About the Project
The central strategic impact of the project is the increase of the share of energy efficient procurement procedures on European level. The implementation of the pilot projects, the dissemination of the tools and information and the support of local, regional, national and European wide initiatives for Greener public procurement will support the implementation of energy efficient procurement procedures in a higher share of administrations and for a higher share of purchases. This will lead to a higher market impact and therefore support the production and the use of energy efficient goods and services and create new international market opportunities. The national and European labelling schemes will be supported by enhancing the demand for labelled goods. The project therefore contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions by reducing the purchase of energy inefficient goods and services especially in the tertiary sector, where the energy consumption has increased in the last years. On the economic side, this means a decrease of the expenditures of public authorities and an enhancement of the competitiveness of European companies as intended in the Central Policy Area - 6: “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the sustainable use of resources of the Lisbon strategy”.
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World Sustainable Energy Days: Seminar on energy efficient procurement 5th of March 2008 in Wels, Austria
On 05.03.2008, the international seminar "Energy Efficient Procurement" took place in Wels, Austria, in the context of the World Sustainable Energy Days 2008. In the framework of this very successful final event of GreenLabelsPurchase project, the issue of green procurement was intensely discussed with representatives of local authorities, energy agencies and scientific institutes. The approaches of several initiatives - among them also GreenLabelsPurchase - were presented and discussed with the more than 60 participants of the event. The presentations of the event can be found here
