An Energy Day in your
town, city or region
Get ready for the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2011
It’s time to get into the starting blocks for next year’s EU
Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), Europe’s key event for
a more sustainable energy future.
Between 11 and 15 April 2011 hundreds of events organised
in all parts of Europe will show, promote, discuss and celebrate
energy efficiency and renewable energy – and you can be
a part of it.
9 reasons to organise Energy Days in your town,
city or region
1. Raise the profile and improve the image of your
organisation, town, city or region.
2. Be part of a European campaign.
3. Turn your town, city or region into a frontrunner
of Europe’s energy revolution.
4. Attract media attention and make headlines.
5. Energise your local communities and get their
endorsement.
6. Help local companies expand into fast-growing
green energy markets.
7. Innovate and set a new direction for your town,
city or region.
8. Make it easier to attract investment into your sustainable
energy projects.
9. Get additional visibility and support for your event
from us.
Energy Days
EU Sustainable Energy Week 11 to 15 April 2011
Who can take part?
If energy efficiency and renewable energy matter to you, then
you are a potential Energy Day organiser, whether you are:
• A local or regional authority.
• A company, business organisation or chamber
of commerce, university.
• A consumer association, citizen group or NGO,
a university or research, think tank.
What is an Energy Day?
Energy days can be any event or happening to promote
energy efficiency or renewable energy – from exhibitions,
conferences, online events, performances to guided tours,
open door days, workshops, media campaigns, concerts and
much more…
Any non-for-profit event addressing energy efficiency or
renewable energy qualifies to be an Energy Day.
Looking for ideas for your Energy Days?
Celebrate energy efficiency and set an example
Eckart Würzner, Lord Mayor of Heidelberg, Germany,
unveiled a new, ultra energy-efficient fire station in the city:
‘We even held our Civic Festival here, attended by more than
10 000 visitors, to allow everyone in Heidelberg to view this
building and enable them to understand how we are putting
environmental protection into practice.’
Energise your neighbourhood
Why not launch an energy savings competition between
neighbourhoods, following the example of the European
’Energy Neighbourhood’ campaign? Teams of households
compete with other neighbourhoods and try to save at least
8 % of energy to meet the challenge of their city. A team in the
French town of Lornay achieved a massive 25 % saving!
… and much more!
Have you already thought about organising painting
competitions for school children, offering free breakfasts for
employees coming to work by bike or public transport, music
performances, guided press tours to the best sustainable
energy examples in your town, or exchanges with your
European twin towns?
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 ‘ Participating in EUSEW 2010 added
an international dimension to our event
and helped us promote it. It also made it
easier for us to receive fresh funding for
’
school projects and to build relationships
with other players. No doubt we will join
the big EUSEW family again in 2011!
Michel Spagnol, Physics Teacher at St. Ignatius
College Boys’ Secondary School, Hal-Qormi, Malta.
What kind of support
will we provide to make
your Energy Days a success?
• Your Energy Day will be highlighted on the EU Sustainable
Energy Week 2011 website.
Get more visibility and media attention.
• EU Sustainable Energy Week 2011 logo, branding,
communication tools and certificate.
Show that you are part of it.
• Energy Day handbook and helpdesk.
Get advice, inspiration and help.
• EU background briefs and press pack.
Info, facts and figures to put your event into perspective.
Next steps?
• Are you keen to take part? Register your Energy Day
in time before the EUSEW 2011 on www.eusew.eu
and stay tuned.
• For any immediate question, do not hesitate to contact
the EUSEW secretariat on eusew(at)sustenergy.org
• Or join us on Facebook and share your experiences
with other Energy Day organisers from all over Europe.
To join, simply click the following link:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/EU-Energy-Days/
172679319429447
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Our warmest congratulations go to
the EUSEW organisers for their marketing
efforts. Participants received easy-to-
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handle communication tools to market
their events widely. In short: a great
collaboration to be repeated.
Jeanette Wopperer, Director of the Regional
Assembly, Stuttgart Region, Germany.
Covenant of Mayors signatories: be a part of
the EUSEW and organise your Energy Days!
What better chance to mobilise and involve your citizens
and local stakeholders in your sustainable energy policy?
By signing up to the Covenant of Mayors, local authorities
commit to reduce their CO2 emissions by at least 20% across
their territories. Covenant signatories pledge to organise local
Energy Days once a year to promote the support of citizens
and local stakeholders needed to meet this challenge.
Is your city already a Covenant signatory? Then take
advantage of the EUSEW 2011 to organise your
energy day between 11-15 April 2011 and let us know.
Full support from the EUSEW Secretariat is available.
Please contact: energydays(at)sustenergy.org
The framework
The EU Sustainable Energy Week was initiated by the
European Commission in 2005 and is the flagship event of the
Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign to promote renewable
energy and energy efficiency.
In addition to the Energy Days organised across
Europe, the EU Sustainable Energy Week will also
feature a series of events in Brussels, including:
• a 3-day policy conference organised by the European
Commission from 12-14 April 2011.
• for the journalists amongst you we will develop a
dedicated media highlights programme in the near future.
• and much more… Details to be announced shortly!
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AdEPorto has been organising Energy
Days since 2009. Being part of EUSEW
links our daily activities to Europe while
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at the same time endorsing our efforts for
the city’s benefit. We are looking forward
to joining the EUSEW 2011.
Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes, President
of the Board of Directors, AdEPorto – Agência
de Energia do Porto, Portugal.