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Detail of GEF Project #376
| GEF Project ID | 376 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 392 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Energy Efficient Building Technology in West Africa |
| Country | Regional |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Climate Change |
| Operational Program | 5 |
| Approval Date | 1992-12-01 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1995-01-25 |
| Project Completion Date | 2000-09-01 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | United Nations Office for Projects Services |
| Description | In West Africa, operating large buildings accounts for 25 to 30% of the total consumption of electricity, most of which is generated by thermal power plants causing the emission of greenhouse gases, which are added to emissions from the other local or global sources. Despite their environment interest and cost-effectiveness, investments in energy efficiency in buildings can only be made on a large scale in the region by combining a technical capacity and an adequate institutional framework (regulations, standards, appropriate taxes and tariffs, fiscal incentives, introduce and disseminate energy-efficient building technologies in West Africa and prove their cost-effectiveness, in order to create sustainable conditions allowing to retrofit the existing buildings and to design, build and operate more efficient new buildings. The GEF will provide the core funding for the project which will be managed by UNDP and executed by OPS. The GEF recommends approaching other donors to obtain parallel co-financing in order to disseminate the results of the project to other French-speaking countries in West Africa. |
| Implementation Status | The project is in its final phase with highly satisfactory outputs recorded on all five project objectives. Further to the unrest situation in the country earlier this year, the activities have experienced some delay. The retrofitting is underway . The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2000. (as-vg1jul00) |
| GEF Project Grant | 3,500,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 3,500,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 2,258,190 USD |
| Project Cost | 5,758,190 USD |
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