Country	BEST PRACTICE	Acronym	Financial scheme used	Organisation	Information	Beneficiary sector
BG	District 6 Energy Efficiency for Public Buildings	D6EEPB	ELENA	Primaria sectorului 6 Bucuresti (District 6 of the Municipality of Bucharest)	Support to District 6 municipality in acceleration of the implementation of the EE investment programme for deep energy retrofit of 11 existing buildings.	Buildings public
BG	Residential Energy Efficiency Credit Facility	REECL	REECL		The total number of energy efficiency home improvement projects to be financed under the REECL facility is expected to be in the range of 30,000.	Buildings private
BG	National Programme for Energy Efficiency in the Multifamily Residential Buildings			Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works	1921 multifamily buildings fully renovated up to December 2020.	Buildings private
BG	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund	EERSF	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund	Financed 110 municipal , 20 industrial, 24 ESCO, 2 other projects.	Buildings public, private, industry
BG	Investment Climate Program – Energy efficiency		he National Trust EcoFund (NTEF)	National Trust EcoFund	Financed and finished 62 projects, 57 in progress	Buildings public
HR	Energy Efficient Reconstruction of Public Lighting	RePublEEc	ELENA	City of Zagreb	The ELENA Technical Assistance (TA) will be used for the preparation and implementation of modernization of at least 70% of overall public lighting system in the City of Zagreb by developing a PPP public lighting documentation, including innovative financial structure, for the most energy inefficient parts of the lighting system. In addition, ELENA TA activities will be used in preparation of technical specification for modernisation of the remaining lighting system, not used in the PPP structure.	Infrastructure
HR	Energy Efficient Reconstruction of Public Lighting	NEWLIGHT	ELENA	North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA)	Modernization of public lighting in 57 municipalities, cities and towns in Zagreb County and Krapina-Zagorje County (total investment: more than EUR 17 million).	Infrastructure
RO	District 6 Energy Efficiency for Public Buildings	D6EEPB	ELENA	Primaria sectorului 6 Bucuresti (District 6 of the Municipality of Bucharest)	The Project Development Services (PDS) financed by ELENA will provide support to District 6 municipality in acceleration of the implementation of the energy efficiency (EE) investment programme for deep energy retrofit of 11 existing buildings, such as schools managed by the Municipality, and to provide support to a construction of 8 NZEB (nearly zero-energy buildings), designed for kindergartens and after-school programs, in existing school courtyards. The ELENA TA will contribute substantially to the implementation of the investment programme by bringing in missing resources and external expertise, since District 6 municipality has limited experience in energy efficiency projects for public buildings. The ELENA TA will strengthen the resources and capacities of the General Investment Department, within District 6 municipality, with external experts. ELENA TA will bring the know-how and manpower that will accelerate the investments, reaching a high level of energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy installations.	Buildings public
RO	RETROFIT OF RESIDENTIAL FLATS BLOCKS IN BUCHAREST		European Energy Efficiency Fund	Primaria sectorului 6 Bucuresti (District 6 of the Municipality of Bucharest) Primaria sectorului 3 Bucuresti (District 3 of the Municipality of Bucharest)	Constructii Erbasu is the leader of the association of construction companies that have won the tender organised by Bucharest district 6 town hall for the renovation of 300 blocks of flats. Most of the blocks of flats in Romania were built between 1950 and 1990 and need insulation and replacement of doors and windows. The thermal rehabilitation includes solutions for the exterior walls, the exterior joints and balconies as well as for the floor above the basement and the terrace. Banca Transilvania has financed the projects by providing a non recourse factoring limits and short term loans, money coming from subordinated loan offered by European Energy Efficieny Fund (eeef)	Buildings private
RO	Interest-free credit for A++ and A+++ refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners		Facilitatea de Finantare a Economiei Verzi în România Green Economy Financing Facility	EMAG	The EBRD GEFF Energy Efficiency Financing Facility in Romania is the first GEFF in any country to use credit cards to help make energy efficient technologies more accessible to households. Banca Transilvania set up a promotion for energy-efficient refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners from the retailer eMAG. Household customers who bought A++ and A+++ models from eMAG using the BT Star Card credit card each received an eMAG voucher valued at 50 RON, together with 10 months interest-free credit. The eMAG vouchers for this campaign were 50% co-financed by the Global Environment Facility through EBRD Financial results: 149 eligible transactions in trial month, totalling more than 50,000Euro	Buildings private
RO	Commercial loan granted to Chimcomplex S.A. Borzești to finance investments in a modern and efficient calcium chloride production plant and two cogeneration power plants		Fondul Roman pt Eficienta Energiei Romanian Fund for Energy Efficiency	CHIMCOMPLEX S.A.	On May 17, 2018, The Romanian Energy Efficiency Fund awarded S.C. Chimcomplex S.A. Borzești, Bacău county a commercial loan worth 2,000,000 US dollars, to finance an investment totalling 9,985,000 US dollars. The investment, aims to make the production and consumption of energy within S.C. Chimcomplex S.A. Borzești more efficient, by integrating into the company a plant for the production of calcium chloride granules with a capacity of 30,000 tons / year. The significant energy savings were estimated at about 14,777 toe / year. This loan is the third of the same value, obtained by Chimcomplex S.A.	Industry
RO	Retrofittingthe lighting system of MEDLIFE Hyperclinic ad Hospital, Bucharest		Energy Performance Contract	ENERGO ESCO SRL - ESCO Company MEDLIFE SRL- Beneficiary	Energo ESCO SA implemented an ESCO energy efficiency project for MEDLIFE, which consisted in retrofitting and increasing the efficiency of the interior lighting system of MedLife Hyperclinic and Hospital in Bucharest. Project details: 5-year ESCO financing contract; 1 716 classic lighting devices replaced with modern LED devices; Maintenance ensured throughout the contract; 75% reduction in energy consumption; More than 80% reduction of the maintenance cost.	Buildings private
GR	Waste Management System - Region of Western Macedonia		JESSICA	Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας-Region of Western Macedonia		Infrastructure
GR	EFFICIENT ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND BUILDINGS		ELENA	Ipiros Region	The project aims at improving the energy efficiency of public buildings and public lighting systems located in the Region of Epirus and deploy sustainable transport. The programme proposed has a substantial scale for the Region as well as a high level of ambition in terms of energy efficiency performance objectives set. It is a first project of that kind in Greece. The ELENA assistance contributes substantially to the implementation of the investment programme by bringing in missing resources and expertise. The ELENA support is designed with the aim of strengthening the Regions capacities	Buildings public
GR	SAVE-AUTOMATE		ROP /ΠΕΠ	Ministry of Energy and Environment is launching the programme for all the state. The beneficiary is the Hellenic Development Bank and the final beneficiaries are residential buildings owners	energy saving interventions and RES in the residential buildings.	Buildings private
GR	Improving Energy Efficiency in the Region of South Aegean		ELENA	Region of South Aegean	The Investment Programme consists of 2 schemes addressing energy efficiency measures in the regional and municipal street lighting network and implementation of Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Public Buildings, owned by the Region of South Aegean.	Buildings public
GR	Energy renovation of public Buildings	HLEKTRA	TPD	Ministry of Energy and Environment	The project is in line with the objectives of the national energy efficiency action plan (NEEAP) and the objectives are aimed at generating energy savings of at least 30% in the energy consumption of public buildings, resulting in reduced air pollution and reduced emission of greenhouse gases. Under this framework loan, the Promoter, Consignments, Deposits and Loans Fund (CDLF) will provide loans to public entities located across Greece, in order to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings (the underlying projects).	Buildings public
GR	Prodesa	Prodesa	ECN	Municipalities	PRODESA aims at assisting seven major municipalities in the Athens Metropolitan Area to launch showcase energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, utilizing innovative financial tools and attracting private investments. To achieve its objectives, the project focuses on optimal bundling of the fragmented municipal projects to achieve considerable size, reasonable payback time and risk diversification. Τhe pooling of resources will be used to optimize financial results for all parties and to ensure high participation of ESCOs in the tenders. European Crowdfunding Network is developing innovative crowdfunding schemes for energy efficiency in the municipalities by coaching crowdfunding piloting activities	Buildings public
GR	ATHENS RESILIENT CITY	ATHENS RESILIENT CITY	NCFF	Municipality of Athens	The projects will comprise Green and Blue infrastructure projects (e.g. parks, greening public spaces, green corridors, roofs) and other measures improving the functioning of urban ecosystems. In addition, these projects are expected to deliver air quality benefits, positive impacts on biodiversity, positive economic impacts on neighborhoods and real estate in the vicinity as well as enhancing social inclusion. The NCFF FL will be blended with a Technical Assistance component to the city of Athens	Infrastructure