UrSEnE Urban Strategies for Energy Efficiency

UrSEnE implies the transfer of lessons learned from experiences developed in other countries, will apply them to municipalities involved in the project and will pursue also the creation of a good practices study. UrSEnE will work on the creation of local plans for energy efficiency and, on the other hand, will produce a guideline for elaborating energy local action plans in order to spread knowledge and good practices to other cities.

Efficient energy use or energy efficiency, is the current challenge for the achievement of a greener world that needs the active involvement of localities and cities for sustainable strategies that stem from the local level and involve the commitment of local actors and citizens in a major attempt to redefine the way energy is used, thereby reducing its consumption and guaranteeing the environmental sustainability of the world, starting from our local communities.

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Project launch :
25 November 2009

Lead Partner

Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest oana_luca at yahoo . com

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Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest - TUCEB is a public institution delivering knowledge regarding to different engineering fields: civil, industrial and agricultural building, hydrotechnics, railways, roads and bridges, building services, technological equipment and geodesy. In 2009 the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest has a remarkable academic staff (157 professors and consulting professors, 122 associate professors, 107 lecturers, 198 assistant professors and junior assistants), who have distinguished themselves through the results of their teaching and research activity. The research activity in the university is extremely developed and reveals manifold facets amongst energy efficiency is a keystone (http://www.utcb.ro/diverse/brosuraeng2008.pdf ). Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest as an institution is accredited for all higher education programmes - Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate – in full agreement with its major aim of promoting excellence in training and research; these activities are consistent with its ultimate mission of training specialists at the highest level, with a view to contributing to the scientific and technological progress, to maintaining high professional standards and efficiently involving these specialists at all levels of the real economy aiming to constantly increase the life standard.

Related to the present project TUCEB is training specialists in energetic auditing of buildings, waste management, energy-efficient transportation, environmental engineering and also participates in research projects related to these themes. Even if university is located in the region Bucuresti-Ilfov, the influence area (meaning students, research activity beneficiaries etc) is spreaded over the whole territory of Romania.

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Lead Expert

Liz Mills

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Liz is a policy analyst specialized in urban environment, local sustainability, planning, governance and EU policy and funding in these fields.

Her main activities include policy analysis and related tasks for European Commission, national, regional and local authorities and other public bodies. Support to project development for European funding, evaluation of EU funding programmes and expert evaluator.