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Austria published a new policy to encourage energy saving

According to the "Kyoto Protocol", By 2012 Austria greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 13% on the emissions in 1990. But, in fact, Austrian greenhouse gas emissions reached 86.6 million tons in 2008, which was beyond quite a few than the intended 68.7 million tons. Although in recent years due to the international financial crisis with the economic downturn affect cause the environmental burden reduction, especially industrial emissions and transport emissions have fallen, but the general trends of the pressure increases emissions have not changed in Austra. With the gradual recover of the economy, must take new measures to restrain the emissions rising again. Austrian government will reduce greenhouse gas emissions for some time, reduce energy use from primary to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and to raise the utilization rate of renewable energy, and enhance the strengthening of the government's guidance and control.

The Austria government recently approved "2011 environment promotion plan" to encourage enterprise modification LED lighting system and energy saving power system, encourage enterprises and individuals for commercial building and private homes in heat energy reform.

Austria's environment minister, viktor yanukovich believed that these measures is not only beneficial to encourage energy conservation, emissions reduction and environmental protection, and thus Austria ordinary families reduce energy consumption, help enterprise to reduce operating cost, at the same time, create jobs and drive economic play the positive role of the recovery. At present, the Austrian federal government has put into 38 million euro fund for "environment promotion plan", the European Union also has already put in euro 9.2 million, 35% of the funds will be used to encourage energy efficiency improvement project plan.

"The enterprise environment promotion plan" enterprise modification of LED lighting system provide new funding scheme. Subsidy amount according to enterprise modification of LED lighting system power,the highest do not exceed 30% of the total amount of investment enterprise reform.

LED lighting equipment's working life is longer than the traditional lighting, at present, the luminous effect of the mature LED light bulb 10 watts to 18 watts is equal to traditional energy-saving lamps 40 tile to reach 65 watts on the market, energy consumption is greatly reduced. The Austria government hope through the encourage measures fully to excavate the saving potential of enterprise, save in the operating costs and achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The new "enterprise environment promotion plan" also encourage enterprise modification energy saving power systems. General enterprise consumption of electricity 70% from motor, pump, ventilation equipment dynamic systems. Through the use of modern energy saving power system can make the enterprise power consumption reduced by 20% to 30%, while reducing harmful emissions to climate. The Austria government through the new measures to encourage and help Austria enterprise to achieve the energy efficiency engine reloading before 2015. the enterprise of modification of the power system energy saving to reduce a ton of carbon dioxide emissions yearly, the Austria government will provide subsidies 50 euros, the highest do not exceed 25000 euros.

Viktor yanukovich bell said, the two aid measures is an important step in the Austria energy strategy. The Austria government provide 2 million euros respectively financial support for two measures. The benefit is not only the climate and environment, also including the enterprise and the economy of Austria.

In addition, the Austria government will do a large scale heat energy reform for commercial building and private house. since Austria joining the European Union, the building of economic output value and energy consumption also doubled, and residential building economy energy consumption increased environmental burden. push by "environment promotion plan", Austria government environmental committee meeting make a decide, implementation more positive building heat energy reform plan in Austria, and provide a large amount of money to support.

Building heat reconstruction plan was the Austria government is to stimulate the enterprise and individual as an important means of reducing energy consumption. From 2009 to 2010, the Austria government were approved more than 15000 building heat energy reform plan, the government's economic stimulus plan for this has invested capital of 103.9 million euros. In 2011, the Austria government has designated 100 million euros for building funds into heat energy transformation, of which 30 million euros for the commercial building transformation, 70 million euros for the private house transformation, focusing on the use of more than ten years building outer insulation and heat utilization system.

It is worth mentioning that the Austria-funded project will be the application of these energy acceptance, approval and disbursement of funds grant rights to non-commercial financial institutions. Among them, the LED lighting system and energy saving power system reform of the aid application deadline by the end of 2012, an accepting institution is from Austria government several big department of credit established in Public consultation company (Kommunalkredit Public Consulting). Commercial building energy of the reconstruction aid department is acceptance of application in credit public consulting company, private houses in the reconstruction of heat energy project application by the independent, professional financial institutions Austria building savings bank (Bausparkasse) to accept. At the same time, one of the three funds are paid in the form of loans to the applicant or enterprise, simplified the enterprise application procedures and payment process.

The Austria government got positive results by the measures of vigorously promote energy conservation and emission reduction. In the past few years, Austria and environment related investment has reached a total about 700 million euros. In addition to play the energy conservation and environmental protection function outside, Austria and the job market has had a positive impact. According to Austria economic research institute, research data, environment of investment for Austria created 8700 "green" jobs, labor market saves 120 million euros, bring tax benefit is nearly 366 million euros.