Energy Efficiency Communities - establishing pilot communities for the building sector (EFFCOBUILD)

The project aimed to overcome existing barriers for capitalising on energy saving potentials in the target communities' building sectors. Joint economic and environmental interests were brought together by involving and connecting the different stakeholders such as building owners, public authorities, financial institutions, private companies and politicians. A 'virtual saving power plant' for each community was developed based on energy demand analysis which helped citizens to realise the potentials of the energy saving measures. The project demonstrated that environmental protection can positively affect economic benefits for the region, as energy saving measures enabled the economic added value to remain mostly in the local area and region. To support promotion and dissemination activities for the project a brochure with the 10 "best of" examples of energy efficiency measures in buildings from each community has been produced and is available for download.