Barcelona, the winner of the ManagEnergy Local Energy Action Award 2007 was presented with their award during the ManagEnergy Annual Conference plenary event, Global Energy Crisis - Local Energy Solutions, by the Conference Chair, Alfonso González Finat, standing in for Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs.

Commissioner Piebalgs joined the conference for the Round Table session on Implications of the Energy package for regional and local actors which included real-time interaction with the Assises de l'Energie in Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, France via satellite link (organised by Grenoble-Alpes Métropole with co-operation from Energie-Cités).

During the coffee break, Commissioner Andris Piebalgs took the opportunity to officially present the ManagEnergy Award in person to Sra. Imma Mayol i Beltran, Vice-Mayor of Barcelona and President of Agència d'Energia de Barcelona. Barcelona won the 2007 Award for their committment to Sustainable Energy Solutions in Barcelona.

At the end of 2006, members of the ManagEnergy Reflection Group selected the winner of the ManagEnergy Local Energy Action Award 2007 from the top ten ManagEnergy Good Practices.

The video recordings from this Global Energy Crisis - Local Energy Solutions event will be available on the Internet Broadcast website soon.

Photographs:

• Imma Mayol i Beltran, Vice-Mayor of Barcelona and President of Agència d'Energia de Barcelona and Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner, with the ManagEnergy Local Energy Action Award 2007 [above left]
• Christopher Waldén from the ManagEnergy Service Provider Team presents Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, with a ManagEnergy KidsCorner T-shirt [above right]
• Commissioner Piebalgs tries the ManagEnergy KidsCorner T-shirt out for size [above far right]

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Introduction by European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
	Welcome and overview of this year's ManagEnergy events in the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Alfonso González Finat, Conference Chair Director for New Energies, Demand Management and Sustainable Development, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Update on EU energy policy developments for local actors: the strategic energy review, the Energy Efficiency Action Plan Alfonso González Finat, Conference Chair
	Aim of this ManagEnergy conference: Local energy agencies and SMEs preparing for the 2008 Intelligent Energy - Europe Work Programme André Brisaer, Head of the Energy Efficiency Unit, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Download Presentation (682 KB PDF)
Tools and opportunities for local energy actors and SMEs towards sustainable energy solutions in demand management and renewable energy sources
	Exemplary projects helping SMEs to address sustainable energy issues and investment: Energy Efficiency Center Stara Zagora Krasimira Sokolova, Secretary General, Chamber of Stara Zagora and Manager of the Euro Info Center Download Presentation (774 KB PDF)
	Exemplary projects helping SMEs to address sustainable energy issues and investment: European EnergyManager Training Course Robert Schmidt, Head of the Innovation & Environment Department, Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Nuremberg and Central Franconia Download Presentation (958 KB PDF)
	Intelligent Energy - Europe project: "BESS" (Benchmarking and Energy management Schemes in SMEs) Boudewijn Huenges Wajer, SenterNovem, Netherlands Download Presentation (638 KB PDF)
ManagEnergy Local Energy Action Award 2007
	Presentation of Award by: Alfonso González Finat, Conference Chair to: Imma Mayol i Beltran, Vice-Mayor of Barcelona and President of Agència d'Energia de Barcelona, Spain Barcelona won the 2007 Award for their committment to Sustainable Energy Solutions in Barcelona.
	Barcelona - Sustainable Energy City Film created by the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign
Round Table: Implications of the Energy package for regional and local actors
	including Real-time interaction with the Assises de l'Energie in Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, France (organised by Grenoble-Alpes Métropole with co-operation from Energie-Cités) Moderator in Brussels: Alex Taylor Moderator in Grenoble: Gérard Magnin, Energie-Cités
	Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy	I N T E R N E T C H A T
	Michel Delebarre, President of European Union Committee of the Regions, Mayor of Dunquerque and Member of the French National Assembly
	Günter Baumann, Vice-President, Eurochambres (Präsident, IHK Region Stuttgart)
	Michel Destot, Mayor of Grenoble - in Grenoble
	Marie-Antoinette Melieres, Scientist specialising in Climatology - in Grenoble
Open Debate / Question and Answer Session		I N T E R N E T C H A T
	Introductory Remarks Günter Baumann, Vice-President, Eurochambres (Präsident, IHK Region Stuttgart)
	Reply for Local and Regional Energy Agencies Ralf Goldmann, Chair, ManagEnergy Reflection Group
	Reply for Local and Regional Government Gino van Begin, European Secretariat, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Download Presentation (1278 KB PDF)
	Piloting Debaters:
	André Brisaer, Head of the Energy Efficiency Unit, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
	A representative of an EU SME organisation [to be confirmed]
	Grzegorz Wisniewski, Vice-Chair, ManagEnergy Reflection Group
	William Gillett, Head of Unit, Intelligent Energy Executive Agency
	Vincenzo Berrutto, Head of Unit, Intelligent Energy Executive Agency
Closing remarks
	Chairman's closing remarks to include summary points from Round Table and ensuing debate Alfonso González Finat, Conference Chair

A select working party of rapporteurs from the European SME representative bodies, the ManagEnergy Reflection Group, the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA), and the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport have met to draw up the conference conclusions. These will centre around the relevant Energy Efficiency Action Plan priority actions, but also aim at suggestions for input areas for both local and regional energy actors and SME organisations for the Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) work programme 2008.

The conclusions will be published on this website soon and comments by visitors will be invited and where appropriate incorporated. These will also be taken on board by the European Commission as input from the local energy actors and SME communities into the process of implementation of the 2006 Energy Efficiency Action Plan and the 2008 IEE work programme.