82 school teachers from schools of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Luhansk, Vinnytsia, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts and local supervisors assigned to their respective schools were trained in the implementation of the optional training course "ABC of Management of Housing and Utility Services" and online game "Smart House" during training seminars conducted in Kyiv and in Dobropillia on February 24 and 28 respectively. The seminars were delivered by MDI in the framework of the DTEK Project "Energy Efficient Schools: New Generation" and also attended by the representatives of DTEK.

The three-months training course "ABC of Management of Housing and Utility Services" was designed for 10th grade school students and is expected to change the mentality and energy…

Again you received shocking utility bills? Do you know that you may save up to 40% on your utility bills? Your first step will be to join hands with your neighbors and set up a condominium. In this way you will be able to monitor energy consumption in the building and implement energy efficiency measures.

See the video produced by the USAID Municipal Energy Reform in Ukraine Project in partnership with the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Municipal Economy of Ukraine and State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine.

You will learn about energy saving measures such as heat insulation of building envelope or installation of an individual heating substation and the effect of such energy…

On January 20, 2017, the contest for the best photo collage/infographics on the Gala Launch of the DTEK Project "Energy Efficient Schools: New Generation" was completed. The contest was organized to familiarize local communities with the DTEK Project implemented in their cities and settlements.

The participating schools were to provide only one photo collage or infographics. During the contest, 42 photo collages/infographics were received. Each work could get maximum of 200 points. Evaluation of works was done based on two components: (1) number of "likes" collected in social networks (up to 100 points) and (2) evaluation by the contest jury (up to 100 points). The contest jury is made of the representatives of DTEK and MDI.

The jury will…

Schools, participants of the DTEK Project "Energy Efficient Schools: New Generation", completed the contest for the best New Year article on environmental protection and energy saving. The contest started on December 12, 2016 and was organized to promote energy efficient behavior of school students and to engage their parents in joint activities with the children.

32 schools from 20 cities and settlements of Donetsk, Vinnytsia, Luhansk, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast participated in the contest and prepared the total of 278 articles. The articles were evaluated by four criteria: idea originality; practical value; exhaustiveness of the description provided with the article; and consistency with contest requirements. Each article could get maximum of 50…

On November 16, 2016, the Grand Opening of the first in Ukraine Training and Consulting Center for Design and Research on Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings was organized at Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture. The opening ceremony was organized by MDI and KNUCA in the framework of the implementation of the EC Project "Train-to-NZEB: The Building Knowledge Hubs". MDI is one of 12 Project implementing partners responsible for Ukraine, KNUCA is the local partner of the Project.

The ceremony was attended by more than 50 guests, including representatives of the building industry and manufacturers/vendors of energy efficient materials and equipment – Project partners; professors and lecturers of KNUCA; students of architectural and building…