The
International Network
for Sustainable Energy
INFORSE
Cooperation Project among: Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland
and Denmark.
Start: January 2008.
Coordinated by INFORSE-Europe
Visions: Latvia, Lithuania, & Belarus
- Updated
During 2008, the sustainable energy visions for these three countries
are being updated with new data for biomass potentials, trends in use
of
energy,
and
a general overhaul of the visions that were developed in 2004 for Belarus,
2006 for Lithuania, and 2007 for Latvia.
Rising energy prices will be included in the new visions as well; for
instance, the relative economic weights of coal and of biomass have changed
as a result of a steep increase in coal prices since early 2007.
The new visions will also be presented in November, 2008 in the three
countries together with a joint vision for the three countries.
See more at INFORSE Vision
Straw-Bale
Eco-house and Energy Training in Belarus
From August to October 2008, Minsk City Division of International Association
of Ecologists (MCD-IAE) organised trainings in eco-construction
in cooperation with INFORSE-Europe in Belaruchi, near Minsk in Belarus.
3
seminars took place:
- Solar energy/climate and construction/installation of solar heating
devices;
- Straw-bale technology and alternative energy systems for individual
zero-energy eco-houses;
- Energy efficiency and energy renovation of the housing sector
in Belarus.
More than 150 participants and visitors took part in the seminars.
They received theoretical and practical knowledge about straw-bale
construction, energy efficiency and solar heating. Representatives
of the local administration and authorities also participated in
the seminars.
The results of the training course will now be used to exhibit
low-energy construction, use of solar energy, etc. Windpower will
also be displayed
with a small windmill (400 Watts). These activities
are supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
In the framework of the project a Belarus-NGO group makes a study tour in Denmark and in Finland in 2008.