Capacity Building to Reduce Key Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Russian Residential Buildings and Heat Supply

The proposal addresses three key activities that represent the greatest opportunities for energy efficiency improvement and energy saving in heat supply and consumption in the city of Vladimir: institutional changes that create incentives (where none now exist) for greater energy efficiency and energy conservation in existing distribution and end-use infrastructure; greater penetration of autonomous sources of heat; and the capacity to analyse the financial and economic aspects and feasibility of capital investment projects for commercial and multi-lateral financing.