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Environmental Management Plan / Checklist for Small Scale Civil Works and Field Investigations

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Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund is inviting all partners to participate in Renewable Energy Week (with international involvement), a number of professional activities, the objective of which is to promote development of Armenia Renewable Energy Sector.

REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund

Electricity Supply Reliability and Energy Efficiency Project

Component – Public Building Energy Efficiency

Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Checklist for Public Buildings Energy Efficiency Project.

General Guidelines for use of EMP checklist:

For low-risk construction projects, such as minor building rehabilitation works or the retrofitting of heating systems and insulation, the ECA (Europe and Central Asia) safeguards team developed an alternative EMP (environmental management plan) format to provide an opportunity for a more streamlined approach to mainstreaming the World Bank’s environmental safeguards requirements into projects which (a) are small in scale or by the nature of the planned activities have a low potential environmental impact, (b) are located in countries with well functioning country systems for environmental assessment and management. The checklist-type format has been developed to ensure that basic good practice measures are recognized and implemented, while designed to be both user friendly and compatible with the World Bank’s safeguards requirements. more...

Please be informed that discussion of “Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Checklist for Public Buildings Energy Efficiency Project” will be held in the office of R2E2 Fund (Proshyan 1st lane, 32, phone 588-011) on March 23, 2011 at 14:00. All interested persons are encouraged to participate.

Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund

Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund started its operation since November 2005. It implements grant and credit projects targeted at the development of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy sectors in Armenia.

Having no own fuel resources, Armenia has to manage existing energy sources to the maximum of efficiency.

To this end, the Government of Armenia adopted strategic supremacy of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency sectors and facilitation of investments in the mentioned sectors.

The outcomes of efficient cooperation between the Government of Armenia and the World Bank are the following projects: Urban Heating Project Credit Project, Renewable Energy Credit Project, GEF Trust Fund financed Renewable Energy Grant Project, Global Partnership for Output Based Aid (GPOBA) Trust Fund financed Gas and Heating Grant Project.

Urban Heating Project

Development of enabling environment for effective and safe provision of heating services;
Lending to beneficiaries for heating of residential apartments;
Capital grants to the poor (about 9000 poor households);
School heating (rehabilitation of heating systems of 100 urban schools);

Gas and Heating Project

Grant to the poor for heating (gasification of apartments, installation of heaters or connection to the heating system of 8,000 households)

Renewable Energy Project

Lending for SHPPs and wind plants;
Development of enabling environment for facilitation of investments;
Identification and development of
- wind and solar energy,
- Biogas, bio-ethanol, hydrogen energy,
- Other renewable energy resources.

The main objectives of the Fund are to facilitate investments in EE and RE sectors, promote the development of EE and RE markets in Armenia and increase the use of clean, efficient, safe and affordable heating technologies in multi-apartment buildings and schools in Armenia.

You can see the financial statements and independent auditor`s report here

Proshyan 1st lane, 32 apt., Yerevan, RA Tel.: (374-10) 588011, 545121. Fax:541732, E-mail: info@r2e2.am, URL: www.r2e2.am

Proshyan 1st lane, 32 apt., Yerevan, RA Tel.: (374-10) 545222, 545121. Fax:541732,
E-mail: info@r2e2.am, URL: www.r2e2.am