Heat Efficiency Leveraging Program (HELP)

Country	Russia
Year	2000
Policy status	In force
Scope	National
Date Announced	1998
Date Effective	1998
Policy Type	•Policy Processes   •Strategic Planning •RD & D   •Research Programme •Regulatory Instruments   •Regulatory Reform   •Standards
Policy Target	•Buildings   •District Heating and Cooling   •Non-Residential   •Residential
Agency	•United States Agency for International Development (USAID) •Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEf)
URL	www.cenef.ru/regions.htm?94,13
Description	Since 1998, US AID has contracted CENEf to administer the Heat Efficiency Leveraging Program (HELP) under the auspice of the Russian Investment Initiative and the US-Russian Commission on Scientific and Technological Cooperation. In each region and territory under the scope of HELP, CENEf works to develop energy efficiency programs in the housing and communal sectors, "Energy Efficiency in Buildings" regional building codes, and feasibility studies and business plans for heat supply efficiency projects, as, for example, those in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Nevelsk, Khabarovsk, Bekin and Togliatti.