The 2nd Additional Activities partner meeting and the seminar of the CLEAN project will focus on the knowledge transfer on measures addressing energy efficiency in the context of Covid-19 between CLEAN regions, measures that can be translated into policy improvements.

The event takes place in the city of Joensuu (Finland) and the project meeting and the thematic workshop will be streamed to all project partners and their stakeholders regardless of their presence in North Karelia.

The topic of the thematic workshop is Recent regional measures and highlights to cut emissions and to improve energy efficiency of public buildings.
Each project partner will prepare a presentation showcasing practices from their regions.

Programme

17 May 2022   09:00 - 12:35  CET (UTC + 1) Time Description Speaker 09:00 Welcome and Introduction Aura Liski, Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland 09:05 CLEAN project: overview Daniela Copaci, CLEAN Project Manager, ERNACT, Ireland 09:10 Practical examples of working with municipalities towards carbon neutral North Karelia Eetu Ahlberg, project coordinator of the ‘Efficiently towards low-carbon municipalities’ project, Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland. Anssi Kokkonen, North Karelia Energy Advisor, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. 09:30 Measures for reduced emissions within Region Västernorrland Sofia Mackin, Head of environmental and sustainability unit, Regional council of Västernorrland, Sweden 09:50 Animation of a local network of self-rehabilitation supervisors Nathalie Lemarchand, ARPE Normandie, France 10:10 Chèque éco Alexandra Benard, Regional Council Normandie, France. 10:30 MINOAN ENERGY COMMUNITY: How an energy community can contribute to energy stability at local level Dr. Dimitrios Katsaprakakis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering faculty in Hellenic Mediterannean University Region of Crete, Greece. 10:50 Coffee Break 10:55 Iasi Sustainable Community - European Energy Award Adriana Spataru, Iasi Municipality, Romania 11:15 SmartHomes: people and vehicle counting Yann Bussard, Manager of Madrid and LATAM. Dinycon, local company from San Sebastian and part of the DonostiaSmart Cluster. Iker Martinez, Fomento de San Sebastian 11:35 Improve energy efficiency of public buildings in Savinjska region Nadja Bezenšek & Anita Jodl, Regional Agency Savinjska, Slovenia 11:55 Software and innovative tools for energy efficiency of buildings Nicola Barbato, Med-EcoSuRe project manager, Italy 12:15 Inishowen Sustainable Energy Community, Ireland Daniela Copaci, ERNACT, Ireland 12:35 Closing Aura Liski, Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland