Presentation of 12 Partners and 14 pilot communities made at RURENER kick-off meeting in France in February 2009

1. PARTNERS
&
PILOT COMMUNITIES

2. Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN U.A.N.
 environmental association of towns and
municipalities in Lower Saxony; founded in
1985
Consultance of local authorities
concerning their environmental task;
mainly water management
Representation of municipal interests in
policy making
PR work
Project « climate change and
communities »
www.uan.de
www.kuk-nds.de

3. • The Technological Education Institution of Kavala (TEI
KAVALAS) is a Technical University with the main campus based
in the city of Kavala (Eastern Macedonia-Thrace region) in
northern Greece.
504 members of Academic staff, 101 members of Technical and
administrative, 11.200 students
• 4 Faculties : Business Management & Economics; Applied
Technology; Agricultural Technology; Health Science)
Department of Forestry and Natural Environment

Management is based at the Drama campus
46 members of Academic staff; 11 members of Technical and

administrative personnel ; 797 students
Teaching and research on 4 areas : Sustainable development

and management of mountain and forest areas; biomass
energy; natural environment constructions; information
technology for sustainable mountain management.

4. ruralnet|uk
ruralnet|uk is a not-for-profit rural development organisation that supports rural
individuals and groups to be more effective and efficient. We do this in a number
of ways, which includes:
 innovation & development
 networking (online & offline)
 knowledge transfer
 collaboration & partnership working
 provision of guidance & information
We can also work with non-rural organisations through our wholly-owned
trading subsidiary ‘RNUK Ltd’

5. ruralnet|uk and RURENER
Provide ICT expertise to the creation and on-going development of the project
website – for knowledge transfer, sharing best practise and networking
Deliver training sessions to partners on how to update the website and make
the most of Web 2.0 functions
Investigate translation issues and provide options that will enable greater
networking between pilot communities
Add value by introducing, where possible, rural communities in the UK that
could benefit from the outcomes of the project

6. ADIMAC & MASSIF CENTRAL RANGE
Interregional association of industries and

local authorities supported by Government
Economic development and spatial

planning in the Massif-central range.
Area of action : mountain issues, ICT,

Energy, environment, tourism...
Renewable energy sources : 80% of local

production and 21% of consumption (2006)
White book for a sustainable building

sector in Massif-central (2008) : 21 actions
to be set-up, identified by the building
sector professionnels

7. PEYRELEVADE
Mayor : Pierre COUTAUD
850 inhabitants

mountainous area in Regional

natural Park
main installations : wind power

station; wood boiler; solar
installation for warm water
main activities : information

and experience sharing ; visits
annual energy party

8. Joint community of
SAINT ETIENNE DE LUGDARES
President : Marc CHAMPEL
1016 inhabitants

6 villages

average altitude : 800 m

main installations : wind power

farm;
main activities : House of energy

to get awareness and give
information

9. SAINT JEAN D'ALCAPIES
Mayor : Jérome ROUVE
260 inhabitants

mountainous area in Regional

natural Park
main installations : solar power

station, wood boiler, Alcapia
(innovative public building
producing and saving energy)
main activities : information and

experimentation in Alcapia,
welcome groups and share
experience...
Major stake for the future : saving

energy in public and private existing
buidings

10. IREALP - Research Institute for Ecology and Economy
Applied to Alpine Areas Carries out technological and scientific
research relating to the application of
economy and ecology to Alpine areas.
Actively supports Lombardy’s planning and
strategies on development policies of
Chiuro
mountain areas.
Areas of action: mountain issues, GPS,
energy, environment, cultural heritage, ICT.
Milano Research / Project finalized to individualize a path, best practices
and actions, aimed to improve energy performance of an area. Pilot
community is a Municipality very sensitive to environmental issues
and already EMAS certified.
Research finalized to draw up standards and guideline about
landscape planning of renewable energy plants (solar, photovoltaic,
biomass, wind energy system etc.). It will be included into the
Regional Territorial Landscape Plan (PTPR).

11. IREALP MISSION •To enhance an integrated
research approach to economy,
environment and society
•To improve the sustainable
territorial development
•To involve the local stakeholders
in european networks

12. IREALP as trait d’union
among local European Union
stakeholders, Lombardy
Region, European Union
IREALP
Lombardy Region
Local stakeholders

13. TIRANO
Mayor : Pietro DEL SIMONE
Deputy mayor (our contact): Gianmartino DELLA VEDOVA
9044 inhabitants
mountainous area
main installations : biomass CHP
plant based on an Organic Rankine
Cycle turbogenerator (equipped with 2
biomass fired hot water boilers and 1
biomass fired thermal oil boiler);
photovoltaic energy system
main activities : supplies with
district heating and electricity (an
overall efficiency of about 89%).
Major stake for the future : energy
saving

14. ROMANIA
Location: (Southeastern) Central Europe
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (GMT + 2)
Area: 91,725 sq. miles (237,502 sq. km)
Flag of Romania: Three vertical stripes: red,
yellow and blue.
Population: 21,200,000 (2008)
Ethnic Groups: Romanian 89%, Hungarian
7.5%, Gipsy 1.9%, German, Other 1.6%
Religions: Christian Orthodox 87%, Roman
Catholic 5%, Protestant 5%, Jewish
Official Language: Romanian
Currency: Romanian Leu (RON)
Climate: Temperate, four distinct seasons
Capital: Bucharest (Bucuresti)

15. BACĂU COUNTY
Located in the central area of the North-East
Region of Romania, at 302 Km distance from
the country’s capital, Bucureşti
County residence: Bacău
Infrastructure: European roads, railways,
international airport
Development: On a national scale, Bacău
County is on the sixth place, achieving
approximately 4,5% from the total production
of Romania

16. The University of Bacau,
one of the main universities in
UNIVERSITY
Romania, operating in the
OF BACĂU forefront of research and training,
is recognized nationally and
Engineering Faculty
internationally for outstanding
Faculty of Economic Sciences
quality of its teaching activity.
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Movement, Sports
and Health Sciences
Faculty of Letters

17. CĂLIMĂNEŞTI-CĂCIULATA 8174 inhabitants
Spa resort in Vâlcea county, near the
Mayor: Ilie Nemeş Meridional Carpathians, on the banks
of the Olt river
Main installations: Geothermal
exploiting systems that capture water
at 90-950C, distributing it to hotels,
administrative buildings and
apartments through the heating
system
Main activities: Economical activities
of the town are developed around the
mineral water resources
Major stake for the future: Extension of
the heating system, thermal isolation
of the blocks of flats and administrative
buildings.

19. TAŞCA 2715 inhabitants
Rural community in Neamţ county,
Mayor: Alexandru Drăgan very close to Ceahlău mountain and
crossed by Bicaz river
Main installations: Boiler plant (2.5
MW) that uses the sawdust collected
from Taşca and neighboring
communities
Main activities: Cooperation with the
Danish government in using heat from
the biomass plant
Major stake for the future: A project to
selectively manage the domestic waste
and another one, concerning the
burning of the waste in order to obtain
heat water and electric energy.

21. Structure
Leading cooperative group +
INTERCOOP 4 cooperatives+
4 limited societies +
SPAIN Intercoop foundation
Area: Provinces of Castellón and
Alicante
“High commitment in rural / territorial sustainable
Address:
development”
Pol.Ind. SUPOI-8,
C/ Dels Ibers 24
12550 ALMASSORA (Castellón)
MAIN FIELDS OF ACTIVITY:
Zip code: 12550
Phone: +34 964 503 250
Fax: + 34 964 563 950
Contact Person: Rosario Checa INTERCOOP Photovoltaic Installation
E-mail: xcheca@interccop.es
Olive cultive Dried fruits Services
Web site: www.intercoop.es

22. ADZANETA DEL Cultural and
archeological
settings dating back
MAESTRAT the Bronze Age
(Atzeneta del Maestrat)
SPAIN
Population: 1.462 (2007)
Adzaneta’s Castle has
Area: PROVINCE of Castellón been declared a
Municipal Natural
Address: Plaza Mayor nº 2
Park
Atzeneta del Maestrat (Castellón)
Zip code: 12132
Phone: +34 964 370018
Fax: +34 964 370298
Mayor: Joaquim Escrig Escrig
Relevant natural
E-mail: info@atzenetadelmaestrat.es patrimony. Great
potential for renewable
energy sources
Web site: www.atzenetadelmaestrat.es/es

23. EnerMaTec GmbH and the region of Brunswick
a new company, founded in 2008, as centre
of a network supported by industries and
local authorities
economic development and engineering of
new products with partners
area of action: renewable energy, energy
efficiency, biomass
pilot communities in a distance of 30 km
Renewable energy sources: a.o. 40 biogas
plants (2007)
Mission statement for sustainable energy
production and application, Enkom e.V. (2007)
process of an exhibition in our region for the
department of environment protection and
climate protection in lower saxony (2009-2011)

24. EnerMaTec GmbH and the mayors of their
pilot communities
Andreas Memmert Walter Penshorn
Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier
Mayor of Schladen Mayor of Wesendorf
Mayor of Schöningen

25. Schladen (joint community)
Mayor : Andreas MEMMERT
9,700 inhabitants
community joined to the Harz
Mountains in the north
main installations: wood chip boiler;
solar installation for warm water;
photovoltaic panels on several roofs
main activities: annual energy
meeting; exhibition at a solar
installation company
Major stake for the future: Beuchte as
2nd low-emission-community in lower
saxony; saving energy in public and
private existing buildings

26. Schöningen (town)
Mayor : Matthias WUNDERLING-WEILBIER
12,700 inhabitants
brown-coal mining area in the east
of the region
main installations: waste
incineration plant (cap. 525,000
t/a); wind power farm; 2 combined
heat and power units; photovoltaic
panels on several roofs
main activities: energy consulting
service; annual energy event
Major stake for the future: saving
energy in public and private
existing buildings

27. Wesendorf (joint community)
Mayor : Walter PENSHORN
15,000 inhabitants
area in the south of the Lüneburg
Heath
main installations: 4 biogas plants;
1 with a steam pipe to consumers;
solar installation for warm water;
photovoltaic panels on public and
private roofs
main activities: energy consulting
service; new private consumers for a
steam pipe
Major stake for the future: saving
energy in public and private existing
buildings

28. AILE Local Energy Agency
specialized in agriculture and
rural issues in western France
Test bench for tractors
Support to wood chips and
biogaz projects
Local and territorial studies
Organization of visits,
conferences…

29. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research
The Hungarian Energy Saving and Energy
Efficiency Improvement Action Programme
expresses the country’s determination to
reach a share of renewable energy
consumption of at least 6% by 2010.
Until 2020, Hungary aims at covering 11%
to 15% of its energy demand from RES.
Independent R&D organization The Environment and Energy Operational
Area of action : applied R&D in co- Program is one of the 6 Operative
operation with large enterprises and Programs of the 2007-2013 New Hungarian
SME-s, transfer of know-how and the Development Plan which relates to the EU
application of technologies in National Strategic Reference Framework.
products and processes

30. NAGYPÁLI
Mayor : Tibor Köcse
380 inhabitants
mountainous area
main installations : Building
with solar system, pellet
heating system, geothermal
system for heating and cooling,
wind rotor,
main activities : organization of
how-to training, conferences,
development of a best-practice
book about RES projects,
creation of a regional energy
concept and development plan

31. PERKUPA
Mayor : Zoltán Molnár
941 inhabitants
mountainous area
main installations : Plans to
build an air-conditioner and
a heat-pump assembling
factory.
main activities : Preparation
of projects and initiatives
based on the utilization of
RES and creation of new
work opportunities related
to these activities

32. Kairos S.p.A.
• Italian management consultancy company, founded in 1990.
• head office in the north-east of Italy (Venice)
• permanent staff of about 30 professionals
• provides an array of services at local, national and international
level :
- training for employed people in public or private sectors on
various topics : Quality, Accreditation, Management, Human
Resources, Marketing and Communication, Environment,
Corporate Social Responsibility, Fund Raising, Customer
Relationship Management;
- human resources development;
- elaboration and management of special training activities;
-development and implementation of competence
evaluation tools;...

33. List of most relevant projects
 Project NOW: in this program Kairòs S.p.A. developed two training programs
for women in Venice and Padua area. In addition Kairos follows all the monitoring and
valuation activities of the project in Italy;
Project TEMPUS: Open Learning project for university researchers was developed
with the partecipation of University of Coimbra, Padova and Bucarest. Kairòs S.p.A.
provides the general model for the concrete realization of open learning and part of
the training material (1993 - 1994);
 Project ESF C1 Brainframe: an experimental research upon the best practices in e-
learning and distance training in Europe, especially among Small and Medium
Enterprises. The project aims at formulating some recommendations for the Veneto
Region relating to the use of eLearning in life-long-learning projects.