Agreement on cooperation of SEEA and CCCM

Serbian Enenrgy Efficiency Agency (SEEA) and the Constant Conference of the cities and municipals (CCCM) have signed the Agreement on cooperation which has made public the long term successful cooperation between these two organisations.

By signing this agreement, SEEA has expressed its willingness to make valuable benefit in the energy efficiency developing process in the municipals in Serbia. This project is an important step towards further decentralization and towards using resources of the municipals and local communities and in this way it will provide preparation of drafts for changing and amendments of the current laws related to increasing the level of energy efficiency and wider usage of the renewable sources of energy. Also this agreement will provide terms for conducting conciliatory and educating activities, in order to promote energy efficiency in the local community level in Serbia.

 

 

Interesting Stuff

Out of all the things in your home, your refrigerator spends the most of electricity. If it is older than 10 years, it probably spends more than you can benefit from it. The annual costs for your family for a device like this is around 8.000 dinars.

 

90% of the energy used for a light bulb is spent on the heating (that is why it is so hot when you touch it). Change the old light bulbs with the new ones called fluorescent light bulbs. They last about 7 years each and the are real energy saviors.

 

During the winter, out the shutters on your windows.

Fix the broken parts between the glass and the window and the glasses themselves. Fix the empty parts between the window frame and the wall.

 

Turn off the monitor if you are not using it for 10 minutes or more.

 

Turn off the computer if you aren’t using it for and hour or more.

 

For one pack of writing paper, it is necessary to cut one whole tree. And it takes 50 years for the tree to grow big enough to be cut for the paper making purposes.

 

Newspapers’ paper can be recycled at least 7 times.

 

Piece of paper can be decomposed in one month time, a wool socks take one year for this process, and a can takes 200 years to decompose.

 

Time for decomposing of the plastic is very long – 100 up to 1000 years.

 

Plastic packing materials are made out of petroleum.

 

Around million birds, 100.000 sea mammals and many fishes are killed annually by being exposed to plastic contamination.

 

One third of overall waste in the world is the empty packaging materials. By recycling the aluminum, air contamination is lessened for 95%. Besides, producing aluminum out of the recycled aluminum requires 90% less energy than making it out of the basic contents.

 

If only 250 people started recycling one can a day, it would save annually the same amount of energy as one can get from 10.000 liters of engine oil.

 

Let's get to know Energy Efficiency Agency

Considering the fact that there will be many news and events regarding the Agency activities, it is rather useful to get to know this Agency even better.

Energy Efficiency Agency is formed as special republic organization meaning separate legal entity. The Agency is registered in the Trade Court in Belgrade on 4 October 2004. The Agency started regular operation by the same day.

Energy Efficiency Agency of the Republic of Serbia (SEEA) was formed by new Energy Law put in force on 1 August 2004. Energy Law defines the establishment (Article 146), duties (Article 147) and beginning date of the regular operation of the Agency (Article 167).

It was founded because of the real strategic need to provide creating energy efficiency system , with wider usage of renewable sources of energy and environment protection, conducting numerous activities which will effect in increasing the consciousness of citizens relating to this topic. For its work the Agency is responsible to the government.

The operation of the Agency is financed through the budget of the Republic of Serbia. The Agency is direct user of the republic's budget. Serbian Energy Efficiency operation is co-founded by the European Union through the European Agency for Reconstruction.

By the beginning date of regular operation the Agency has took over rights, obligations, staff and assets that were by the date of the abolishing of former Energy Efficiency (15 May 2004) taken over by the Ministry of Mining and Energy.

The Agency proceeds with the programmes, projects and activities of former Energy Efficiency Agency established by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on 30 May 2002 and abolished on 15 May 2004.

Energy Efficiency Agency has published the Informatory about its work. It is currently available only in Serbian language.

 

Sustainable Energy Week

The 2^nd EU Sustainable Energy Week, EUSEW 2008, will take place in Brussels, Belgium and in other cities across Europe from Monday 28 January until Friday 1 February 2008. Serbian Energy Efficiency Agency is with 'Serbian Energy Efficiency Measurement Programme in the field of Wind Energy Utilisation in Serbia' among six nominees for the Sustainable Energy Europe Award 2007/2008 in the category 'Co-operation Programmes'.

Exclusive Announcement! The Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign 2005-2008 brochure available now in Serbian language on the official web site of the Serbian Energy Efficiency Agency.

 

Youth Voices & Energy Efficiency

 

The only way to help nature develop is for each of us to make our own effort, and not to wonder “why me, and not someone else?”

 

After forming a group in April 2007, some of our members have expressed clear interest in the topics regarding Energy efficiency. This part of the group has initiated several activities and initiatives within the group, and made significant results in promoting the idea of energy efficiency and in making impact on raising the consciousness of our citizens regarding this topic.

We started with the youngest. First the group members visited several elementary school in Ivanjica, Valjevo and other cities, in which the World Bank has had some energy efficiency projects implemented. The children were very interested about this topics.

After that we have developed a very successful cooperation with Energy Efficiency Agency in Serbia and with numerous state institutions which are also promoting the same ecological themes.

The main motivator for creating a Energy efficiency subgroup within the Youth Voices group was the high level of consciousness of our members in the areas of energy efficiency, climate changes and ecology itself.. This subgroup deals with the issues of great importance for young people. It is more than necessary to make a constructive impact on the consciousness of youth in Serbia and to provide them with real information about the exact state and conditions regarding energy efficiency and ecology which is more that alarming.