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European Energy Efficiency Conference 2017

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In the framework of the World Sustainable Energy Days, our Member region Upper Austria is organising the European Energy Efficiency Conference 2017. It will take place in Wels, from 1 to 3 March, hosting 6 conferences and 3 interactive events. The conferences’ themes are the following: Energy Efficiency Services and Business Conference E-mobility & Smart ... Read More

Public authorities wanted: two calls from Horizon 2020 programme

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The brokerage event organised by AER in collaboration with ERRIN showed once again AER commitment to keep members update on funding opportunities and projects. After the last presentations on European programmes done at the Autumn Committees’ Plenary 2016 in Izmir, AER goes further with an event dedicated to one of the main European funding programmes: ... Read More

Successfully “Going green in Seventeen” – brokerage event on green projects

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The joint AER-ERRIN brokerage event “Going green in Seventeen” which was held in Brussels, Belgium on 19 January 2017, was a great success. With a focus on Horizon 2020 energy and climate change calls with a 2017 deadline, the project brokerage session drew a myriad of representatives hailing from regional delegations, universities, companies, and public ... Read More

Project proposals on green buildings: looking for partners!

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Following the Brokerage Event “Going green in Seventeen” jointly organised by AER and ERRIN, we are glad to share with AER member regions two project proposals on green buildings that have been discussed during the break-out sessions. 1) BTG BIM – Technology & Green Construction Skills Training Module(s) – A Transparent Training Model towards a Greener ... Read More

Project proposals on energy efficiency: looking for partners!

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Following the Brokerage Event “Going green in Seventeen” jointly organised by AER and ERRIN, we are glad to share with AER member regions three project proposals on energy efficiency that have been discussed during the break-out sessions. 1) Groningen Smart Energy City The City of Groningen (NL) presented the project idea “Groningen Smart Energy City”, which focusses on ... Read More

Project proposal on innovative financing schemes: looking for partners!

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Following the Brokerage Event “Going green in Seventeen” jointly organised by AER and ERRIN, we wish to share with AER member regions a project proposal on innovative financing schemes presented by the Municipality of Assen during one of the break-out sessions. Service costs model for sustainable measures in private houses The Municipality of Assen, a city ... Read More

Investing for green projects

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While different solutions exist to reduce CO2 emissions, limit the scope and mitigate the impacts of climate change, most large-scale initiatives require substantial investments. The London plenary meetings of the AER Committees will shed some light on impact investing and in specific green investing, which is a topic on which AER has been working for ... Read More

Call for expressions of interest for third call of Interreg Europe

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We are pleased to share with you that the next edition of the interregional cooperation forum, Europe, let’s cooperate, will be held on 22-23 March 2017 in Malta by Interreg Europe. The forum’s goal is to help prepare for the third call of Interreg Europe by facilitating the presentation and exchange of ideas, along with building new partnerships and completing ... Read More

Not your usual plenary meetings

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The AER Committees are the R&D lab of AER where experiences are shared, discussed, transferred to other regions, transformed, brought back in the network and adopted by yet other regions. However, the plenary meetings don’t always do justice to the wealth of ideas and initiatives regions are implementing or want to implement. Just do it! ... Read More

#ShineBright Norrbotten

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At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Norrbotten (SE) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its active participation in Committee 1 on the topic of energy and the energy transition. Norrbotten led the work for the drafting of the AER report on energy security. Several meetings of the working group on energy ... Read More

AER series on investments: Episode 2

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Episode 2 of the AER series on investments focuses on the EFSI technical and advisory services available to regions for a sound and smooth implementation of the Juncker Plan. Reaching the real economy At the Opening Conference of AER Committees’ Plenaries in London, Florentine Hopmeier, Team Leader for the Investment Plan for Europe, European Commission, presented ... Read More

World sustainable energy days: Experience sharing & business

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At the AER Spring Plenaries, regional policy makers reiterated their interest in the World Sustainable Energy Days, one of Europe’s largest annual conferences on sustainable energy. The WSED17 event, which took place from 1 to 3 March 2017 in Upper Austria (AT) gathered around 700 participants from 59 countries achieving resounding success. What was WSED17 all ... Read More

Decisions from the Executive Board in London

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The AER Executive Board (EB) met at the occasion of the Spring Committees Plenaries in London on 21 March for their first meeting in 2017. High on the agenda was the preparation for the General Assembly as well as following topics of strategic importance in various fields. Here are some of the key decisions that were ... Read More

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