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Co2 online

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Co2online

• Web portal for internet-based cost free advice

• is highly efficient in motivating private households and small businesses to save money and energy in one step

• has its advice presented on over 700 portal partners websites

• Part of the German climate protection campaign, funded by the Federal Ministry for Environment www.klima-sucht-schutz.de

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Co2online: Home energy saving account

• Energy saving account– Tool to monitor energy consumption

– Based on manual input of energy data (automatic feed-in from smart meters on the way)

– Provide the users with graphs and analysis on their energy consumption

monitoring tool to motivate households, that helps them to get a grip on „energy consumption“,

– Also give advices on energy efficiency measures to improve the buildings

• Online Advisors

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Ten online advisors offer quick and specific advice

A Building/Heating online advisors1. HeatingCheck2. New Buildings Check 3. PumpsCheck4. ModernisationCheck5. Subsidy Check6. BestPracticeArchive7. ThermostatCheck

B Appliances / Electricity8. CoolingCheck9. GreenPowerCheck10. Appliances Check

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The Facts: Uses of Online Advisers

Jul-04 M ay-05 M ar-06 Jan-070

250,000

500,000

750,000

1,000,000

1,250,000

N um ber of uses o f O nline Adviserssince Ju ly 2004

• About 2 Mio. online consultations since July 04

• currently about 60-100,000 online consultations per month

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Adapting an online advisor to a new country requires:

- Adaptation to postal code system

- Translate language, currency, etc.

For buildings (optional)

- Regional climate data (heating degree days)

- Fuel prices

- Subsidy programs (federal, state, local government; utilities)

For more depth you can add

- Energy consultant database

- Builders‘ database

Adapting the home energy saving account only requires translation!

Online Advisors for your country

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Thank you very much for your attention!