Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Municipal Heat and Hot Water Supply in Kazakhstan, 2009
Evaluation of UNDP/GEF´s program Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Municipal Heat and Hot Water Supply. The project focuses on the development of the legal framework to stimulate Eastern Europe in heat supply and consumption and the development and realization of financing models (including ESCOs) to realize EE projects and sustainable replication.
The objective of the project is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the municipal heat and hot water supply systems in Kazakhstan and to lay the foundation for the sustainable development of these services taking into account local as well as global environmental considerations. By building on the experiences and lessons learnt from other heat sector projects, it will combine local and national level measures, which through selected pilot activities in Almaty and Kokshetau will create awareness, build the capacity and provide concrete incentives, experiences and new institutional and financing models for implementing and leveraging financing for different energy saving measures in practice, while simultaneously addressing country and sector wide barriers that require action at the Government level. Furthermore, the project will support the dissemination and effective replication of the project results both at the national and regional level.