Activities

The principal aim of the Energy Workshop, or preferably the Energy Efficiency Workshop is the definition and implementation of energy strategies based on energy consumption efficiency.

The "First Seminar of the Energy Efficiency Workshop" took place in June 2000 in Paris. Download RTF File

This first meeting allowed a better understanding of barriers to energy efficiency strategies, taking into account regional or social variations, and drawing a first set of propositions aiming at reinforcing the implementation of energy efficiency programs.

This seminar led in particular to the creation of the project WEEL (World Energy Efficiency Link). WEEL is designed to ensure that the agenda of the Alliance’s "Energy Efficiency Workshop" is pursued; to maintain active links within an extended group; and to deepen the understanding and dissemination of the concepts, methods and practices of an energy efficiency.

The Forum of the Energy Efficiency Workshop is aimed at

* exchanging information and experience to develop proposals aimed at decision-makers at different levels;
* a debate on required means of transformation.

The Energy Workshop is coordinated by WISE-Paris (World Information Service on Energy) and ICE (International Consulting on Energy), Paris.

Creation of the World Energy Efficiency Link (WEEL)

We, the undersigned, participants in the Energy Efficiency Seminar, from 28-30 June 2000 in Paris, organized by WISE-Paris and ICE and supported by the Alliance for a Responsible and United World;

Agreed on the creation of the World Energy Efficiency Link (WEEL) to strengthen energy efficiency among peoples, cultures, and countries worldwide.

This initiative is particularly timely given the environmental impacts associated with energy production and consumption, the threat posed by climate change, the ongoing restructuring of energy markets globally, and the need to find sustainable development pathways.

The activities of WEEL will include creating linkages among organizations and individuals concerned by energy-efficiency issues; expanding the discussion of energy efficiency to a broader public; and integrating energy efficiency into all sectors of human activity.

Date: 30 June 2000

Signed :
 Ada Amon, Hongrie
 Garegin Aslanian, Center for Energy Policy, Russie
 Peter du Pont, International Institute for Energy Conservation, Thaïlande
 Adam Gula, Krakow Institute for Sustainable Energy, Pologne
 Julie Hazemann, World Information Service on Energy (WISE-Paris), France
 Zou Ji, Tsinghua University, Renmin University, Chine
 Victor Kotomkin, Kola Energy Efficiency Centre, Russie
 Bernard Laponche, International Consulting on Energy (ICE), France
 Raul Montenegro, FUNAM (Environment Defense Foundation), Argentine
 Lorenzo Pagliano, Italie
 Lydia Popova, Center for Nuclear Ecology and Energy Policy, Socio-Ecological Union, Russie
 Mycle Schneider, WISE-Paris, France
 Anjali Shanker, Innovation Energie Developpement (IED), France
 Bent Sørensen, Roskilde University, Danemark

SUPPORT TO THE WORLD ENERGY EFFICIENCY LINK (WEEL) INITIATIVE
(as of November 2000)

The undersigned, support the WEEL, initiative launched in Paris, June 30th 2000, by the 14 participants of the International Energy Efficiency Seminar.

 Allemagne: Bettina Brohman, Öko-Institut, Uwe Fritsche, Öko-Institut, Lothar Koch, retired EC Official, Klaus Telges, ASUE - Association for the Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Use of Energy
 Angleterre: Malcolm Hill, Loughborough
 Brésil: Luis Felipe Cesar, Crescente Fértil
 Burkina Faso: Joseph Ki-Zerbo, CEDA, Ouagadougou
 Canada: Luc Beaudoini, Aberville, Richard Gendron, UQCN - Union Québéquoise pour la Conservation de la Nature, Jacques-Bernard Roumanes, University of Québec in Montréal
 Danemark: Jorgen Norgard, Technical University of Denmark
 France: Pierre Calame, President of the Fondation pour le Progrès de l’Homme,
Bernard Jamet, BJ Consultant, Roger Winterhalter, Mayor of Lutterbach, Brigitte Carraz, Lutterbach,
 Inde: Prosanto Pal, Tata Energy Research Institute, Dhirendra Sharma, "Nirmal-Nilay"
 Indonesie: Agus Sari, Pelangi
 Italie: Ugo Farinelli, Consultant, Maurizio Martellini, Secretary General Landau Network-Centro Volta
 Japon: Tetsunari Iida, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Tadahiro Katsuta, Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center
 Portugal: Henri Baguenier, CEEETA (Centro de Estudes en Economia de Energia Transporte e Ambiante,
 Republique de Corée: Jong-Dall Kim, Kyungpook National University
 Russie: Andrei Gagarinski, Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute",
Alexey Mastepanov, Ministry of Fuel and Energy
 USA: Ralph Cossa, Pacific Forum CSIS, Ellen Morris, Sustainable Energy Solutions