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1. Information gateway for renewable energy and energy efficiency www.reegle.info

2. Introducing reegle • WHAT • One stop shop for renewable energy & energy effciency • related information including: • – Jurisdiction & laws • – Policies & measures • – Finance & Investment Opportunities • – Reports & Analyses • – Latest News • - Stakeholders • WHY • • Utilising the best databases • – Fully up to date information • – Global coverage • – Speci.c country detail • – Network of knowledge / content partners • • Using state of the art ‘knowledge-mapping’ technology based • on real experts’ usage patterns to recreate the most effcient • powerful searches HOW • User friendly technology • Customer evaluation providing constant learnings and updates • Intelligent linguistic search mechanism to broaden/narrow the search • Associative searches providing information ’around’ the specifc request linking customers with other areas of possible interest • Constantly evolving self-learning system • Multilingual options • Personalised alert section • Provides latest news and information • Special thesaurus and glossary of EE and RE

3. Information Sources 1. The team of reegle has evaluated the most important internet sources of the sector. The information of these sources was included into reegle and is updated constantly. 2. Knowledge Partnerships have been established, with key information providers meaning that the respective organisations collaborate with the reegle team with regard to their information. 3. Last but not least, reegle also has it‘s own database. Special information as conference papers, documents, articles or information about Actors are available here. The number of information sources is growing constantly !

4. "Actors Catalogue" is a directory of organisationsinvolved in renewable energy and energy efficiency contains information on and linksto over 700 initiatives,partnerships and organisations involved in renewable energy and energy efficiency also includes information about the focus, geographical reach and projects of the various Actors

5. "Search by Category" ("Basic Search") allows the users to find information on specific sectors, countriesand types of information makes available a full range of information related to renewable energy and energy efficiency including jurisdiction & laws, policies & measures, finance & investment, reports & analyses and latest news information is made available through a special categorisation system of renewable energy and energy efficiency

6. "Intelligent Search" provides closely related topics to help the users refine their searches based on a "Knowledge Map" which was created using state ofthe art technology and derived from interviews conducted withhigh level expertson sustainable energy will go live in spring 2007 !

7. Knowledge Partners World Energy Council International Energy Agency ECEEE(European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) World Bank Group CLASP(Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program) Energy Charter Secretariat

8. Stakeholders & Partners The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a Public-Private Partnership launched at the Johannesburg World Summit in 2002. The REEEP aims to accelerate the global marketplace for energy ef.ciency and renewable energy by actively facilitating financing mechanisms for sustainable energy projects and structuring policy initiatives for clean energy markets on the ground. www.reeep.org The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) Is a global policy network aimed at providing a forum for international leadership on renewable energy. Its goal is to allow the rapid expansion of renewable energies in developing and industrial countries by bolstering policy development and decision-making on sub-national, national and international levels. www.ren21.net reegle is a joint project of REEEP and REN21. It is supported by the British Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany (BMU), the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (MINVROM) and and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment andWater Management (Lebensministerium) Partners

9. Implementation Partners punkt. netServices - intelligent access for information is one of the leading providers in the conception anddevelopment of net-based software-tools and servicesfor organisations of the Knowledge Society. www.punkt.at consulting, policy advice and knowledge development hydrophil grew out of the academic fields of R & D and maintains close tieswith research institutions. The combination of research experience andexpertise in specialist consultancy services is hydrophil's core strength. www.hydrophil.at moresophy GmbH Munich moresophy supports companies in obtaining competitive and cost advantages through the optimization of information quality. www.moresophy.de

10. ”Knowledge is of two kinds.We know a subject ourselves orwe know where we can find information upon it”.Samuel Johnson 1775 www.reegle.info