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Kiev became a pioneer in the field of providing energy services. Most recently, a contract was sign that regulates the implementation of energy-saving technologies within a multi-storey building. All activities will be regulate by the energy service mechanism.

The project is plane to be test on the territory of the housing and house cooperative “Polytechnic” in the capital.

Its peculiarity is that the amount of heat consumed is fixed and analyzed by the ESCO company every hour.

Experts note that the radiators in the premises will have valves for manual temperature regulation by residents of the high-rise building. The system will record the use of these regulators and select the optimal temperature regime, providing significant savings for the tenants themselves.

Specialists noted that the efficiency of heat production would increase significantly if the module were install also on hot water in a multi-storey building. The city authorities provided the cooperative with this module as a presentation.

It should be note that there were many people wishing to be insulate this year. ZhSK “Polytechnic” was electe among 20 multi-storey houses for the implementation of a pilot project. In addition to the technical characteristics of the building itself, this choice was facilitate by the solvency of residents and their ability to self-organize.

Experts said that the energy service agreement allows you to pay for work on thermo-modernization by installments. At the same time, energy-saving measures during this time will already bring significant savings in the realities of utility tariffs, which are constantly growing. A private ESCO energy service company invests energy-efficient measures. The investor plans to return the enclosed finances for several years, so any multi-storey building with investor funds cannot count.

Advisor to the head of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation of Ukraine noted that the features of the company-client system are clear to everyone: installment for work is pay from those funds that could be save through energy-efficient measures.

Aleksey Korchmit also noted that the lack of savings for some reason is a defect of the ESCO company and its concern.

When the term of the energy service agreement expires, all equipment is transfer to the collective ownership of residents of the high-rise building. It is worth noting that the maintenance of equipment from that moment also becomes a duty of residents.

A pilot project for the implementation of the energy service in our country will be implement with the support of the residents themselves, representatives of the authorities and business.

In our country, the program “Creation of Energy Agencies in Ukraine”, which is organized by a company from Germany, has been running for several years already. This program gave rise to similar energy service projects. The German agency closely cooperates in the field of energy saving with the public association “Municipal Energy” with the support of the Kyiv City State Administration.

Specialists note that the energy service is a good substitute for the state program for the issuance of “warm” loans for high-rise buildings, which have already created HBC or AJOAH.

Not all civilized society is the first year to strive to improve solar panels and make them more efficient and inexpensive. Many of the discoveries are already patent and are being actively produce. The CIS countries are not lagging behind Europe in this race, and our compatriots embody many innovations in the field of alternative energy in reality.

Representatives of Sevastopol University actively lead strong work on new developments. Most recently, it became know that a young scientist working at the Department of Renewable Energy Sources and Electrical Systems and Networks presented the world with the latest discovery in the field of solar energy.

The scientist noted that solar power plants in the autumn-winter and early spring are operating at reduced power due to the occurrence of partial eclipses. The period November-March is characterize by a drop in the shadow on the solar panels from below. Pavel Kuznetsov was able to invent a device that allows in the beginning of winter to increase the generation of energy from the sun to 75 percent (in comparison with the figures obtained without the use of an innovative method).

The method of the Sevastopol scientist is unique in that a complete conversion of the energy generated by solar panels is not required to align the modules themselves. Its volume is small enough, which is determined by the level of mismatch. Thus, the mass and overall characteristics and efficiency are noticeably improved.

It should be note that to implement the device would require material investment, which does not exceed two percent of the total cost of SES. According to expert estimates, such an innovation in energy production will pay off in a total of 2-3 years. The timing may vary depending on the characteristics of the solar power plant and the duration of its operation in general.

The device has already been test at one of the SES Sevastopol. As a result, all declared qualities of the device were confirm in practice. The invention of Pavel Kuznetsov has already received an award at the international salon of innovative technologies called “New time”. This event brought together scientists from more than thirty countries.

Based on many years of experience of European countries, our country is able to increase energy saving by buildings from 40 to 70 percent. The head of OOO “Regional Energy Service Company” notes that specialists in the field of alternative energy have already developed six steps that can significantly improve energy efficiency.

Step 1 – Accounting

Payment for consumed gas and water on receipts provides for the calculation of standard standards, and not used resources. Ukrainians can save up to 70 percent of household funds to pay for gas and water only by installing meters.

It should be note that the two-zone counter allows you to save up to 30 percent of funds at night, and three-zone counter – up to 60 percent.

2 step – attraction of modern economical equipment

An important step in saving electricity is the installation of LED street lighting and the introduction of motion sensors. Experts recommend buying a machine that has the marking “A” or “A +”. Such devices allow saving from 30 to 50 percent of electricity, in contrast to those belonging to the class “B”.

3 step – careful thermo-modernization

This step involves replacing old windows and doors with new ones. The two-chamber energy-saving double-glazed window, having a heat transfer resistance of more than standard (0.6), is able to reduce the use of heat by almost 40 percent. It was note that such a measure would pay off in about five to seven years.

The head of “Regional Energy Service Company” Ltd Gajur Marina also notes that the thermal modernization of the facade should be comprehensive. When in a high-rise building only individual apartments are insulate, the integrity of the building is destroy and the period of its operation is significantly reduce.

4 step – improvement of the heating system

For significant cost savings, experts recommend using thermal insulation of the pipeline (payback period of less than one year), commissioning an individual heating station (pay for a couple of years), flushing the heating system, installing a solid-fuel modern boiler.

Step 5 – active use of alternative energy sources

Solar panels, heat pumps, solar collectors, windmills – the establishment of these systems will allow, although not complete, but still energy independence. This step requires significant financial investment, but will give a chance to use ecological energy. In addition, the payback period of objects is not so great.

Step 6 – Conscious behavior

Experts draw attention to the fact that the habit of screwing cranes, turning off lights and monitoring the appropriate use of resources, helps prevent excessive consumption. The installation of heat reflecting material from the heating device, the use of aerator nozzles on cranes and other energy-saving measures of a small scale in total will give quite a tangible savings within the family.

Such simple at first glance steps are capable of bringing Ukraine closer to the countries of Europe in the field of energy conservation and the expedient use of resources.

Now you do not have to borrow credits on your own to have your own home. Enough thousand bags of clay and a little wood. It should also be noted that for the erection of a building, cement is not required at all. The house is built without a foundation and at the same time reliably stands on the ground. Do you think it’s fantastic? Not at all.

Ecodom was created by a resident of Prykarpattya Pochigailo Oleg. Novator took as a basis the ancient construction technology, according to which our ancestors built whole settlements. The man has slightly improved the process of construction, thereby creating his unique technology, which has no analogues either in Ukraine or in the world.

Oleg Pochigailo notes that the ecohouse includes the following rooms: a living room, a dining room, 3 bedrooms, a sauna, a library, a kitchen, a bathroom and an anteroom.

The technology behind the construction of housing, called Earthbag. Mr. Pochigailo said that the process of erecting his house has been going on for three years already. Active work is carried out in summer. To build a man did not attract builders. All work is done independently or with the assistance of relatives and friends of the family. To date, the owner has only to put in order the internal form of housing.

Ecohouse serves as a kind of thermos. In the summer it is cool, because thanks to the thick layer of clay it does not let out the heat. And in winter it keeps the temperature well and does not freeze.

The creator of ecological housing argues that “sack” construction is very profitable. Firstly, the house is 100% eco-friendly and does not cause any harm to either the nature or its inhabitants. Secondly, the final cost of such housing is ridiculous. Thirdly, such a project can become a flight of fantasy, because a builder can embody the most diverse and most incredible forms of a building.

The function of the foundation in this house is small stones. In addition, such a “floor” is a good drainage and removes excess moisture from the premises. Innovator argues that the traditional foundation in this building is not needed. Freezing and subsidence of the land for the house is not at all a problem. It should be added that the ecohouse is also seismically hardy. Such properties are due to the fact that clay is a sufficiently plastic material, which, when the shape changes, does not give cracks and deformations.

As a brick for the construction of bags with clay. The material is first densely packed in a bag, and then it is given a flat shape. Sacks with clay are simply stacked one on top of the other. In order for the walls to be unbreakable, barbed wire is laid between the rows.

From the bags formed the walls, which are then covered with a metal mesh. As the final stage, the surface with a grid is well covered with clay and plastered. The ceiling and the roof of the eco-house are made of wood.

Another advantage of such a house is that it can not produce fungus and mold. Clay walls breathe and do not allow moisture to stagnate.

It should also be noted that the ecohouse did not initially have any project. Oleg says that he has no construction education either. The project was created on pure enthusiasm and the desire to learn something new.

Utilities within our country are growing like mushrooms after rain, so ordinary people increasingly think about saving the family money and save it to electricity. Imagine life during the flame residents of cities is impossible, because the searches for alternative methods are activated every day. Solar panels and their incredible benefits for almost no surprise. Install solar power private use means not only to provide his family with cheap electricity, but also earn a surplus produced, providing for the “green” tariff in the overall network.

This option is ideal if the family lives in rural areas or in the private sector of the city. When it comes to apartment buildings, the installation of solar panels and their operation is quite problematic.

Eric Eugene described his invention SolarGaps. The approximate cost of one unit of the domestic energy source is three hundred dollars (installation included in price). One unit can produce about one hundred kilowatts of electricity during the month.

The principle of the invention is quite simple. Thanks to solar modules that make up the shutters, solar energy is converted into heat and electricity. Install the latest devices in the middle of the room, and the back of the box. Location on the outside can achieve 150 watts of power per 1 sq.m. If the blinds installed directly in the room, the capacity will be about 100 watts. Experts estimate that installing solar blinds in a three-room apartment, performance installation will be approximately 100 kilowatts per month. Such an outcome is possible if the apartment windows face south. The average for similar facilities quadrature power needed from 100 to 300 kilowatts a month. This figure depends on consumption. Thus, solar energy can provide blinds family 50-90 percent.

The inventor claims that the full transition from a centralized grid solar blinds need to be equipped with not less than 10 sq.m. windows. It is also the location of the house, because ideally windows have to go to the south side. It should also be noted that in the case of full autonomy from the mains need to get a battery and inverter.

Mr. Eugene currently needs 200 thousand dollars to start production of blinds. Are currently searching for investors and already are in talks with some foreign partners who are willing to finance the project. We hope that residents will soon rise buildings at SES private owners can use the sun’s energy and save the family money.