EfficienCE is a cooperation project funded by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE programme that aims at reducing the carbon footprint in the region. Most Central European cities have extensive public transport systems, which can form the basis of low-carbon mobility services. More than 63% of commuters in the region are using public transport. Measures to increase the energy efficiency and share of renewables in public transport infrastructure can thus have a particularly high impact on reducing CO2.
This is achieved by supporting local authorities, public transport authorities and operators by developing planning and financing strategies and action plans, implementing pilot actions, developing tools and trainings to plan and operate low-carbon infrastructure, and by transferring knowledge and best practices on energy-efficient measures across Central European regions.
Twelve partners, including seven public transport authorities/companies from seven countries are working together for three years to exploit the untapped potentials in this sector and to contribute to the EU’s ‘White Paper’ goals to cut transport emissions by 60 percent by 2050 and to halve the use of ‘conventionally fuelled’ cars in urban transport by 2030.
Events
TRANSNATIONAL WEBINAR ON PLANNING OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT METRO STATIONS
18 May 2021, 10:00 - 13:00 (CET)
This online workshop will explore different energy efficient solutions developed in metro stations, focusing on energy monitoring tools. During the webinar participants will have the opportunity to have a look at the solution (a foil-based photovoltaic system on the roof of the Ottraking metro station) carried out by Wiener Linien within the Interreg EfficienCE project through a virtual site visit.
Join us and register HERE.
For the agenda, click HERE.
NEWS
18.03.2021
News
PILSEN FINISHED TESTS OF NEW BATTERY TECHNOLOGY
The Pilsen City Public Transport Company (PMDP) has successfully finished its pilot in the Interreg EfficienCE project, namely a series of tests of a battery buffer storage station at the final station of trolleybus line 16. During eight test phases, each of them consisting of a five-days working week, various cases of usage have been tested.
11.01.2021
News
VIRTUAL TOUR TO THE TROLLEYBUS DEPOT IN GDYNIA
In July and August 2020, the trolleybus operator PKT (Gdynia, Poland) has filmed the virtual tour of the trolleybus depot, so visitors can have a deep insight to the different locations by listening to individual experts and using the 360 degree videos.
Activities
Project duration
1.4.2019
31.3.2022
Project in numbers
Partners
Countries
ERDF funding in mio EUR
outputs
Project Partners
The EfficienCE Project brings together 12 partners from 7 Central European Countries.
Documents and publications
Public EfficienCE documents and publications are available for download in this section.
--> Discover more about EfficienCE project in the flyer, available in the following languages and versions: en, cz, de/at, hu, it, pl, si
--> You are kindly invited to show the commitment of your organisation towards energy efficiency in public transport by signing the EfficienCE Declaration, downloadable HERE. More information about the Declaration and list of signatories can be found HERE.
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