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WIN for RES

Web Integrated Network for Renewable Energy Sources

WIN FOR RES

Contract number: IEE/10/145/SI2.592406Project duration: from 01 May 2011 to 04 May 2013

Last updated: 28/06/2013 WIN FOR RES

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Quality, completeness and transparency of information on RES (opportunities, real costs, best solutions)

• More small-scale RES installations in buildings registered online

• Virtual meeting point and reference for "RES people“ (exchange of experiences and information)

• Networks among RES actors, to improve communication and support common activities

• Better quality of the installation services through the evaluation by customers (rating of installers) and experts

PROJECT FACTS & FIGURES

•10 Partners from 7 different Countries

• Interactive web 2.0 platform dedicated to online RES community in 5 languages

• Online database of existing RES installations and installers, with comments and ranking by users

• Valuable information on renewables, also via podcasts

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Background:WHY WIN FOR

RES?• Customers generally don’t trust sellers and installers

• Information on RES is even too much but the quality is not checked confusion by customers on prices, production, etc.

• There is need by users to share and compare concrete experiences with RES plants and installers, find real examples of installed plants, especially in their neighbourhood

• It is important to rank installers considering the quality and concrete results of their job

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OBJECTIVES AND MAIN STEPS

• Rank best RES owners and installers, evaluated by other users

• Give podcasts and technical documents as information on RES to users who wish to install renewables

• Involve users in the web community; get different subjects networking and comparing solutions

• 3000 new RES installations and 7965 tCO2 equivalent emissions avoided thanks to the diffusion of renewables

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RESULTS

• Web 2.0 platform development could not be fully finalized and disseminated as planned due to earlier project termination; nevertheless reached more than 50.000 page views and many key actors manifested their interest in the idea

• Small enterprises of energy services and building sectors and their associations, as well as experts, consultants and decision makers expressed their interest in being involved in the project and in some countries (Austria, France, Spain) this collaboration has been effective.

Last updated: 28/06/2013 WIN FOR RES

Last updated: 28/06/2013 WIN FOR RES

• PROJECT COORDINATOR:1. CRACA – Centro Regionale di Assistenza alla Cooperazione Artigiana Soc.

Coop. (Italy)EMAIL: male@craca.it TELEPHONE: +39-041-5096614 FAX: +39-041-5096615

• PROJECT PARTNERS:2. MIBU S.R.L. (Italy)3. ADICONSUM - Associazione Difesa Consumatori e Ambiente (Italy)4. AEE Energiedienstleistungen GmbH (Austria)5. Energikontor Sydost AB (Sweden)6. The National Energy Foundation (United Kingdom) 7. B.&S.U. Beratungs- und Service Gesellschaft Umwelt mbH (Germany) 8. ESCAN, S.A. (Spain)9. Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Austria)10.Agence Locale de l'Energie de l'Agglomeration Lyonnaise (France)