Eco Ltd is supporting the development of a project that will increase energy efficiency in the housing sector in Turkmenistan. The project task was to conduct a scoping exercise and develop a preliminary proposal for funding by the Global Environmental Facility and a request for support to prepare the final proposal.

Eco Ltd is supporting the development of a project that will increase energy efficiency in public buildings in Uzbekistan. The project task was to develop a project document (proposal) for funding by the Global Environmental Facility.

Eco compiled a report on public sector energy efficiency in more than 30 countries, identifying best practices and preparing recommendations for helping local, regional, and national governments to save energy and reduce public expenditures.

The report, which covers several regions, found that while there had been many significant improvements in public sector energy efficiency programs, there was still significant potential to save energy in nearly every area where governments were spending money for basic operations.

Eco Ltd has carried out the mid-term evaluation of a full-scale GEF project on energy efficiency in the municipal heating and hot water sector in Armenia for a multilateral development organisation. Building on our knowledge of the heating sector in the region, Eco’s expert carried out an in-depth analysis of the project design, and implementation to date, and identified lessons learnt and developed recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the project.

Eco Ltd has been awarded a contract to help a leading international Development Bank to develop sustainable energy project proposals for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Eastern European countries. This contact further underlines the high quality expertise, which Eco can bring to the design and development of sustainable energy projects, and the growing reputation we offer in this field.

Eco is the lead consultant for the development of this lesson's learnt report on "Opportunities for Biomass Energy Programmes - Experiences and Lessons Learnt", which is part of a Lessons for the Future, Monitoring and Evaluation Report Series. Eco is also the author of the Southern and Eastern Africa, and the European region chapters of the report as well as the introductory and the concluding chapters.