A SEVEn employee was a member of the World Bank expert panel for drawing up an independent survey regarding modernization of three heating plants in Kazakhstan (Pavlodar, Petropavlovsk and Ekibastuz) with the total output of approx. 1,000 MWe. The survey was ordered by the IFC, which intends to have a capital interest in TsAEK, the company that owns the heating plants.

The ECODRIVEN project is a European-wide initiative covering several years, focusing on promotion of economical driving. The way you drive can easily influence twenty or more percent of your car’s standard consumption and, therefore, a “mere” change in driving habits and observing economical driving principles (correct gear shifting, speed, infl ated tyres and so on) can significantly reduce energy consumption irrespective of the type, size or power output of your car. For the benefit of traffic safety and driving efficiency.

Power-saving compact light bulbs as a substitute for traditional light bulbs are an unsurpassable example of certain and rapid returns on energy efficiency and its costs. Nevertheless, thanks to the greater investment costs for their purchase, they have not yet replaced classic light bulbs in all the places where it would make sense.

In 2007, the South Bohemian Regional Energy Agency had already been active for four years. The Agency’s activities had been organized by SEVEn for the Regional Authority of the South Bohemian Region, the promoter of the Agency. The Agency’s work largely consisted of searching for potential energy savings and subsidy sources for public organizations owned by and active within South Bohemia, information and consulting activities aimed at the general and professional public, and technical projects for the private sector.

The aim of the RESHAPE international project was to support the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive into general practice and, in particular, social housing developpment. Partners from Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, the Netherlands, Spain and the Czech Republic participated in the project. The project revealed differences in the method of implementing the EPBD into the national legislation and the evaluation methods. The results achieved corresponded to the nature of the individual countries.

Although the general public is in general aware of the unnecessarily high energy demand of our buildings, few people know how high the energy performance of the building where they live or work really is. Therefore, in 2006 the Active Learning education project was launched, during which educational material was drawn up for elementary school pupils and their teachers to allow them to monitor energy consumption in the school building, assess this consumption and propose specific measures to reduce it.

SEVEn is a partner in the European project Kyoto in the Home, the goal of which is improved education and a greater awareness of the possibilities of using renewable energy sorces. Interest in environmental protection must be supported already at elementary school level. Therefore, the Kyoto in the Home project draws up job sheets on the possibility of using renewable energy sources, which will be available to schools in eleven European languages.

The author of project: Jan Čížek and David Damaška
Low-energy housing projects were implemented in the towns of Sušice and Železný Brod and family houses in Odolena Voda, Říčany u Prahy and Roztoky u Prahy, with annual specific energy consumption not exceeding 50 kWh/m2 and investment allocations comparable to common construction expenses.

Electricity consumption in households is rising due to the increasing use of electrical appliances, even if these new appliances are often more efficient than those they replaced. Nevertheless, in many appliance categories, energy class A may not represent the best that is available in stores. Therefore, the Euro Top-Ten project was conceived, the purpose of which is to create a non-commercial database of specific products that fulfill the strictest standards for energy and potentially also water efficiency.