The Forum European Energy Award e. V.

The European Energy Award® is based on the experience of Switzerland, Vorarlberg (AUT) and Nordrhein-Westfalia (GER) with three successful programmes Energiestadt (CH), energieeffiziente Gemeinden e5 in Vorarlberg (AUT) and Aktionsprogramm 2000 plus (GER). In 2003 the long-lasting informal co-operation of these three countries was institutionalised with the founding of the association Forum European Energy Award®.

The remit of the Forum European Energy Award e.V. is

• to coordinate the activities of all regional and national organisations;
• to guarantee the quality of the eea® instrument and of jointly agreed standards;
• to evaluate applications and bestow the European Energy Award®Gold;
• to provide information both internally and externally;
• to select suitable implementing organisations/institutions in other countries;
• to cultivate contacts with municipal networks in Europe and with the relevant EU committees.

For the eea® communities and their concerns the national and regional organisations are responsible.

The members

The Association’s ordinary members are regional and national organizations or individual communities from regions and nations without regional or national eea®-organizations. The membership fee is €2000.

Sponsor membership is open to all interested parties. Donations of €100 upwards are accepted.

Regional and national organizations which are also founding members are:

Ordinary Members

• ADEME, Département Acteurs Publics, France
• ARE, Liguria - Agenzia Regionale per l'Energia della Liguri, Italy
• B & SU, Beratungs- und Service-Gesellschaft Umwelt mbH, Germany
• BFE, Bundesamt für Energie, Switzerland
• Brandes Energie AG, Switzerland
• Communal Labels GmbH, Switzerland
• e5 Österreich-Programm für energieeffiziente Gemeinden - AEA, Austrian Energy Agency, Austria
• ENCO, Energie-Consulting AG, Switzerland
• EIV, Energieinstitut Vorarlberg, Austria
• Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Verkehr Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Energie Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Prisma Consult c/o Energieagentur Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• pro:21 GmbH, Germany
• Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft, Germany
• SIR, Salzburger Institut für Raumordnung und Wohnen, Austria
• SPES Consulting srl, Italy
• Energiestadt Switzerland c/o ENCO, Energie-Consulting AG, Switzerland
• Weisskopf Partner GmbH, Switzerland

Ordinary Members / Municipalities

• Gemeinde Wiernsheim, Germany
• Stadt Luzern, Switzerland
• Stadt Münster, Germany

Sustaining Members

• eza! energie- und umweltzentrum Allgäu, Germany
• EIV, Energie Institut Vorarlberg, Austria
• Energie Tirol, Austria

Management Board

• Walter Steinmann, Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Chairman)
• Heimo Bürbaumer, e5 Österreich, Austrian Energy Agency
• Armand Dütz, B & SU, Berlin
• Karl-Heinz Kaspar, Vorarlberg Energy Institute, Dornbirn
• Jochen Pferdehirt, Energy Agency Northrhine-Westfalia
• Ursula Stämmer-Horst, Energiestadt, City of Lucerne

The offices

The Forum European Energy Award e.V. has its chair in Berlin and its international office in Zurich.

Update July 2011