The contribution of economical lighting towards savings and a cleaner environment

Programme 2007 - 2013 Slovenia - Croatia (SI-HR)

Date of latest update: 2025-10-18

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Description (EN):

The main objective of the project is to examine the state of technology in the field of lamps and bulbs for street lighting and the illumination of cultural monuments, with emphasis on the colour of light, on utilisation rate (energy consumption per unit of lighting) and influences on the environment, globally and in cross-border regions, to analyse legislative criteria and demands from culturally protected city centres. One of the aims is also to make a draft of Croatian decree about threshold values of light pollution, that would be suitable to the Croatian Government, to establish procedures for accepting the proposal of change of the Slovene decree, to create a demonstration line on the level of one street in the area of the Municipality of Krško and in the town of Zaprešić. Also to implement an energy review of public lighting systems in Krško, in the Municipality of Kidričevo, Jastrebarsko and Zaprešič as well as to produce and to print Technical manual about lamps, bulbs and the regulation of public lighting in accordance with the demands of the European standard in both the Croatian and Slovenian languages.

Expected Results (EN): The result of the project is to have reduced direct light pollution within demonstration fields and reduced electricity usage in demonstration fields as well as reduced emissions of CO2 in demonstration fields.

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Green technologies Energy efficiency Soil and air quality

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Občina Krško

Address: Cesta krških žrtev 14, 8270 Krško, Slovenia

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Lokalna energetska agencija Dolenjska-Posavje-Bela Krajina

Name: Lokalna energetska agencija Dolenjska-Posavje-Bela Krajina

Address: Cesta krških žrtev 30, 8270 Krško, Slovenia

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Lokalna energetska agentura Spodnje Podravje

Name: Lokalna energetska agentura Spodnje Podravje

Address: Krempljeva ulica 1, 2250 Ptuj, Slovenia

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UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI

Name: UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI

Address: Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Grad Jastrebarsko

Name: Grad Jastrebarsko

Address: Strossmayerov trg 13, 10450 Jastrebarsko, Croatia

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Regionalna energetsko-klimatska agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske

Name: Regionalna energetsko-klimatska agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske

Address: Dužice 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Grad Zaprešić

Name: Grad Zaprešić

Address: Nova ulica br. 10, 10290 Zaprešić, Croatia

Legal status: n/a

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Municipality Krško

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Local Energy Agency Dolenjska-Posavje-Bela Krajina

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Local Energy Agency Spodnje Podravje

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University of Ljubljana

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City of Jastrebarsko

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North-West Croatia Regional Energy and Climate Agency

The contribution of economical lighting towards savings and a cleaner environment

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City of Zaprešić

The contribution of economical lighting towards savings and a cleaner environment

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Summary

Project name (EN): The contribution of economical lighting towards savings and a cleaner environment

Project acronym: VARČUJ

Project start date: 2011-04-01

Project end date: 2013-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 493 346.35

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 419 344.39

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2007 - 2013 Slovenia - Croatia (SI-HR)

Latest month of project-partner-call data publication

2012-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

45 / 84 (53.57%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

259 / 480 (53.96%)

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The contribution of economical lighting towards savings and a cleaner environment

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