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• EYE CATCHER: Embracing 60 years of AIE
• EUROPEAN NEWS [Directive/Project / Events]
• SECTOR RELATED NEWS
• FUTURE EVENTS: SAVE THE DATE(s) 2014 / 2015
• PUBLICATIONS [Position Papers/Press Release]
01_Eye catcher: EMBRACING 60 YEARS OF AIE:
Successful AIE Council of Delegates elects new President and Vice President in Slovenia
Celebrating its 60th Anniversary in the beautiful little coastal town of Portorož in Slovenia, the European
association of electrical contractors – the AIE - held its annual statutory meeting and conference last week,
from 11 to 13 September last. The well attended event was successfully hosted for the very first time by its
new Slovenian associated member (EZS/OZS).
Outgoing President Janne Skogberg [STUL, Finland], Andrej Počivavšek [OZS, Electro section Vice-President, Vladimir Janžekovič [OZS, Electro section
President] , Evelyne Schellekens [General Secretary], Incoming President Allan Littler [ECA England] and Rudi Zorko, General Secretary [EZS, Slovenia]
At the AIE’s statutory meeting, the AIE elected its new President, Allan Littler (ECA-UK) and the incoming
Vice President, Thomas Carlsson (EIO-Sweden). Allan Littler has a long curriculum both as electrical
contractor and within the association life as he has been President of the Electrical Contracting Association
of England (ECA) for 2008-09, ECA Council member from 2001 to 2010 and member of AIE’s Policy
Coordination Committee since 2010.
AIE President
Allan Littler
[ECA
England]
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AIE VicePresident
Thomas
Carlsson [EIO
Sweden]
Warmly thanking Mr Janne Skogberg (STUL-Finland) for his most successful and exceptional 4-years period
Presidency, Allan Littler declared to dedicate his Presidency to maximize the opportunities for electrical
contractors businesses, encourage participation and support within the AIE, while being aware of ensuring
Value for Money and focus on the challenges we face.
The Conference welcomed most interesting presentations on the perspective of the electrical contracting
sector in the United States given by both John Grau, CEO of NECA (National electrical contractors
Association in the US) and Dennis Quebe, President of NECA followed by a presentation on why the EU
elections were different in 2014, their impact on the EU policies and the most recent appointments of the
EU Commissioners and their portfolio’s. ...
> Read more and download the full press release here
> You can read and download the AIE annual activities report here [Evelyne Schellekens] or within the AIE
ISSUU Library
> Read Janne Skogbergs' last President's' report after four years of AIE Presidency and download all
presentations and the documents within the Members' Only section
The picture gallery on the AIE website pages merely gives a short business overview. For the full pictures in
high resolution on the Council, the Conference you can browse the AIE dropbox link where you can look at
your own pace and download at your own need, the high resolution pictures taken during the whole event.
> PRESS RELEASE CoD Slovenia/Portoroz 2014 |
AIE DROPBOX LINK | Members' Only section
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02_European news [Directives / Projects / Events]
02-01: EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG EUROPEAN ELECTRICIANS AT EUROSKILLS' 2014
COMPETITION IN LILLE!
>Download the AIE-CYE PRESS RELEASE | www.aie-cye.blogspot.com | Euroskills2014
Click on the picture or here
Click on the picture or here
Click on the picture or here
for a larger view on the proud Swiss
for a larger view on the proud French for a larger view on the proud German
team. GOLD for Severin Holdegger
team. SILVER for Julien Seiller (left) team. BRONZE for Felix Fendl (left)
and supporting expert Adrian Sommer and supporting expert Pierrick Mandin and supporting expert Ralph
(right). Euroskills’ expert Bernand
Sassmannshausen
Finet holding his two treasures!
Saturday evening, all candidates received a Certificate of Excellence from AIE's General Secretary Evelyne
Schellekens. We congratulate the golden, silver and bronze boys!! She stressed in her speech towards the
candidates and the experts that everybody should be proud of its participation as selected representatives
for their country for the Electrical Installations competition in Lille!
She stated: "Keep your passion
for your sector and share it with
others, since you are an
example for others that will
choose for a profession within
the
electrical
installation
branch. You all had a unique
experience and you have an
excell note to place on your
forget that!"
Evelyne Schellekens and the 13 CYE-WSE 2014 candidates holding the AIE certificate of Excellence
To all the experts and candidates we would like to say: 'You have shown us that 'Excellence' is not a single
act, but a good habit!
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Two important decisions were made during these three days of competition:
The AIE and Euroskills’ experts agreed to have the AIE – European Association of Electrical Contractors - as
a platform for the experts to communicate and share views and experiences before, during and after the
competition! Secondly, the AIE is thankful to the Euroskills organisation for providing the huge media
coverage! In addition, the AIE as Worldskills Europe associate member stimulates the networking between
members, experts and stakeholders of the installation sector. By daily blogging and posting on AIE’s digital
communication channels, the electrical installation sector is put in the spotlight, whilst enhancing the
visibility of the electrical branch. The AIE encourages everyone to promote and publish both the aie-cye blog
and the facebook page on their own digital media, to show what highly skilled electricians of today can
manage and to what future apprentices can reach for!
As Worldskills Europe stated in their press release:
EuroSkills 2014 wasn’t only about competing for the nearly 90.000 visitors it was about discovering and
trying trades, getting information about training programs and meeting tomorrow’s highly qualified young
European professionals. It was also the place where a lot of European leaders of industry, education and
training came together at different organized seminars, conferences and meetings.
Communication channels:
>BLOG: aie-cye blog | FACEBOOK: facebook page | AIE-CYE webpage: http://www.aie-cye.eu/Intro_1
> Newsslider and infoflashes: www.aie.eu
> View all pictures on Picasaweb: DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | CANDIDATES AND THEIR EXPERTS
Kindly mention when using pictures: © Courtesy AIE2014
02-02: ENERGY POLICY
> Some facts:
- Today, the EU imports 53% of the energy it consumes.
- Energy dependence relates to crude oil (almost 90%), to natural gas (66%), and to a lesser extent to solid
fuels (42%) as well as nuclear fuel (40%). The value of imports is more than 1 billion Euros per day.
- In 2013 energy supplies from Russia accounted for 42% of EU natural gas imports and 33% of oil imports.
Both the European Energy Security Strategy and the 2030 Policy Framework on Climate and Energy have
now been submitted to the European Council. Conclusions from the Heads of State or Government on the
first have been made at the European Council Meeting of last 23 October (see next article 02-03).
> Timeline:
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October 2014: Member states decide on the energy efficiency targets in the EU Council
September 2014: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon hosts climate summit in New York
October 2014: European Council expected to agree 2030 climate and energy targets
December 2014: UNFCCC Climate Summit in Lima, Peru
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Dec. 2015: UNFCCC Climate Summit in Paris expected to agree outline of global legally-binding
climate treaty
2017: Next review of the measures on energy efficiency planned by the Commission
2020: Deadline for EU to meet target of 20% greenhouse gas reduction as measured against 1990
levels, a 20% share for renewable energy in the bloc's energy mix, and a non-binding goal of a 20%
energy efficiency improvement, measured against 2005 levels
02-03: ADOPTION OF THE CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE FOR 2030 BY EU HEADS OF
MEMBER STATES: ENERGY COMPROMISE
Last Thursday night (23 October) the EU heads of Member states adopted the Climate and Energy
Package for 2030 and concluded to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40%, and to increase
energy efficiency and renewables by at least 27%.
The efficiency and renewables targets were however watered down compared to the European
Commission and European Parliament’s ambitions. The EC had called for an energy efficiency goal of
30%. That was reduced to 27% across the EU. The EU level target is indicative which means is not legally
binding at the national level or EU level.
The renewables target of at least 27% is binding at EU-wide level but, after opposition from countries such
as the United Kingdom, it will not be binding at national level.
The AIE had called for a binding Energy Efficiency Target as this is the proven cost-effective potential for the
EU. AIE believes the EU's role is to create the overall framework of the EU energy market but the effective
and concrete measures/ actions should be decided and carried out at national level with a sector-specific
approach.
The Council conclusions indicate that the Commission will propose ‘priority sectors in which significant
energy efficiency gains can be reaped and ways to address them’. Buildings represent 40% of all energy
consumed in the EU and should therefore feature as the top priority sector to be addressed in upcoming
legislation revision, namely with Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings
Directive. Buildings play a major role in the EU’s energy dependence and high import costs.
In this context the AIE advocates that following policy measures are needed to foster energy efficiency in
buildings:
- The use of the primary energy factor should be reviewed as it distorts the end-user choices regarding his
energy consumption
- Enhance the role of ICT in buildings: real energy efficiency should be monitored and measured by looking
at the energy bill before and after improvements; it reflects real consumption and makes it possible to
estimate the savings made.
- The important role of automation should be recognized in the energy efficiency in buildings. Standard EN
15232 supports communication in defining the level of automation in buildings.
- Locally (in the same building or same neighborhood) produced renewable electrical energy should not be
forgotten as a part of the whole solution in the battle against the greenhouse gases.
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In order to untap the energy efficiency potential in buildings, the EU should pave the way for new financing
models to develop wide-scale renovation programmes to reach the 3% target. A major renovation program,
amounting only to a quarter of what Member States currently spent on energy imports (EU Members States
collectively spend €1.1bn every day on energy imports), could put Member States on the right track to
reduce the energy demand of the building stock in the EU by 80% by 2050.
Interconnectivity
Agreement was also reached on increasing the interconnectivity of Europe’s energy markets.
Interconnectivity is an important part of the EU’s plans for Energy Union, which is partly intended to wean
some member states off their dependence on Russian gas.
Energy security
Regarding energy security in the context of the Ukraine crisis, EU leaders endorsed further actions to reduce
the EU's energy dependence and increase its energy security for both electricity and gas. Without going into
detail, EU leaders agreed to implement critical projects of common interest in the gas sector, such as the
North-South corridor, the Southern Gas Corridor, and the promotion of a new gas hub in Southern Europe.
Also mentioned were key infrastructure projects enhancing Finland's and the Baltic States' energy security.
These countries were singled out as the most vulnerable in the case of a complete disruption of Russian gas
supplies.
Monitoring process
The European Commission will monitor progress on the issue and will report on financing possibilities. The
Council invited the executive to make legislative proposals on funding, if appropriate.
The conclusions of the EU Summit should send a clear message to big polluters such as China and the
United States ahead of UN talks in Paris in December 2015 to agree global legally binding greenhouse gas
emissions.
02-04: IEA REPORT: GLOBAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY MARKET ‘AN INVISIBLE POWERHOUSE’ WORTH
AT LEAST USD 310 BILLION PER YEAR
Energy efficiency gains are surpassing fuel consumption in some countries, according to a report released
on 8 October by the International Energy Agency (IEA).In 2011, energy efficiency savings in 11 countries,
including France, Sweden and the United Kingdom, “effectively displaced a continent’s energy demand” the
IEA said. Savings from improvements in energy efficiency reached the equivalent of 1.3 billion tons of oil
(Mtoe), exceeding the total final consumption for all energy sources combined in the EU. Estimated savings
for the 11 countries amounted to 56 exajoules, worth $743 billion (about €586 billion) given an average
price of energy at $13.96 per gigajoule.
Efficiency improved the most in the residential sector, where energy demand declined by 5% from 2001
levels among the 18 countries analysed. The EU, alongside Japan, achieved the lowest level of energy
intensity (units of energy needed to produce one unit of GDP) of all developed economies, thanks in part to
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a favourable policy mix, notably the ecodesign and energy labelling directives. Energy security is an
increasingly hot topic within the EU due to the Ukraine crisis. That led to fears that Russia would turn off the
taps to its gas supplies. Energy prices increased between 11% and 52% in individual countries between 2001
and 2011, according to the IEA.
The report found that energy efficiency related industries are growing. Ireland’s exports of products such as
insulation surged 66% from 2010 to 2012. Another example is the Netherlands, where the industry has
grown by 9% each year since 1995 and its goods and services were valued at €4.1 billion in 2012.
A Bloomberg Energy Finance survey on energy efficiency in the UK showed today that confidence levels of
energy efficiency suppliers are at an all time high and that consumer trends such as a shift in expectations
toward longer payback periods and the increasing use of alternative finance models are also favourable.
The IEA said that “increased focus on the issues of energy security, economic growth, sustainable
development and climate change mitigation, which can each be enhanced through improved energy
efficiency, is likely to support a continued growing emphasis on this ‘first’ fuel."
On 23 October, EU member states decided on a binding or indicative target for energy efficiency as part of
its 2030 climate package | IEA press release
02-05: BERLIN APPROVES NEW INCENTIVES FOR ELECTRIC CAR DRIVERS
The German government passed a new law on electro-mobility on Wednesday 24 September,
including perks for electric car drivers, such as parking privileges, permission to use bus lanes and special
transit access. However, environmentalists are unhappy. The new measure is expected to come into effect
in early 2015 and is set to expire on 30 June 2030.
Its scope covers battery powered vehicles, as well as especially environmentally friendly, externally
chargeable hybrid cars, and fuel cell vehicles. For plug-in hybrids, carbon dioxide emissions are capped at
50g per kilometer or a minimum 30km range on purely electric power (40km starting in 2018).
Free parking and access to bus lanes
Under the new law, vehicles approved in Germany are intended to receive special identification via their
number plates. Cars approved outside the country are also expected to be given certain benefits. Because
they cannot receive a German number plate, the legislation says they will be identified by a special sticker.
This is meant to ensure that electric vehicles can be easily recognised in traffic by police and others on the
road. The law will also give municipalities the possibility to reserve parking spaces at charging stations for
electric vehicles as well as provide free parking.
"With our electro-mobility law, we are creating additional incentives for electro-mobility," explained
German Transportation Minister Alexander Dobrindt. "In the future, municipalities will be able to choose
how to locally promote the use of electric cars, such as offering free parking or special transit rights. In
addition, electric vehicles will be identifiable to anyone at a glance thanks to individual labelling. Because of
the growing selection of e-models on the market, and the growing number of e-cars on the roads, sales will
continue to rise."
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Auto industry pleased
The Automobile Industry Association (VDA) welcomed the new measure and said it expects a boost for
electro-mobility. Germany is well-positioned with regard to electro-mobility. In no other country car dealers
do have such a large selection of electric models. International assessments show: Compared to other
countries offering electric cars, Germany's auto industry is at the top of the list," VDA's president Matthias
Wissmann commented. By the end of the year, 17 production models made in Germany will be released on
the market. 12 more will follow in 2015.
The German Transport Forum (DVF) also welcomed the fresh legislation: "Now it is important to get evehicles into the fleets of companies and public officials. This has the beneficial side-effect that a market is
created, in which used electric cars become available much more cheaply to private users after 2 years. But
to do this, there must be a procurement initiative at the national, regional and municipal levels as well as a
move to introduce special tax write-offs for commercially operated vehicles. And credit programmes with
reduced interest-rate loans for purchasing e-vehicles must be implemented quickly."
02-06: TEST YOUR ICT KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE CONNECT & CONSTRUCT PLATFORM
In addition to the C&C platform, Connect & Construct has set up an online information portal where
construction companies can increase their awareness of the benefits of digital information exchange, learn
how to adapt their business processes to digital collaboration and how to use ICT, and related standards and
protocols to their advantage.
Although there was plenty of information available, it was difficult to find the right information and to
understand how to apply it in a day-by-day working environment. The C&C information portal provides
direction through the maze of ICT systems, standards, communication protocols, initiatives, and everything
else construction companies need to know to use ICT effectively. This is a single online point of entry for
finding this in a clear, accessible and structured way. In addition, construction companies can test their level
of awareness and implementation of ICT, i.e. their ‘digital maturity’, through a self-assessment. Based on
the assessment results, the company receives targeted advice on what steps it should take to use ICT more
effectively.
Check out the information portal yourself at http://www.connectandconstruct.eu/welcome.html.
02-07: EU PVSEC 2014 CONFIRMS FUTURE OF PV AS MAJOR ELECTRICITY SOURCE
The 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2014) closed its doors
on Friday, 26 September 2014. The global PV community gathered in Amsterdam, to conduct business, to
network and to present and discuss the latest developments and innovations in Photovoltaics. 48 % of the
participants at the EU PVSEC 2014 had been represented by R & D specialists and 38 % from the segment
industry and engineering. About 6 % of the participants came from the segment system integration and
energy supply. 3,000 PV professionals from 76 countries attended the Conference Programme, covering the
entire scope of PV technologies and applications. During the EU PVSEC exhibitors from along the PV value
chain presented the latest products and services. The EU PVSEC 2014 highlighted the impact which the
growth of PV will have on our overall energy system.
> Read more | View Key Facts and Figures of the EU PVSEC 2014
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03_ Sector related news
AIE INTERNAL
03-01: NEW DIRECTOR VSEI - SWITZERLAND
After nearly 15 years of loyal services to the Swiss
association VSEI-USEI, Hans-Peter In-Albon,
leaves the leadership of the association. “I am sad
but satisfied, and I am convinced the association
will be in good hands”, testifies Hans-Peter. The
AIE warmly thanks Hans-Peter for his sharp mind
during many discussions and interventions within
the General Secretaries’ meetings and his
willingness to support several AIE Task Forces
with technical Swiss experts, year after year. ‘Auf
Wiedersehen’ Hans-Peter!
Simon Hämmerli has taken over on 1 October, the
leadership of the Association. He is looking
forward to the new challenge and will always
pursue the goal with his high level of commitment
"Added value for the members."
> More info: www.vsei.ch
ON-GOING AIE ACTIVITIES
03-02: SUCCESSFUL SESSION ON COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE REPEATED IN
2015
Further to a most successful meeting amongst General Secretary on information and communication
strategy between AIE and its members, but also on the use of social media in associations (European or
national), a similar meeting was held in Kortenberg for the national communication managers during
August.
The aim of the meeting was triple:
- to enhance the awareness/knowledge of the AIE
- to learn to know better the communication and promotion channels/possibilities with and
for the national member associations
- to look ahead towards use of social media use in association life while illustrating the discussions with
good practices and experiences by national associations.
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The well-stocked agenda recounted the introduction of existing AIE communication channels and new facts
on social media with reference to the updated facts and figures by Kellen Europe’s report on Social media
for 2014. Additionally, the main part of the meeting went to exchanging best practices from Finland,
Germany, Denmark and Sweden :
Paula Ihamäki, Communication Director and Mikko Arvinen, web editor/designer of STUL Finland talked
e.g. about a new marketing concept/project ‘blogger-co-operation within Sähkötreffit-service’ and their
experience with You Tube and the Facebook – STUL/Finland pages called ’Sähköala.fi’, meaning ’electrical
branch and sector’. Support for contractors in consumer business > Sähkö= Electric and Treffit = Date.
Mirko Krebs representative of the German management board of ZVEH, Germany explained The Social
Media Activities of the german electrical contractor association within the known E-Zubis channels on
Facebook, Blog and You Tube. Watch the latest video on E-Zubis: http://youtu.be/BcStJ2UE4SI
Bent Bøkman, Head of Communications, TEKNIQ Denmark mentioned EUX I DK (website seen in Google
translation) on vocational education amongst other issues as ’10 truth on Social Media’.
Monica Berling, Communication Manager, EIO, Sweden talked about the latest marketing issues and EIO’s
vision within the discussion to use social media or not.
Paula Ihamäki [left] listening to a discussion between Bent
Bøkman, Head of Communications TEKNIQ, Denmark] and
Monica Berling, Pictures taken by Mikko Arvinen, Finland.
Mirko Krebs [right], representative of the German
management board of ZVEH and Carla Cox [AIE
communication]
listening
to
Monica
Berling,
communication manager of EIO, Sweden.
The meeting was closed with ‘Ten recommendations by Kellen Europe’s report and five questions for
Social media success’.
The aim for following meetings remains to stimulate the interactive communication possibilities between
AIE and its member associations and to search information or promote national activities or campaigns.
Kindly contact Carla Cox at [email protected] to join the Doodle invitation for the next meeting in February
2015 and/or communication group for future meetings if you aren’t already involved within the
communication group.
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04_ Future events http://www.aie.eu/aie/page/Events
Please don’t forget to take a look on the AIE website soon for future AIE meetings in 2014/2015
04-01 SAVE THE DATE(S) 2014/2015:
21.10.2014
Launch of the IEA report on Energy efficiency markets and multiple benefits
28/31.10.2014
Matelec in Spain
06.11.2014
AIE technical task force meeting in Oslo
13.11.2014
Stakeholders meeting on power cables
20.11.2014
Conference Connect and Construct
26.11.2014
AIE General Secretaries meeting in Brussels
27.11.2014
AIE Policy Coordination Committee meeting
... 02.2015
Social media group meet in Brussels/Kortenberg (tbc)
30.04.2015
Experts CYE-WSE meet in Brussels/Kortenberg (tbc)
> More event news? Double check: Other European events
05_ Publications – check new AIE and related publications at our library on ISSUU
AIE members and other related organisations from the electrical value chain are invited to inform us on
interesting articles, brochures, scientific reports that can be added to our AIE online ISSUU Library!
05-01: PV GRID WEBSITE AND DATABASE
The overall goal of the PV GRID Project is to help reduce the legal, administrative and regulatory barriers
that are delaying or complicating the large scale integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems on electricity
distribution infrastructures across Europe. PV GRID is a project funded by the European Commission’s
Intelligent Energy for Europe programme. www.pvgrid.eu
The European country map summarises the results of the quantitative assessment of national frameworks
for developing PV installations. This tool gathers detailed data on project development processes in 16 EU
countries, rating how “smart” these are in each country for three PV system market segments:
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Residential
Commercial
Industrial ground-mounted
In each segment, a general evaluation of the national market status and a quantitative assessment of each
process step is provided, along with estimates of time leads and costs: http://www.pvgrid.eu/database.html
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05-02: EPIA: OVERVIEW OF SUPPORT SCHEMES EXTENDED AND REVAMPED
EPIA has extended, updated and revamped its quarterly overview of
support schemes in Europe. The overview provides a synthetic, though
complete overview of existing support schemes for PV in 31 countries in
Europe (EU 28, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine).
Click on the picture or download the short pdf version here
05-03: NEW VISUAL IDENTITY OF GCI-UICP - GCP EUROPE
GCI-UICP strives to become the EU's principal interlocutor for smarter, more sustainable, and innovative EU
policies for the Building Services Engineering Sector for plumbing and HVAC under the new name GCP
Europe, as adopted by the General Assembly in Dublin - 26th of September 2014.
GCP Europe will be the spokesman of its members in Brussels with main values as trust, transparant
legislation, qualification of personnel, sustainability and mobilisation and thus strenghten its new logo
with the strapline: "The voice of €fficient building engineering service."
Secretary-General Thijs de
Wolff explained to AIE that
this new public face will
better reflect the activities
of the big majority of GCP's
national
member
associations.
"...
It
is
imperative to adequately face the environmental and demographic challenges of the future by applying
ambitious energy and climate solutions in our sector" ... After modifications within the Official Journal in
Brussels, the logo and new website will be launched in due time.
The AIE congratulates GCP Europe with the fresh new look! Both secretariats will meet by the end of
October/beginning of November to talk about - amongst other common issues - the joint Council of
Delegates in Edinburgh and to introduce GCP's new assistant: Alina Burlacu. Welcome Alina!
Download the complete Press Release here to discover GCP's mission, vision and future values.
European Association of Electrical Contractors
“ELECTRICITY SURROUNDS US – TOUCHES EVERY ONE OF US, EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE. Who we are: The AIE – the European
Association of electrical contracting companies - represents through its 20 national member associations about 175,000 specialist
contracting companies employing about 1,000,000 workers in the EU-countries and beyond. The AIE represents companies from all
sizes, the big majors and a majority of small and medium size enterprises [SME]. AIE member companies have an in-depth knowledge
and high-quality expert skills to carry out all kind of electrical engineering and infrastructure works [high, medium and low voltage]. The
overall turnover of the sector is approximately 75 billion Euros. Monitoring the EU agenda/Directives relevant for the electrical sector, the
AIE points out the key strategies and main priorities for the modern electrical contractor. With the increasing complexity of technical
installations, the private consumer and house owners are becoming more and more dependent on the knowledge and creativity of the
electrical contractor. He is an expert adviser who is able to explain to the client the possibilities and advantages of new technology in a
technical and environmental way. Kindly visit our website: www.aie.eu or contact us at [email protected].
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