Project partners

Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, University of Zagreb - The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) as a part of University of Zagreb employs 123 lecturers (46 full professors, 42 associate professors, 33 assistant professors and 2 other lecturers), 40 assistants and 106 junior research associates and 44 other researchers. Faculty’s organizational unit that will be responsible for the contract is Department of Power Systems (ZVNE). The total number of the Department’s employees is 88, where 13 of them are lecturers, 41 researchers and 28 associates and others are technical and administrative staff. The Department has years of experience in energy systems studies and planning. Besides educational energy related programs for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, it has been actively involved for many years in analysis and establishing of new strategies for energy sector and power system development for the Republic of Croatia. It has vast experience in preparing medium and long-term electricity generation expansion plans for power systems, performing comparisons of energy, economic and environmental characteristics of different options for electrical power generation, preparation of energy efficiency studies and strategies and renewable energy sources utilization. It has to be emphasized that the Department has been actively involved in energy efficiency programs development from mid 1980s. Furthermore, the Department’ employees were also engaged as UNIDO experts in the field of energy efficiency, and as such have performed number of related tasks worldwide. Today, the Department has a number of successfully performed energy, energy efficiency and environmental protection projects through both national and international collaboration. The Department staff lead the development of the Energy Efficiency Master Plan for Croatia (long-term national energy efficiency strategy), Programme for energy efficiency in Croatia 2008-2016 and First National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2008-2010.

Faculty of Technical Science, University of Novi Sad - The Faculty of Technical Sciences was established as the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Novi Sad, within the University of Belgrade on May 18, 1960 as a government’s institution. After the University of Novi Sad had been founded on June 28, 1960, the Faculty became an integral part of the University of Novi Sad. The Faculty of Technical Sciences consists of 13 departments, 8 sectors for special services and 15 research centers with 850 employees and number of different laboratories in an area of 30000 m². One of the Centers is Provincial Energy Efficiency Center Novi Sad (PEEC). It is an information and consulting department which promote the rational use of energy, energy management systems, and the projects of energy efficiency in industry and public energy systems with researching and developing activities in the areas of: Energy management in all energy sectors; Energy efficient projects in industry; District heating systems and other public energy systems; Improvement of energy performances of buildings envelopes; Technically deteriorated, energy inefficient and polluting municipal energy supply services; Investments in the energy sector to improve and modernize energy infrastructure; Energy policy: energy strategy, action plans and implementation activities. Research and developing programs: The Program of Energy Strategy Development for the Republic of Serbia until 2010; Energy Efficiency in Serbia; Energy efficiency in Montenegro.

Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University of Sarajevo - Mechanical Enginnering Faculty in Sarajevo was founded in 1958. and for more than ten years was the only MEF in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), educating mechanical engineers. After several years of development five departments were established: Department for manufacturing technologies; Department for special technologies; Department for power engineering and processing techniques; Department for internal combustion engines and vehicles; Department for wood processing technologies. Beside the education leading to Dipl. ing. (Graduated Mechanical Engineer), the postgraduate study was organised periodically. The scientific and research work was the other group of the activities at the Faculty, resulting in development of a series of laboratories and a modern computing centre. Mechanical Engineering Faculty has good co-operation with other mechanical engineering faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina helping them in foundation and development, through establishment of courses and with visiting professors. Several co-operative research projects were conducted, sponsored by national and international foundation (e.g. USA DOE, USA EPA, German International Bureau for Scientific Co-operation under the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology and German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, and now ÖAD, as well). Continuous connections with enterprises and institutes were realised in order to ensure good education and work on research and development.

Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana - The Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI) is the leading Slovenian technological institute, complementing the role of the universities and bridging the gap between science and applications. It has a staff of approximately 850 people specialized in research in physics, chemistry and biochemistry, electronics and information science, nuclear technology, energy utilization and environmental science. Since 1985 more than 800 postgraduate students have gained their MSc. and Ph.D. degrees at the Institute. JSI – Energy Efficiency Centre (JSI/EEC) is engaged in research, development and consulting in the field of energy efficiency, energy planning, renewable energy sources and environmental protection issues. JSI/EEC employs 15 permanent staff members, out of which 13 have a university degree – 5 members have B.Sc. in engineering or other, 7 M.Sc. and 1 Ph.D. The JSI/EEC is a focal point for the collection and transfer of energy efficiency technologies to energy users, the state, energy service and equipment providers, and other interested agencies. At the same time it covers environmental effects of energy use and conversion. The most significant part of the JSI/EEC activities is thus cooperation with state institutions in the field of efficient energy use, energy planning, environment taxes and emission trading; nevertheless it still remains strongly connected, by its consulting role in energy, with industrial companies and institutions. Research and development work of the JSI/EEC staff have had an important contribution to the preparation of key documents in Slovenia in the field of energy efficiency and transition of Slovenia to low carbon society, at the same time supporting industry to increase competitiveness and development restructuring.

United Nations Development Programme, Energy Efficiency Project in Croatia - The Ministry of the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Croatia), with financial assistance from the Croatian Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund and Global Environmental Facility, are jointly implementing a project under the name Removal to Barriers for Energy Efficiency in Croatia (EE Project). The EE project aims to remove barriers to implementing economically feasible, energy efficient (EE) technologies and measures in the residential and public sectors in Croatia, with the final goal of reducing energy consumption and the associated greenhouse gases. The project beneficiaries include: end users in the residential sector, commercial and public building owners and managers, including ministries and municipalities; suppliers of energy efficient technologies and manufacturers of construction materials; service providers; financial institutions; designers and constructors; retailers, consumer protection associations; training and education providers; the media. Along with activities directed towards citizens, two main project activities are Energy Management (SGE) in the Cities and Counties of the Republic of Croatia and the House in Order (HIO) Programme. The SGE Project targets buildings owned by units of local and regional government, while the HIO Programme aims to enhance EE in state and local government facilities. One of the bases for the successful implementation of both the SGE Project and the HIO Programme is the Energy Management Information System (EMIS), a web application used as the main tool for the continuous compilation, storage and analysis of energy consumption data in public buildings.