POLAND / ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Poland's public buildings are being made energy efficient. The World Bank is funding projects in the Krakow area that will save energy, promote infrastructure investments, and bring down costs in the public sector. WORLD BANK

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:23
• Production Date: 6 July 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD BANK
• Subject Topical: INVESTMENT BANKING
• Geographic Subject: POLAND
• MAMS Id: U090706e

Description

STORY: POLAND / ENERGY EFFICIENCY
TRT: 2:23
SOURCE: WORLD BANK
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / Polish

DATELINE: JUNE 30, 2009, POLAND

Shotlist

JUNE 2009, POLAND

1. Med shot, Dr. Kazak in clinic registration
2. Med shot, Dr. Kazak with clinic employee
3. Close up, patients registering
4. Wide shot, line of patients
5. Zoom out, radiator waiting patients
6. Med shot, doctor and patient
7. Med shot, patient and doctor
8. Wide shot, nurse in room with radiator
9. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Grazyna Kozak, Clinic Director:
“Times have changed and it is technically much easier to save heat and also to save money.”
10. Zoom out, from roof solar panel to wide hospital
11. Close up, guy with broken leg
12. Med shot, patients sitting
13. Wide shot, director and ESCO man
14. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Wojciech Zygmunt, ESCO:
“The energy prices in Poland have gone up. They are now the same as the EU average or even higher. So there is a need for us to increase energy efficiency.”
15. Wide shot, Dr. Kazak walking into boiler room
16. Med shot, equipment in boiler room
17. Close up, guy pushing buttons in boiler room
18. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Grazyna Kozak, Clinic Director:
“Since I am a doctor I could say that this little room in which we are standing now is like a beating heart of a human. If it was not here our hospital would be very cold and we could neither provide any medical help or even the simplest activities.”
19. Zoom out, radiator to doctor patient
20. Med shot, doctor patient

Storyline

For over 20 years Doctor Kozak has worked in this polyclinic outside of Krakow. First as a internist now as its director. She witnessed her workplace transform dramatically. The latest change can be felt – rather than seen.
Until recently the clinic that serves a population of over 130,000 had to get by without hot water and an unreliable heating system.

Today, it has become one of the most energy efficient buildings in the area. Following EU regulations and setting an example for private sector reforms and new thinking on climate change.

SOUNDBITE (Polish) Grazyna Kozak, Clinic Director:
“Times have changed and it is technically much easier to save heat and also to save money.”

Solar panels help heating the water and save energy. A new roof, windows, and outside insulation comply with EU regulations. As a result the clinic’s energy bills will drop by 21 percent over a year.

In a public-private partnership, supported by the World Bank, the clinic has worked closely with energy saving specialists who have turned more than 30 other public projects in the Krakow area into modern and efficient buildings.

SOUNDBITE (Polish) Wojciech Zygmunt, ESCO:
“The energy prices in Poland have gone up. They are now the same as the EU average or even higher. So there is a need for us to increase energy efficiency.”

In this room highly polluting brown coal used to be burnt in massive boilers. Then an inefficient gas heater was installed. Now the clinic has, state of the art equipment – controlled by a computer.

SOUNDBITE (Polish) Grazyna Kozak, Clinic Director:
“Since I am a doctor I could say that this little room in which we are standing now is like a beating heart of a human. If it was not here our hospital would be very cold and we could neither provide any medical help or even the simplest activities.”

Over the next few years, the money saved on energy bills will allow the clinic to pay for the energy conserving equipment.
In the meantime patients and doctors are staying warm and the government owned treatment center will run cheaper.