2. ENVIRONMENT VS. DEVELOPMENT?
- GREEN DEVELOPMENT
Environment
win lose
Economic
Development
win Sustainable
Unsustainable
in the long term –
regulation is needed
lose
Unsustainable
in the long term –
financial incentives
needed
Unsustainable in the short
term – emergency
management required
Enforcement
Subsidies
3.
4. HOW TO SPEED UP INVESTMENT IN
PROFITABLE MEASURES?
• Make people
understand the benefits
• Provide incentives for
investors and suppliers
5. SLOVENIAN ECOFUND
• Grants to households (app. 20%) for
investment in energy efficiency and
heating of buildings
• Loans to businesses for environmental
investment
• Motivate owners to invest
• Support the development of the supply
sector (around 18 000 jobs)
7. ADVISORY SERVICE
• Needed in early stages to raise
awarness and advise the investors
• Later the market (suppliers) take
over most communication
• Still, impartial advice is needed