Supported by the European Commission under the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme

RURal Advice and Support Units for integrated energy management in buildings
a project supported by the European Commission.

DASU (Design and Advice Support Units)
Design and Advice Support Units (DASUs) in rural areas offer various services to consumers, energy and building professionals, and municipalities in order to promote renewable energies and efficient use of energy in the built environment.

Description of the project RURASU
In the project RURASU, the highly successful DASUs PIERIKI in northern Greece and eza!, energie- & umweltzentzrum allgäu in southern Germany generalized their knowledge for the establishments of new DASUs in Scotland (Ayrshire) and Spain (Andalucia).

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downloads general information:
These three documents give a short overview and show the results of the project RURASU:


  RURASU fact sheet (102 KB) The RURASU fact sheet shows the facts and data of the project RURASU.

  RURASU summary slides (70 KB) The RURASU slides give a short overview on the project and ist results.

  RURASU Summary Publishable oriented REPORT (4.556 KB) The RURASU Report shows all important results and lessons learnt within the project.
downloads project results:
D1.3 action agenda for DASU setup (78 KB)
Action Agenda for DASU Setup in Rural Areas
To set up a DASU needs a detailed planing and a balanced proceeding to establish a DASU with a good acceptance among authorities, public, media and professionals. This Action Agenda gives helpful advice to authorities and NGOs fort he Setup of a DASU.
D2.1 setup and operation of DASU (568 KB)
How to set-up Advice and Support Units for the promotion of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in buildings of rural areas - Examples from South Ayrshire, Scotland and Cordillera Subbética, Spain, June 2007"
D2.2 further development of DASU (213 KB)
How to operate Advice and Support Units for the promotion of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in buildings of rural areas - Examples from Pieria, Greece and Allgäu, Germany, June 2007
D2.3 information acquisition tool (1.370 KB)
The Information Acquisition Tool assemblies the various information that is available on renewable energies and energy efficiency issues. Such valuable sources are the Internet, Energy Agencies, Utilities, Companies and former EU projects. The available information was collected and scrutinised for their value in the rural environment. The Tool explains what information sources are available and how to approach the relevant source.

D3.1 requirements of the EC Building Directive FINAL REPORT (547 KB)
Report on requirements of the EC Building Directive and the legislation in Germany, Greece, Scottland and Spain state of the art in June 2007

D3.1 requirements of the EC Building Directive LAST UPDATE OF STATUS QUO IN GREECE (22 KB)
Report on requirements of the EC Building Directive and the legislation in Germany, Greece, Scottland and Spain state of the art in June 2007

D 3.5 Report on the pre-consultation and on-site auditing (504 KB)
RURASU paid attention to the fact that the implementation of the EBPD targets can only be reached through intense consultation and auditing work all over Europe. For this reason, RURASU materialised a certain amount of pre-consultation and on-site auditing actions. This report means to lay the data basis for an exact analysis of the quality of the ongoing consultations and to formulate suggestion to even improve effectiveness and efficiency.


D 3.6 list of educational material for training (370 KB)
A detailed list of all educational material used in all training activities by all RURASU partners is presented, in order to provide a useful educational tool.


D 7.2 study on cost-benefit ratio for rural DASUs in EU 15 and new member states (275 KB)
This study is a detailed cost-benefit analysis, quantifying the energy, cost and CO2 savings associated with DASU operation, as well as an estimate of jobs created. This research gave valuable justification to the benefits of DASUs.

The following software tool is adressed to professional energy actors, especially to building professionals involved in heat systems and integrated building design, including heat system designers, building designers, building engineers and energy auditors. The software tool is designed to calculate the annual and monthly heating and cooling demand, heat gains and losses. It produces charts showing heating and cooling demands and runs sensitivity analyses
D3.3 ComputerTool manual Englisch (320 KB)
D3.3 ComputerTool Englisch (8.619 KB)
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