American University of Armenia is a Partner for BSBEEP-Black Sea Building Energy Efficiency Plan within Joint Operational Programme “BLACK SEA BASIN 2007-2013”.
The aim of the project is to support cross border partnership for economic and social development based on combined resources and to create administrative capacity for the design and implementation of local development polices. The project focuses on the establishment of a knowledge and experience exchange network aiming at the promotion of buildings energy efficiency. The network will engage a wide spectrum of organizations such as local and regional authorities, universities and research centers and NGOs which will help promoting energy efficiency in the buildings at local and regional level. Meanwhile, it will focus on raising awareness and mobilizing private sector and leverage funds to support future initiatives.
Start Date: 01 June 2013
End Date: 31 May 2015
Second Project Meeting, Yerevan, Armenia (Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities)
To access the Project outcomes and reports, please click on the links below. (English version)
Visit Project Website: www.bsbeep.com
YEREVAN, Armenia – Times when it was necessary to travel outside Armenia in order to see examples of modern energy efficient architecture are long gone.
From May 18 – 21, 2015, the American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment organized a national study tour on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other eco solutions in buildings for a group of 15 municipal workers, builders, academics, and NGO members from Syunik region of Armenia.
The national study tour aimed at showing municipal workers, construction companies, academics, and NGOs of Syunik region about successful implementation of solutions for energy efficiency in buildings; as well as using this national study tour as media content to raise awareness about energy efficiency in buildings nationally and in each city that participants visited. The study tour participants visited the pilot buildings by UNDP, the Avedisyan and Dilijan UWC schools and the Gyumri Caritas rehabilitation center.
“To date we have a number of successes and best practices in Armenia with respect to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and overall eco solutions to the built environment – successes that are acknowledged by world-famous environmental certification agencies and are authenticated by corresponding certifications,” said Mr. Hayk Harutyunyan, Deputy Minister of the RA Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
Mr. Alen Amirkhanian, Director of the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment, stated, “The role of the American University of Armenia and universities overall should be to collect these practices and experiences and make them accessible and useful for the public.”
The study tour is being organized within the EU Black Sea Buildings Energy Efficiency Plan (BSBEEP) project, which aims at establishing strong regional partnerships and cooperation among Black Sea countries through the reinforcement of local administrative capacities in the sector of energy efficiency in buildings, a sector with major environmental and economic impacts locally and globally.
To access the Project outcomes and reports, please click on the links below. (English version)