Energy Efficiency Program in the Micro-Region of Zselic

Description:

Sponsor: European Union (Phare Access Macro 2002 Program)
 
Partners: Bányai Panoráma Association, Ökotárs Foundation, MTESZ

Aim: We aimed at setting up a model program in energy efficiency where the residents of a local community were not only beneficiaries but also active participants of accomplished tasks. Thus connections between energy efficiency, environmental protection and economy would be imprinted in all participants as their personal experience and the knowledge gained would have a long-term positive effect on regional development.
 
Target group: associations of rural development, local decision-makers, professionals, educators, residents of Zselic
 
Description: This program was truly complex: it ran on four locations – in Kaposvár, Kadarkút, Szenna and Szentbalázs. We held an information-day for local decision-makers, we helped in organizing local energy brigades, hand-in-hand with the local residents we insulated the schools in Kadarkút, Szentbalázs and Szenna, we organized a mobile exhibition on energy efficiency and we held an accredited training for teachers and educators on energy efficiency.
 
Results: information-booklet under the title "Energy diet" (2000 copies), mobile exhibition, insulation of 3 schools, forum for local decision-makers, 3-day training for teachers.