THINK GLOBALLY, SAVE LOCALLY

27.11.2009.

Under the sponsorship of `Council for life environment protection and sustainable development of the City of Nis` in Regional center for education of professionals in Nis, the workshop on energetic efficiency was organized with the title `Together to energetic efficiency and sustainable development`. The workshop was organized by the association of `Engineers for life environment protection` in Novi Sad and local partner- Regional center for energetic efficiency in Nis in cooperation with Administration for Communal Services, Energy and Traffic of the City of Nis. The representatives of City of Nis local organs of authorities and the Region (delegations of Palilula and Mediana), members of Council for protection of life environment, public communal and civil sector (Protecta, Ekopolis, Zeleni kljuc) participated in this event. After getting familiar with the project, Sonja Popovic, president of Council for life environment protection emphasized that `on the way to European integrations City of Nis has the obligation to apply renewable energy resources and in that sense, City authorities think about possibilities of using waste material in energetic purposes. Household way of behavior will be reflected in saving row materials – the thing that is reached by electric energy saving, but also collecting secondary raw materials` –emphasized Popovic.

In this period great part of the budget is spent, not only to electric energy but to other energy sources that provide us to feel comfortable in winter moths and give us possibility to work and function normally in cold days. Gas crisis, that surprised us unfortunately last year, in combination with World Crisis in great percent have made life harder for everyone of us. Starting from oneself and our environment, everyone has to try to spend the resources that we posses in the most rational possible way, and that is exactly energy efficient behaviour. According to Igor Jezdimirovic, president of NGO `Engineers of life environment protection` from Novi Sad said that ` energetic efficiency not only provides us to save money that in vain just go away through our windows not enough firmly closed or through not efficient electric machines, that provide us to give contribution to reducing emission of gasses that, in other way, provoke climate changes and reduce natural resources spending`. Mirko Stojiljkovic, from Regional center for energetics from Machine Faculty, University of Nis (as a local partner) was also present. The next themes were taken into consideration: With energetic efficiency to sustainable development at the local –global level; Activities of local self -government for the matter of energy-energetic efficiency, Energetic picture of Europe and Serbia; Examples of good practice for reaching energetic efficiency on the local level. With many workshops `Engineers of life environment protection` in the cooperation with local partners in Nis, Krusevac, Sremska Mitrovica, Gornji Milanovac and Kragujevac promote the possibilities for energy efficient behavior and contribute to the efforts of make this winter, beside all crisis, warm and cozy to everyone, with minimal spending of energents and life environment protection. This project of `Engineers of life environment protection` was supported by Organization for cooperation and security –OSCE mission in Serbia.