efficiency and energy conservation planning in Europe and Asia.
-- Enabling selected states and key urban centres to be one of the first to market and enforce the Indian Energy Conservation Act as pioneers in India and to set a model for Asia. -- Identifying potential demonstration projects in selected cities from hundreds of energy audit reports submitted by accredited energy auditors.
-- Facilitating experience exchange between Europe and India in particular in policy measures
-- Initiating more Clean Development Mechanism projects in India.

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