The EBRD’s Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) organized the first workshops for vendors who offer energy-efficient technologies in the areas of Sarajevo and Banja Luka.
Nihad Harbas, technical expert and Senad Mrkaljevic, the PFI Relationship Manager presented the vendors with the GEFF programme benefits for both producers and sellers of energy-efficient technologies, as well as for their customers.
As many as 301 families in BiH have so far invested in the purchase of advanced technologies through the EBRD GEFF programme, investing more than € 1 million in green technologies, which directly contributed to the increase of turnover of registered producers and sellers in the GEFF online catalogue – Technology Selector.
In order for vendors to make it easier for their customers to purchase new technologies within the GEFF programme, they were given useful information and practical advices as to how to properly prepare documentation for partnering banks/microcredit foundation, how to print the Product Certificate and how to use the Technology Selector.
Mirsad Jasarspahic, the President of the FBiH Chamber of Commerce greeted the vendors and stressed the importance of the GEFF programme and other energy efficiency projects that are implemented in BiH, both for citizens and economy of BiH.
The workshops held in Sarajevo and Banja Luka were also attended by representatives of financial institutions (UniCredit Bank Mostar, UniCredit Bank Banja Luka, Sparkasse Bank and MKF Partner), who stressed that citizens of BiH are greatly interested in this loan facility, given the fact that the European Union secured grant incentives in the amount of 15 percent to 20 percent for all citizens who decide to invest in energy-efficient technologies through the GEFF.
More than 1,000 producers and sellers of energy-efficient technologies from BiH have been registered in the GEFF online catalogue – Technology Selector so far, as they recognized this programme as an opportunity to improve their sales.
All companies that offer products or equipment from the following categories may become a part of the Technology Selector: insulation, windows and doors, boilers, heat pumps, solar collectors/solar water heaters, photovoltaic systems, lighting, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigerators and freezers, storage boilers for hot water. If you want to register your business in the Technology Selector, please contact the GEFF team.
The EBRD GEFF loan facility is aimed at reducing energy consumption in the housing sector and it also contributes to reduction of air pollution, i.e. reduction of CO2 emissions. Also, the EBRD and the European Union want to raise citizens’ awareness of long-term benefits of investing in energy-efficient products through the GEFF.
Next workshops for vendors from the areas of Mostar and Tuzla will be held at the beginning of 2019.
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