1.2 - INTERREG IIIB Alpine Space Programme

Aim
The aim is to gather and share knowledge and practices of
professionals, local communities, and citizens of nine Alpine
Space regions in the promotion of a natural local resource:
wood-fuel. Precisely, the project developed actions to:
Enhance the relation, the communication and the connections
between professionals, communities and citizens on
the wood energy matter
Put at disposal the knowledge through an international webserver
Make this local energy known by the public
Set up a marketing campaign through the extension of the
European wood energy Road © in the Alps
It’s a great opportunity to confront experiences and therefore
to learn, progress, and contribute to a better physical management
of the Alpine Space.
Activities
The use of wood energy should permit to the Alpine Space:
The local development and creation of employment in rural
areas (one job created for 1000m3 of wood used per year)
A better upkeep of the rural space and landscapes
A decrease of local pollution due to wood waste abandoned
or burnt in open spaces
An additional support to the wood sector in general
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Together for the promotion of a sustainable energy
An improvement of the energy self-sufficiency of the regions
An improvement of the dynamism of an economical sector
with a strong indigene potential and creation of richness
The respect of the Kyoto and Johannesburg summits involvements
To fight against the green house effect
Outcomes and results
Thanks to exchanges between professionals, solutions to
technical, economical or jurisdictional problems can easily
be proposed. The use of very powerful tools such as Internet
enables to capitalise the acquired knowledge and make
them available for the larger public: this was never done in
this sector!
As a result, the wood energy road has continued its development
and extension. The wood energy road is a very performing
information, demonstration and marketing tool, which has
proved its efficiency in France and Switzerland in the frame of
the previous Interreg II Programme. These sites are accessible
to the visitors without any guide from the contracting authority,
meaning freely, and with all the help at their disposal.
Training groups of local professionals: engineers in offices,
technicians of administrations, foresters, heating engineers,
sweeps, development animators and advisers were organised.
In addition, many interventions took place in High
schools (forestry, thermal and territorial engineers and technicians)
on the basis of a minimum of 5 interventions per year
and per region.
Alpenergywood demonstrates that one can create richness
at a regional level thanks to industrial production of forestry
fuels operations (combined production of logs, wood chips
and pellets).
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Lead partner
Project partner
Lead partner
ITEBE - Institut Technique
Européen du Bois Energie
Other partners
AIEL
LEV Stmk
Lk-Stmk
Provincia di Biella
Regione Lombardia
Veneto Agricoltura
HEF-FHR
Gozdarski Inštitut
Slobiom
BUWAL
Project website
www.alpenergywood.org
Contact person
Lamine Badji
Tel +33 (0)3 84 47 81 00
Fax +33 (0)3 84 47 81 19
lamine.badji@itebe.org
Duration
05.2003 – 05.2006
Total budget in EUR
2.009.300
ERDF in EUR
851.000
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