Energy Agency of Plovdiv

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Energy Agency of Plovdiv (EAP) is the first energy management agency established in Bulgaria under the SAVE II program of the European Commission (EC). 

The goals of the Energy Agency of Plovdiv are:

• To promote energy efficiency at the local and regional level

• To provide energy efficiency and RES comprehensive information, education, advocacy and lobbying

• To raise public awareness of the connection between energy efficiency and climate protection

• To promote programs, institutions and investments favouring sustainable energy development, including renewable energy sources

• To identify and realize bankable demonstration energy efficiency and RES projects

• To encourage international cooperation, with a focus on financing and market penetration

• To enhance Bulgarian participation in the European integration process.

The main services of the Energy Agency of Plovdiv are: 

• performing energy-conservation audits for factories and buildings 

• developing local/regional sustainable energy plans 

• identifying and developing energy-saving and renewable energies projects 

• providing education and training on energy conservation 

• conducting public information campaigns on energy conservation and clean energies, entailing exhibitions and publicity 

• acting as a source of information on energy conservation, which involves the creation and maintenance of databases