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Energy & climate: Best Projects

Since 2005, the EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee, together with the LIFE Unit, have identified the following Best LIFE-Environment projects dealing with energy issues.

2007-2008

PROCOOL (Austria) Development and successful market penetration of HFC-free and eco-efficient cold appliances for the commercial use web summary | website | layman's report

SuperC (Germany) Geothermal energy supply for heating and cooling of the Students' Service Center of RWTH Institute of Technology University of Aachen web summary | website | layman's report

2006-2007

	Project
	PVTrain (Italy) The application of innovative photovoltaic technology to the railway trains web summary | website | layman's report
	S-House (Austria) Innovative use of renewable resources demonstrated by means of an office and exhibition building web summary | website | layman's report

2005-2006

	Project
	Stiim (Sweden) System for Thermal Sedd Treatment - an Integrated Approach to Implementation and Management in the EU Seed Industry web summary | website | layman's report
	Paroc-WIM (Finland) Waste injection into the stone wool melting furnace web summary | website | layman's report
	ECON-tainer (The Netherlands) An environmental friendly cargo handling plant in the Port of Rotterdam web summary | website | layman's report

2004-2005

	Project
	ENERWASTE (Spain) Implementation of an anaerobic digestion facility at a slaughterhouse View the video >> web summary | website | layman's report
	Stirling Motor (Germany) Miniature block-type thermal power station based on a long-life Stirling motor web summarywebsite layman's report
	ECOBUS (Spain) Collecting used cooking oils to their recycling as bio-fuel for diesel engines View the video >> web summary | website | layman's report
	ENERLAB (Latvia) Energy labelling of apartment buildings web summary | website | layman's report
	BBM Passive House (Austria) Multifunctional office building in passive house standard and timber construction web summary | website | layman's report

Please note: the red star stands for the 'Best of the Best'.