Environment and Infrastructure
Basic Infrastructure: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

The direct beneficiaries of this project is the Union of Wisloka River Basin Communes as the institution responsible for the implementation of the project, as well as the 117 public buildings and the 4’266 households participating in the project. Indirect beneficiaries are the 243'000 inhabitants of the region due to reduced emission and better air quality which is a result of the shift from coal to renewable energy sources.

The project's overall objective is to improve air quality in the project region which is to a large extent a vulnerable and therefore protected nature area. This will be achieved by using solar power for hot water systems in public and private residential buildings, thereby significantly reducing harmful emissions from the currently used systems. Furthermore, solar power will be used to produce electricity for public buildings. The project contributes to the implementation of the Polish government's energy policy (particularly with regard to increasing the share of renewable energy in the national energy balance and reducing emissions).

The goal of the project is to reduce emissions caused by public and private coal based heating systems by introducing renewable energy sources in the Wisloka River Basin region. Furthermore, solar power will be used to produce electricity for public buildings.

• Purchase and installation of solar systems for heating and electricity purposes in public buildings
• Purchase and installation of solar systems for heating purposes in private households
  

• increased share of renewable energy
• reduced use of conventional fuels in public buildings
• reduced use of coal in residential buildings
• reduced emissions from public and residential buildings