CER² – Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables.NETwork

3B060

Österreichisches Forschungs- u. Prüfzentrum Arsenal GmbH
(Object 210) Faradaygasse 3
1210 Vienna
Austria

DI Anton Plimon
Tel.:	+43505506371
Fax:	+43505506590
Email:	anton.plimon@arsenal.ac.at
Homepage:	http://www.interreg.wfgsha.de

4 - Environmental protection
4.1 - Environmental protection

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

2nd Call

The aim of the CER² project is to boost regional development and to increase local economic growth and regional employment by promoting environmentally-friendly energy technologies and the rational use of energy. The project supports regional resource management and reduction of CO2 as its activities promote the implementation and use of renewable energy equipment and the rational use of energy. The goal of this project is to develop and implement a "Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables" NETwork using: - Regional energy clusters and energy concepts and support of "Renewable and Rational Use of Energy" start-ups, - Standardised "Education Schemes" for building service engineers, architects, planners, installers and energy advisers in the fields of "Renewable Energy Sources" (RES) and "Rational Use of Energy" (RUE), - A "Quality Assurance Support Programme" to guarantee high quality of new RES and RUE technologies in production, planning and installation.

The following results are expected or have already been achieved: - Strengthening of the co-operation among partners: seven meetings, three cluster network board meetings, three co-operation exchange conferences, - Three co-operation exchange platforms (education, quality, energy concept experts), - Detailed business plan for ongoing cluster networking, - Database with necessary information of inner and outer circle countries and project websites, - Six education concepts developed, adapted, translated and implemented for the inner circle countries, - Quality schemes for production, systems, buildings, education and marketing supported, adapted or introduced, - Three regional cluster concepts developed and implemented, - Opening events performed, - Energy proponent committees established and energy concepts supported and/or developed, - Education courses, - Five regional RES and RUE company start-up support programmes conducted, - Homepages implemented, workshops for informing important regional and national institutions, organisations, decision-makers and the public on the project content, newsletters published, - Publication of articles in important newspapers and professional magazines.

Total budget (EUR):	2.628.650,36 EUR
ERDF:	1.362.525,18 EUR

Start:	11/2003
End:	12/2006

• Österreichisches Forschungs- u. Prüfzentrum Arsenal GmbH, Vienna, Austria
• European Centre for Renewable Energy Güssing (EEE), Güssing, Austria
• Association for Business Development Schwäbisch Hall (WFG), Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
• CERE - Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Environment (CERE), Vienna , Austria
• 17&4 Consulting Ltd., Vienna, Austria
• Municipality of the City of Vienna, Department 27 for EU-strategy and economic development (C.o.V.), Vienna, Austria
• The College of Management and Public Administration, Zamosc, Poland
• CALLA – Association for environmental conservation, Ceske Budejovice, Czech republic
• Czech Union for Nature Conservation - basic org. Veronica (VERONICA), Brno, Czech republic
• European Technological Centre, Prešov, Slovakia
• Central Transdanubian Regional Development Agency plc., Székesfehérvár, Hungary
• Federation of Technical and Scientific Societes, Fejer County Organisation (FTSS), Székesfehérvár, Hungary
• Széchenyi István University, Gyor, Hungary
• Energy Restructuring Agency (ApE), Ljubljana, Slovenia