ESF has been competitively selected by UNDP to develop the Sustainable Energy Action Plan of the City of Yerevan, Armenia in December 2015. Yerevan has signed the European Covenant of Mayors in September 2014 and plans to submit its 1st SEAP in August 2016. ESF is worked with Yerevan City Hall to develop the Plan as well as identify cost-effective investment opportunities in energy efficiency and sustainable energy development. Client: UNDP.

in 2019-20 ESF and LDK consultants have worked with EIB to carry out a high-level mapping of donor/IFI resources in EE in Armenia, identify gaps and recommend actions for immediate assistance, which later lead to high-level dialogue of the donor/IFI committee with the Government of Armenia and endorsement of key priorities in building energy efficiency domain, with particular focus on residential, multi-apartment buildings as well as maintaining efforts in public/municipal buildings' energy performance contarcting.  Client: EIB.

As part of Green Cities Transformation process by  EBRD, ESF has worked with partners to conduct baseline assessment of Gyumri and Yerevan cities, identify green city challenges, develop policy and programmatic actions and investment plans, held series of public consultations,  conducted strategic environmental assessment for Yerevan, and concluded with presentation the City Elders' Councils and adoption. 

Within a multi-lateral memorandum of understanding between the local NGOs and the local authorities, 43 home-owner associations have borrowed micro-loans for common-space energy efficiency improvements in the multi-apartment buildings. The loans were repaid in 6 months and were sized to condominium credit-worthiness. The loans were all fully repaid and no defaults or delays were registered. This created the first precedent of condominium energy efficiency lending in Armenia! Client: USAID

ESF is working with the European Commission and within the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) framework to develop community-based solar energy generation systems in the communities of Artik and Aparan. ESF will explore the possibility to develop and introduce a PPP scheme. The systems will not only generate electricity for local use, but also generate solar electricity sales and financial revenues which will be directed to capitalize COMO funds - revolving funds for financing further sustainable energy invests.

ESF has been competitively selected by UNDP to develop the Sustainable Energy Action Plan of the City of Yerevan, Armenia in December 2015. Yerevan has signed the European Covenant of Mayors in September 2014 and plans to submit its 1st SEAP in August 2016. ESF is worked with Yerevan City Hall to develop the Plan as well as identify cost-effective investment opportunities in energy efficiency and sustainable energy development. Client: UNDP.

The Foundation to Save Energy has extended support to the City of Tsaghkadzor, which has signed the European Covenant of Mayors in 2009-2010 and has not yet been able to fulfill its minimal commitment - develop a SEAP. ESF is worked with Tsaghkadzor Municipality to develop the Plan as well as identify cost-effective investment opportunities in energy efficiency and sustainable energy development.Client: UNDP Small Grants Program

The project enabled local authorities supported by the European CIUDAD programme to better deal with sustainable energy issues at local level at local level. Within this regional project, the ESF helps the city of Spitak, along with the regional partners, improve the quality of life of their citizens through bold sustainable energy initiatives, to follow the steps of the 43 MODEL pilot cities. ESF will help Spitak develop actions to encourage citizens, local decision makers and stakeholders in taking their own initiatives, thus preparing the ground for sustainable energy communities. Client: European Commission under the Energy Cities and Lviv Administration consortium.

Training the condominium chairpersons in use and application of a computer-based Building Energy Efficiency Program package to design energy efficiency improvement measures, investment projects and business plans. Client: Third Nature NGO

ESF works with 25 partner civil society organizations to build a CSO Coalition for Sustainable and Transparent Energy Policy. The initiative promotes policy dialogue on energy efficient public procurement, community-based energy cooperatives, public monitoring of municipal commitments to sustainable energy actions, as well as empower women for a more pronounced role in energy sector development. 

ESF  together with partners has worked to assess  the current Armenian context relevant to residential housing and energy efficiency, provided benchmarking analysis with similar country contexts relevant to residential housing and energy efficiency in Armenia, as well as provided recommendations for improving financing for energy efficiency in Armenia's residential sector for further implementation by the French Development Agency. in 2019-20 

 Client: AFD.

In December 2018 ESF organized a massive International conference in Yerevan on  on topics dedicated to sustainable energy development in in Eastern Partnership countries Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The purpose of the conference is to set the stage for countries to share their lessons from successful policy implementation in the sustainable energy area and exchange the opinions and knowledge, as well as showcase Armenia’s successful experience in on the route to sustainable energy transition over the past 15 years. Multistakeholders and professionals discuss on strategy and legal regulatory aspects, market and capacity development, financing of sustainable energy in public and private sector and other issues. The conference gave start to establishment of a regional network of organizations on sustainable energy in these countries. 

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Within the framework of an advisory project funded under the EBRD Business Advisory Service Programme, a team of ESF experts accomplished the following for the beneficiary pig farm: (i) conducted a research on technologies and techniques used for waste (manure) management in farms of the countries with developed rural economies and delivered recommendations on efficient waste management systems, with the use of energy saving/renewable energy technologies; (ii) developed a business/development plan to position the pig farm company as a reliable and responsible business partner for foreign investors and donors in the field of agriculture. The assignment also included the Environmental Impact Assessment. Client: EBRD BAS

Researched the necessary features of a financing scheme for low-income households’ participation in energy efficient heating investment projects in home-owner associations. Client: Japanese Social Development Foundation

ESF team in collaboration with Avenue Consulting experts was tasked to develop a business model, legal and financial package for de-risking EE lending in multi-apartment housing in 2019-20.

Client: UNDP.