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Nearly 2 million Polish zlotys from the Norway Grants to improve energy efficiency of the City Office building in Kalety

 On 24th of April 2017, in the session room of the City Office in Kalety, the informational meeting in connection with the completion of the extended project scope named “Energy efficiency improvement of the public building through a comprehensive thermo-modernisation of the City Office in Kalety at ul. Żwirki i Wigury 2”, which is co-financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Fund 2009-2014, was held. The additional material scope of the project concerns 3 elements related to the modernisation of the City Office building in Kalety: the installation of ventilation system, the installation of a ground heat pump and the replacement of internal lighting with the energy-saving one. The conference was intended to promote the project, and its organization was based on the EEA Grant guidelines in terms of the promotion of projects.

The meeting was attended by: city councillors of Kalety: Chairman of the City Council Eugeniusz Ptak, Vice Chairman Janina Perz, Irena Nowak, Ryszard Sendel, Grzegorz Krupa, Alojzy Rupik, Michał Brol, Antoni Jeż, Adam Gabryś, Grzegorz Krupa, Piotr Kuder, Treasurer of the City of Kalety Renata Sosnica, employees of the Strategy and Development Department of the City of Kalety, Director of the Joint Services Center, heads of educational institutions of Kalety, a representative of the District Office in Tarnowskie Góry, contractors, supervisors and designers of the investment task. The local media were also present. The meeting was opened by Chairman of the City Council of Kalety Eugeniusz Ptak who welcomed the guests and reminded the origin of applying for funds by our city from the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Fund for the thermo-modernisation of the City Office. Further, the employees of the Department of Funding presented the multimedia presentation to the gathered guests, during which they recalled the operation principles of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism and the Operational Program PL04 "Energy saving and promoting renewable energy sources" under which the City of Kalety received the grant. The extended project scope named “Energy efficiency improvement of the public building through a comprehensive thermo-modernisation of the City Office in Kalety at ul. Żwirki i Wigury 2” was also presented.

At the end of the meeting, all the assembled were asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire to examine the level of project funding expertise. As a reminder, in the first stage of the project, 1 887.47 m2 of the building's surface were insulated, including 1 469.82 m2 with styrofoam and 417.65 m2 with mineral wool, 4 solar collectors with the area of 9.82 m2 were installed on the roof of the building. The window woodwork (4 pcs.) with the total area of 63 m2 and door woodwork (4 pcs.) with the total area of 15.34 m2 were replaced and the central heating and domestic hot water systems were modernized.