Development of the Energy Agency - Employees - back to the beginning
The aim of the Energy Agency is the increase of efficiency of the use of energy and the use of renewable, domestic sources of energy in the interest of the regional development policy, the environment protection and long term effectiveness. We are the at the interface between administration, policy, research and the consumers of energy. Our activities comprise the technical and organisational support of energy projects, consciousness raising and PR work (exhibitions, publications, conferences etc.), training (expert further training, promotion of research), European co-operation (participation in EU-research and development projects), energy counselling as well as the organisation and award of grants.
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The Energy Agency Styria was founded in 1981. One of the original focuses was to carry out energy counselling in the form of information evenings in the communities as well as individual counselling for households and to organise teaching units in schools. Therefore more than 150 people have been trained to become advisors since the foundation.
Due to the situation of the power industry supporting biomass-district-heating networks financially was very important - the agency subsidised with non-repayable grants . But for the creation of over 90 distict-heating networks in Styria the initiation and the idealistic support, the EDP supported technical and organisational counselling was of major importance. The "Manual distant heat / district heat from biomass" is a summary, it was taken over by Salzburg and was also greatly acknowledged abroad.
The "Manual for communal and regional energy planning" was an essential condition for the creation and realisation of energy concepts. Here also the establishment of energy balances (in the form of flow charts) was of major importance.
Apart from these tasks there was the financial aid and the technical support of research and development. More than 100 projects of different extent also dealt with the environmental influence of the use of enrgy, particularly that of biomass, with the description of ecological circles, with the determination of the potential available and with the improvement of technical possibilities. A competition for the development of small-scale combustion plants was advertised, for instance. There were projects for the use of solar energy, energy efficiency, for the use of waste heat in special fields in industry. Software programmes have been developed that make necessary activities in the field of energy easier.
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The Energy Agency Styria currently employs seven full time people as well as several free lancers.
Gerd Ulz, manager
He is the contact person for new ideas for research and development projects,
ideas for marketing strategies and ideas along the lines of our aims.
E-Mail: ulz@lev.at
Mag. Gerhard Bittersmann
As a former energy advisor he is knowledgeable in all fields of energy. He is
responsible for the training of energy advisors and the training for energy
balancing with new methods of calculation. Besides he is in charge of the EDP
set and has developed the calculation programme WBI832.
E-Mail: gerhardb@lev.at
Susanne Bruner
As a freelancer she is in charge of the calculations of energy codes and
supports the other colleagues with her technical knowledge as a student of
architecture.
E-Mail: bruner@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at
Waltraud Gspandl-Pascottini
She is the secretary and thus our central person , particularly on the telephone. The secretariat also is the sales department for written technical
information, papers, information brochures and EDP-programmes.
E-Mail: w.gspandl@lev.at
Andrea Klammer
She is responsible for the maintenance of the different databases of the LEV. In
addition she is managing al written documents, booklets and publications of the
LEV and she is assisting the other colleagues in their jobs. Besides she is also
in charge of the maintenance of the computer network of the LEV.
E-Mail: a.klammer@lev.at
Ingrid Mayrhofer
She is in charge of the support of low energy houses, calculates energy codes
and advises building owners. She uses her experience in calculating in the
training for the programme WBI832. With her knowledge of English she supports
the international activities of other colleagues.
Email: i.mayrhofer@lev.at
Franz Promitzer
As a free-lancer he is in charge of the emission measurement - and testing plant
ETA and is available (on the phone) for many mechanic problems.
E-mail: znarf@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at
Dipl. Ing. Helga Rally
She is an assistant of the manager and has gained her expert knowledge as one of
the first energy advisors. She is responsible for publications, press work and
the organisation of our services and is in charge of single projects
E-Mail: h.rally@lev.at
Horst D. Scheuer
As the head of the department biomass he is also responsible for the realisation
of more than 100 biomass-district-heating networks. His special fields are
organisation, financial support, marketing and trouble-shooting in the field of
biomass. He works in several committees and EU projects.
E-Mail: h.scheuer@lev.at
Josef Srienc
As an expert of statistics and graphics (power-Mac-User) he does a lot of
important background work. His excellent knowledge of Slovenian is very useful
with international projects.
E-Mail: j.srienc@lev.at
Dipl. Ing. Heidrun Stückler
Free-lancer in the field of low energy housing. As an architect she brings in
her professional knowledge in the counselling of the applicants for support in
this field.
Email: h.stueckler@lev.at