Report - UNDP Russia

educational and informational support on issuesrelated to fuel & energy efficiency. Completion ofinfrastructure projects will enable progress to a systemof energy-service companies with links to energysavingcenters at major universities. These energyservicecompanies will then provide integratedenergy-saving services (energy audit, preparation ofdraft business plans, financing and implementation ofenergy-saving measures).The goal in the fourth area is to create asystem for training and professional development ofprofessors and instructors (as well as technicians ofthe engineering services of educational institutions)to develop their understanding of efficient fuel &energy use.A total of 16 universities, 4 regional energysavingcenters and 7 R&D enterprises participated inimplementation of the programme in 2009, and 100higher education institutions in 7 of Russia’s federaldistricts underwent energy audits. Each of theseinstitutions was given an energy certificate andrecommended a set of energy-saving actions. Anintegrated programme of energy-saving actions forhigher education institutions reporting to the FederalEducation Agency was developed with a budget of1195.7 million roubles for 2010. Implementation ofthese energy-saving actions will enable educationalinstitutions to achieve annual savings of 382.1 millionroubles from reduced energy consumption.A network of energy-saving centers wasestablished in all of the seven federal districts, basedon 36 leading universities. The following universitieswere assigned the role of coordinatingimplementation of energy-saving programmes in thefederal districts: Pacific Economic University, IrkutskState Technical University, Ural State TechnicalUniversity, Nizhny Novgorod State TechnicalUniversity, Moscow Power Engineering Institute(Technical University), St.Petersburg State EnergyUniversity, and North Caucasus State TechnicalUniversity.A new industry methodology for conductingenergy audits of educational institutions wasdeveloped and published. This methodology was sentto 500 higher education schools. A methodologymanual on saving energy in buildings and structureswas prepared. It contains recommendations on howto implement standard energy-saving actions atbudget-funded facilities, including educationalinstitutions.The coordinating universities set up a systemfor energy-efficiency training and retraining oftechnicians at other higher-education energy-savingcenters and for engineers working in theirmaintenance departments. Curricula and trainingprogrammes were developed for undergraduate andgraduate students as well as professionaldevelopment programmes for instructors, all focusingon efficient use of energy resources. In the third andfourth quarters of 2009, some 350 people from 86higher education schools in Russia received energysavingtraining.In July through October 2009, seminars wereheld at the coordinating universities in federal districtsto share experience of developing and implementingenergy-saving programs at educational institutions. Anational conference on energy saving at educationalinstitutions was held at R.E. Alexeev Nizhniy NovgorodState Technical University on October 28 and 29, 2009.The conference was attended by representatives ofhigher-education schools from 38 regions of Russia.These projects in 2009 cost a total of 93.2million roubles and created the conditions forsuccessful implementation in 2010 of an integratedenergy-saving action programme at the 100educational institutions, which underwent energyaudits and for which energy-saving programmes weredeveloped.105