Award-winner campaign: "Bielsko-Biała protects the climate"

13 January 2014 | 17h03 | 206 visits

The European Public Sector Award (EPSA) is a European learning platform for performance improvement of the public sector. Since 2007, the EPSA awards recognise the best and most innovative performers in public administrations across Europe.

In 2013, the municipality of Bielsko-Biała (Poland) received an award in the Supra-local and Local administrative for its local ENGAGE campaign “Bielsko-Biała Protects the Climate”.

Bielsko Biala produced gathered than 300 local commitments for sustainable energy!

"We presented the projet showing in what way the idea of saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions can be spread even if there are small financial means for the related investments. We focused on spreading that idea and engaging the inhabitants and local businesses in favour of sustainable energy" Zbigniew Michniowski, Vice-President of Bielsko-Biała

The results in terms of energy savings are:

• savings through energy efficiency for the city of over €925.000 in 2012,
• overall energy savings reached were over 7.6 million kWh,
• impact on CO2 emissions: 3,920 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided.

These achievements are based on a very extensive network involving more than 50 social groups (social media, schools, businesses, teachers and pupils, etc.) as well as famous people from the sectors of culture, sports, etc. called ‘Climate Ambassadors’.

Visit Bielsko-Biała’s poster gallery!