“Armenian Green Technologies Center” Foundation

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The Armenian Green Technologies Center was established in , in March 2016.

It is a new foundation in the sphere of Renewable Energy and Energy Efciency, concentrating the long-standing experience of its founding partners in implementing “green” projects throughout , particularly in the Marz of Shirak.

OUR VISION The “Armenian Green Technologies Centre” Foundation intends to serve as a know-how platform and service point for all those persons, organizations, businesses and public institutions in Shirak Marz and beyond interested in “Green Energy”. Thereby, it strives to become one of the leading organizations in the Republic of Armenia in the sphere of renewable energy and energy efciency, which has a signicant contribution in green technologies, renewable energy, energy efciency and environmental approaches/ideas and dissemination of information, research, education and training of professionals, introduction and dissemination of green technologies. OUR CORE VALUES The “Armenian Green Technologies Centre” Foundation is guided by the principles of public usefulness, social responsibility, mutually benecial partnership and fair competition. OUR GOALS • Development of the renewable energy and energy saving sectors in Armenia. • Raising public awareness on green technologies widespread and engagement of the community representatives in production, installation and use of these technologies. • Expansion of the number of professionals in the eld of green technologies and provision of permanent information on recent innovations and new technologies in these sectors. • Increase the number of business entities operating in these elds, and contribution to the establishment of a competitive environment. • Contribution to the resolution of social and economic issues in Armenia.

OUR MAIN STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Design and manufacturing, installation, adjustment, and maintenance of technologies, equipment and systems in the elds of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efciency (EE). 2. Energy efcient reconstruction of buildings by application of EE technologies, increase of EE in buildings. 3. Introduction, adaptation, elaboration and application of new technologies in the sector of agriculture and environmental protection. 4. Scientic research in the eld of green technologies, provision of training and consultation, organization of discussions, conferences and seminars. 5. Cooperation with international donor organizations, state and local government bodies, directed to the elaboration and implementation of joint projects on development of green technologies in Armenia.

The Center was established within the frame of the project “Green Energy for Green Socio-Economic Progress” - Minimizing social and economic hardship of the rural population and rural communities in Shirak region of Armenia by promoting multi-purpose renewable energy systems and “green” income-generation sources”, funded by the European Union and Austrian Development Cooperation. AGTC SERVICES AGTC provides professional consultation and training, research as well as installation services of RES/ EE technologies for public, business and private needs: • Elaboration, installation and maintenance of solar hot water supply and heating systems, • Elaboration, installation and exploitation of RES/ EE combined efcient heating systems, • Design, installation and maintenance of photovoltaic stations, • Energy efcient reconstruction of buildings by application of EE/RES technologies, • Monitoring of the projects with application of RES /EE technologies, • Consultation on RES/EE elds, • Conducting research on the RES/EE elds, • Professional development and training projects in the RES/EE elds. In addition, AGTC offers products range such as: • Production of RES/EE consumer goods with the application of machine and instrument resources, • Production of solar dryers (for production of dried fruit,b erries, herbs, and vegetables), • Production of dried fruit with the application of solar energy technologies, • Elaboration, construction and exploitation of greenhouses with the application of RES technologies, • Mathematic modeling and production of micro-controllers for solar heating, solar photovoltaic energy supply, and “smart house” systems, • Elaboration and production of tailor-made models of RES/EE technology systems and equipment for specic purposes. The “Armenian Green Technologies Center” Foundation possesses a wide range of professional literature, equipment, systems, and samples and has a staff of trained professionals with various educational backgrounds for continuous introduction, promotion, advocacy and development of practical benets of RES/EE technologies. Interested persons are invited to visit Armenian Green Technologies Center and get a personal impression of the functionality and effectiveness of various “green” systems.

- The premises of AGTC themselves serve as an example for an energy-efcient and smart ofce building based on photovoltaic, solar and other “smart” controlling devices. - Visitors can also test various operating models and schemes of RES/EE displayed at the Center (e.g. “cool storage – warm house”, “solar fruit dryer”, “solar milk pasteurizer”, “solar LED”).

PRACTICAL EXAMPLES The AGTC has already designed, installed and/or implemented various “green” facilities in more than 20 communities of Shirak region, for instance: - - thermal insulation of common areas of a multi-apartment building. - – Combined solar and photovoltaic system for heating and hot water supply of kindergarten. - – Combined solar and photovoltaic system for fruit drying, heating and hot water supply for community / cooperative center. - Basen – Biogas system complementing other green facilities (such as greenhouse heating systems and solar water heaters for community kindergarten). - – Photovoltaic system for operating water pump and irrigation network. - – Solar pump / Solar air heater and dryer for abstracting water from well for irrigation and drying fruits. - Qeti / Poqrashen / Alvar / - Community street lighting with energy-efcient lamps.

All the professionals of the center will kindly assist you and provide explanations regarding RES/EE technologies. They will present and explain their application, advantages and distinctive features.

AGTC engineers and economists will answer all your questions and assist you to conduct necessary calculations and make grounded decisions regarding the production of solar photovoltaic energy for private or business purposes, organization of solar water supply, thermal insulation of your house/ofce/production building, appropriate choice of lighting system, selection of solar fruit dryers, “smart houses” as well as regarding other RES/EE advanced technologies.

Moreover, AGTC also provides information on the design, selection of the equipment, providers, nancial sources, installation as well as maintenance of RES/EE systems and technologies. For more information please call or visit “Armenian Green Technologies Center” Foundation Address: city Gyumri, str. Karen Demirchyan, 3rd Lane, house 14 Tel: + (374) 93 221203; + (374) 77 993477 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://agtc.am/

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