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Financing energy renovation in buildings

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Guidance on financial schemes with a focus on Bulgaria and Romania

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Eurostat

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Eurostat clarifies how to record energy performance contracts in national accounts

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European Commission and EIB present guidance paper on the Eurostat treatment of PPPs

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Financial Instruments for Energy Renovation Policies

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How to set up a European Fund for Strategic Investments platform

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A guide to establishing investment platforms for public authorities and other stakeholders.

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HOW TO SET UP A ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR INTEGRATED HOME ENERGY RENOVATION

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A step-by-step guide for local authorities and other actors

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INVESTING IN NATURE

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FINANCING CONSERVATION AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR EUROPE

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A/A	GR
BEST PRACTICE	EFFICIENT ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND BUILDINGS
Best Practice
Financial scheme used	ELENA
Website/link	https://www.eib.org/attachments/documents/epirus_project_factsheet_en.pdf
Organisation	Ipiros Region
Organisation
More Information on the BP	The project aims at improving the energy efficiency of public buildings and public lighting systems located in the Region of Epirus and deploy sustainable transport. The programme proposed has a substantial scale for the Region as well as a high level of ambition in terms of energy efficiency performance objectives set. It is a first project of that kind in Greece. The ELENA assistance contributes substantially to the implementation of the investment programme by bringing in missing resources and expertise. The ELENA support is designed with the aim of strengthening the Regions capacities
Categorise the bebeficiary Organisation	Public
Beneficiary sector	Buildings public
Potential of replication on national level	High
Potential of replication on Balkans countries	High

A/A	RO
BEST PRACTICE	Commercial loan granted to Chimcomplex S.A. Borzești to finance investments in a modern and efficient calcium chloride production plant and two cogeneration power plants
Best Practice
Financial scheme used	Fondul Roman pt Eficienta Energiei Romanian Fund for Energy Efficiency
Website/link	https://free.org.ro/cel-de-al-39-lea-contract-de-finantare-si-cel-de-al-treilea-imprumut-acordat-s-c-chimcomplex-s-a-borzesti/
Organisation	CHIMCOMPLEX S.A.
Organisation
More Information on the BP	On May 17, 2018, The Romanian Energy Efficiency Fund awarded S.C. Chimcomplex S.A. Borzești, Bacău county a commercial loan worth 2,000,000 US dollars, to finance an investment totalling 9,985,000 US dollars The investment, aims to make the production and consumption of energy within S.C. Chimcomplex S.A. Borzești more efficient, by integrating into the company a plant for the production of calcium chloride granules with a capacity of 30,000 tons / year. The profile considered for the analysis of the opportunity, from the point of view of energy efficiency, to make this investment, included the calcium chloride production plant, the M electrolysis plant and the two co-generation plants. The analysis also took into account the favorable impact of the operation of the calcium chloride production plant on the operation with quasi-constant electricity consumption of the ion exchange membrane electrolysis plant (5th generation, among the best in the world), under the conditions of full use of the amount of chlorine resulting from the electrolysis process. At the same time, it was also considered that the entire amount of electricity related to the increase of electricity consumption in electrolysers and electricity consumption in the calcium chloride plant is produced by the company's cogeneration plants. Finally, it was taken into account the favorable impact of the operation of the calcium chloride plant on the production of energy in the company, through the energy recovery of a renewable energy source: hydrogen resulting from the electrolysis process, by producing electricity and heat in co-generation and for the production of steam in one of the steam boilers of the thermal power plant. The significant energy savings were estimated at about 14,777 toe / year, implicitly representing annual reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, amounting to 32,214 tons / year. This loan is the third of the same value, obtained by Chimcomplex S.A., the total value was of 6 million US dollars for investments exceeding 33 million US dollars. In total, the energy savings obtained by Chimcomplex, cumulated for the three investments, will be about 37,285 toe / year, representing annual reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, amounting to 84,703 tons / year.
Categorise the bebeficiary Organisation	Private
Beneficiary sector	Industry
Potential of replication on national level	High
Potential of replication on Balkans countries	High

A/A	BG
BEST PRACTICE	District 6 Energy Efficiency for Public Buildings
Best Practice	D6EEPB
Financial scheme used	ELENA
Website/link	https://www.eib.org/attachments/documents/d6eepb-factsheet-en.pdf
Organisation	Primaria sectorului 6 Bucuresti (District 6 of the Municipality of Bucharest)
Organisation	ELENA
More Information on the BP	Support to District 6 municipality in acceleration of the implementation of the EE investment programme for deep energy retrofit of 11 existing buildings,
Categorise the bebeficiary Organisation	Public
Beneficiary sector	Buildings public
Potential of replication on national level	High
Potential of replication on Balkans countries	High

A/A	HR
BEST PRACTICE	Energy Efficient Reconstruction of Public Lighting
Best Practice	RePublEEc
Financial scheme used	ELENA
Website/link	https://www.eib.org/attachments/documents/republeec-factsheet-en.pdf
Organisation	City of Zagreb
Organisation
More Information on the BP	The ELENA Technical Assistance (TA) will be used for the preparation and implementation of modernization of at least 70% of overall public lighting system in the City of Zagreb by developing a PPP public lighting documentation, including innovative financial structure, for the most energy inefficient parts of the lighting system. In addition, ELENA TA activities will be used in preparation of technical specification for modernisation of the remaining lighting system, not used in the PPP structure.
Categorise the bebeficiary Organisation	Public
Beneficiary sector	Infrastructure
Potential of replication on national level	High
Potential of replication on Balkans countries	High

A/A	BG
BEST PRACTICE	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund
Best Practice	EERSF
Financial scheme used	https://www.bgeef.com/en/
Website/link	Municipalities \| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund (bgeef.com)
Organisation	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund
Organisation	EERSF
More Information on the BP	Financed 110 municipal , 20 industrial, 24 ESCO, 2 other projects.
Categorise the bebeficiary Organisation	Private/Public
Beneficiary sector	Buildings public, private, industry
Potential of replication on national level	High
Potential of replication on Balkans countries	High