Summer School on Sustainable Energy and Low Emission Planning, 20 – 26 August 2017, Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goals

Objectives of the Summer School are:

• Development of roadmap for low emission development in Western Balkan countries
• Educational support to master and PhD students in the field of RES and EE
• Enhancement of interdisciplinary approach to sustainable energy issue and climate change mitigation
• Dissemination of best practice on energy conservation and renewable energy
• Capacity building of renewable energy promotion on the regional level as an elements of sustainable development in the region,
• Enhancement of dissemination of information on potentials of RES using a common platform

Concept

The 13th Summer School (2017) is thematically dedicated to low emission development on regional level, with special focus on energy efficiency and renewable sources. Students will be led though a way of thinking from global to local. In this sense students will be able to understand key global concepts in terms of low emission development and which tools on local level should be developed. Therefore the school will cover core elements for low emission development from different sectors:

- Energy generation

- Housing

- Public buildings

- Transport

Specific focus of the school is developing of a policy approach towards a sustainable energy turn in Western Balkan countries in the context of Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. Both environmental and social aspects of energy planning will be considered with special focus on social benefits (job creation, energy security improvement and environmental benefits).