Environmental Technologies and Eco-innovation in the Czech ...

in the areas of Production of Heat Using Bio-Fuels (preferential tax treatment),
Utilization of Alternative Fuels in Transport (adding a bio-component to fuels),
Integrated Prevention and Reduction of Pollution (issuing integrated permits for
existing facilities), Production of Support and Development (MoE, MoA, MIT, MT, MEYS),
Purchase of Labelled Products by Central Government Bodies (share in purchase of
27%), Introduction of Environmental Management Systems (33 organizations certified
according to EMAS, roughly 3 500 organizations certified according to ISO 14001).
For the coming period, the Continuous evaluation suggests that the following
areas should be paid more attention:
● the package of energy measures (energy savings / energy efficiency, local energy
production and efficient energy distribution),
● the package of climate and energy measures (reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
and increase in the share of renewable resources, adaptation of mechanisms for
trading emission allowances to the amended version of Directive 2003/87/EC
establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading).
● sustainable transport (emission limits for carbon dioxide for new cars, usage of
tires with a low rolling resistance),
● some EU strategies (Action Plan of Sustainable Consumption and Production and
Sustainable Industrial Policy)
● innovative environmental technologies (the second generation of bio-fuels, hybrid
automobiles, technologies for retaining and storing CO 2 , bio-plastic, membrane
technologies for water filtration, utilization of solar technology for air-conditioning,
decentralized water handling, automatic separation of raw materials from waste),
● innovations in construction (construction materials, constructions, efficient heat
transmissions).
1.2.4 | Eco-innovations in the Czech Republic
If the Czech Republic prepared and is implementing the necessary supporting
activities for environmental technologies, it is at its very beginning of support for ecoinnovations.
There are problems on the sides of both supply and demand.
The greatest problem on side of demand for eco-innovation is the fact that the public
sector, whose expenditures represent about 30% of the total final consumption, does
not demand environmentally beneficial products or services to a sufficient degree.
The problem is even more pronounced for households, whose share in the total final
consumption amounts to almost 70%. Citizens who would be potentially interested
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