OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2011. Two joint projects of the Government of the RK/UNDP/GEF"Improving the Energy Efficiency of Municipal Heating and Hot Water Supply" and "Energy-Efficient Design and Construction of Residential Buildings" together with the Ministry of Industry of New Technologies of the RK held a seminar “Methodology and planning expertise to increase energy efficiency”. The seminar gathered international experts, representatives of governmental bodies, civil sector, international organizations, and design companies.

The event turned to be a dialogue platform for the up-to-date issues on energy efficiency planning and monitoring, elaboration of energy conservation programs at different levels of action, and ways to increase energy efficiency in industry and residential sector.

One of the major points on the agenda was elaboration of the “Kazakhstan comprehensive plan for energy efficiency increase 2012-2015”. During the discussion, the developers adopted recommendations of the international experts and speakers in relation to the development of comprehensive plan.

The seminar widely presented the Russian expertise in using innovative technological and organizational methods in energy efficiency increase. Thus, the example of regional programs and pilot projects of the Russian Federation gave an idea of various scenarios and approaches in targeting the problem of energy efficiency in different sectors of Economy. Finally, the event made it possible to familiarize with the Russian State Program on Energy Efficiency Increase.