The organisation of the European Energy Award®
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 €1000.
Sponsor membership is open to all interested parties. Donations of €100 upwards are accepted.
Regional and national organizations which are also founding members are:
- Energiestadt Switzerland
- Vorarlberg Energy Institute
- Energie Tirol
- Salzburg Institute of Regional Planning and Housing
- eea® program management for NRW c/o B&SU
Management Board
- Walter Steinmann, Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Chairman)
- Adolf Gross, Vorarlberg Energy Institute, Dornbirn
- Gerd Marx, Energy Agency Northrhine-Westfalia
- Armand Dütz, B & SU, Berlin
- Herbert Ritter, e5 Österreich, Austrian Energy Agency
- 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.