Commitment to energy-efficiency pays off:
First DISPLAY® “Towards Class A” Awards given
to the best municipal communication campaigns
news 31/10/06
One week after the EU action plan for energy efficiency was accepted; EuroACE, Energie-Cités and other partners of the Display® Campaign take the lead and demonstrate how the Buildings Directive can be applied effectively on the ground.
The three municipalities of Bristol (UK), Brasov (Romania) and Lille (France) won this year’s DISPLAY® “Towards Class A” Award for their exemplary municipal communication strategies contributing to the Display® European climate campaign. The Swiss city of Lausanne received the “special jury prize” from the international jury. During the official award ceremony in Riga (Latvia) on the 26th of October, Patrick Lambert, Director of the European Commission’s Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA), handed over the prizes to the winner cities.
The Display® “TCA” Award forms part of the European campaign Display® which encourages municipalities to make the energy performance of their buildings publicly known. Currently, more than 200 towns and cities are participating in the initiative to reduce water, energy and CO2 values of their buildings. They have already registered more than 4000 buildings in the on-line calculation tool which generates the informative Display® poster.
The Display “TCA” Awards were presented at a special ceremony during the 3rd BISE Forum in Riga which every year gathers participants from New Member States, Candidate Countries, Western Balkan Countries and Ukraine. The aim of the Forum is to exchange experiences and develop joint strategies to promote sustainable energy and energy efficiency.
Notes to Editors:
The partners in Display are: Architects' Council of Europe (ACE), ,The European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EuroACE), The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and, the Centre for Energy Efficiency (EnEffect) - Bulgaria
BISE: Better Integration towards Sustainable Energy
The Display “TCA” Award is open to all municipalities and local authorities throughout Europe who are members of the Display® Campaign. The Award recognises best municipal communication activities and will raise the awareness of building users about energy and water consumption, as well as the CO2 emissions of public buildings.
The next call for applications will be in early 2007 and the information will be available on www.display-campaign.org.
EuroACE, the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings was formed in 1998 by twenty of Europe's leading companies (see our Members) involved with the manufacture, distribution and installation of a variety of energy saving goods and services. The EuroACE member companies together employ 438,000 people and have a turnover of 70 billion euro.
The mission of EuroACE is to work together with the European institutions to help Europe move towards a more sustainable pattern of energy use in buildings, and therefore to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, one of the principal climate change gases. Please see also our Objectives for 2006/07.
Press contact
Winton Smith
Email: winton@ukace.org
Phone: +44 20 7359 8000
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