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
Online introduction and Q&A about the pilots in Pilsen, Maribor and Gdynia
27.05.2022
Meet experts in energy-efficiency in public transport from PKT, PMDP and Maribor virtually, and learn about their experiences in demonstrating recovery of braking energy, stabilization of trolleybus-grid via buffer storage station, and e-fast-chargers within the EfficienCE project.
Register HERE.
Agenda is available HERE.
Online introduction and Q&A about the Wiener Linien pilot
31.05.2022
Meet Lukas from Wiener Linien virtually, and learn about his experiences in implementing the photovoltaic plant on the metro station Ottakring within the EfficienCE project. He will present the pilot also with interesting video materials as an online site visit and participants will be able to ask questions.
Register HERE.
Agenda is available HERE.
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EfficienCE Final Conference
10.06.2022
We are pleased to invite you to our EfficienCE final conference, taking place in Leipzig June 10, 2022. We are very proud to present you our project results, The event will focus on how the project supports local authorities, public transport authorities and operators by implementing pilot actions, developing tools and trainings to plan and operate low-carbon infrastructure.
Preliminary agenda:
- 09:30 Welcome
- 10:00 Data-based planning and financing for energy-efficient infrastructure
- 10:30 Multipurpose public transport infrastrucure use
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Integration of green energy into PT infrasturcture
- 12:15 EfficienCE resources for energy-efficient PT
- 12:45 How can public transport contribute to decarbonizing the transport sector?
- 13:15 Wrap-up, goodbye
Join also the European “Smart cities, smart regions” conference on June 9, 2022, where we will present our project and also host one of the world café sessions on the topic of “Data based planning of energy-efficient infrastructure”. Register here.
NEWS
28.03.2022
News
Magyar CIVINET and INTERREG EfficienCE joint event on electromobility
On 24 March 2022, Magyar CIVINET and the INTERREG CE EfficienCE project held a joint on-site meeting in Pécs (Hungary). The one-day event titled „The new directions in electromobility” ended with a site visit to the bus depot.
10.03.2022
News
Application of Traction Supply System for Charging Electric Cars
The development of electromobility involves the development of electric cars charging infrastructure. The analysis, prepared by the colleagues of Gdansk University of Technology, discusses four options of integrating electric cars chargers with a traction power supply system.
Activities
Project duration
Start Date
1.4.2019
End Date
31.3.2022
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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.
Project publications
- EfficienCE D.T2.3.1 State of the art & peer review for Multipurpose infrastructure use (pdf 2.0 MB)
- EfficienCE D.T2.3.1 State of the art & peer review for Energy storage in public infrastructure (pdf 0.8 MB)
- Output O.I1.1 Pilot investment implementation of PV integration at a metro station (pdf 0.9 MB)
- Output O.T2.1 Transnational Workshops Training for energy_efficient PT infrastructure planning & deployment_WL (pdf 0.3 MB)
- Output O.T2.1 Transnational Workshops Training for energy_efficient PT infrastructure planning & deployment_PKT (pdf 0.2 MB)
- Output O.T3.1 Pilot Implementing a metro-station integrated PVsystem to power building auxiliaries with RES (pdf 0.5 MB)
- Output O.I2.1 Pilot investment implementation of recuperated braking energy & RES integration to power a PT depot (pdf 0.5 MB)
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