Activities

Projects

• Energy Management and Performance Related Energy Savings Scheme (EMPRESS)
  EMPRESS supports energy efficiency efforts in Eastern and Central Europe. The project helps to establish specialised energy service companies (ESCOs) that provide Monitoring and Targeting (M&T) energy services to industrial and commercial clients.
  
  
• Promoting Industrial Energy Efficiency through a Cleaner Production Framework (CP-EE Project)
  The overall objective of this project is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by identifying and carrying out Energy Efficiency (EE) improvements as an integral part of Cleaner Production (CP) assessments in industrial enterprises in China, Vietnam, India, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Slovakia
  
  
• Developing Financial Intermediation Mechanisms for Energy-Efficiency Projects in Brazil, China and India
  UNEP and the UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy and Environment have started an effort with the World Bank's Energy Efficiency and Environment Thematic Group to conduct in country investigations and preparation of a proposal for a larger project that would help the countries overcome barriers hindering loans for energy efficiency.
  

Past Activities

• RE/EE Investment Advisory Facility (IAF)
  The IAF provides banks and financiers with targeted expertise and support to evaluate proposals in the sustainable energy sector and to help these institutions develop the skills to evaluate such projects independently.
  
  
• Sustainable Energy Advisory Facility (SEAF)
  SEAF was a pilot initiative to provide information and technical support for sustainable energy activities in selected developing countries.