The BEST RESULT Project is mostly dedicated to technical skills development and awareness raising for the implementation of RES and RUE. Dissemination is a central thread to this project, thanks to several tools as publications, web pages, mail outs, seminars and events, training courses, network meetings, press events, international magazine media, etc…

The major foreseen outputs of this project can be grouped in 4 areas:

- High level education and training; technical skills and know-how will be improved through specialized training and advanced courses addressed to professionals and technicians, plus seminars and workshops on particular aspects of RES and technical visits to successful RES installations. The format and the contents of the courses have been shared among all partners and the Steering Committee will help to keep a similar structure and teaching methodology in each teaching module. The E-learning (ODL) platform plays a central role in this project, as a virtual meeting facility, where specific information (teaching modules, documents, etc.) and contacts may be found.

- Studies, analyses and interviews on the RES market; data and results will be collected in a common database. Also Guidelines and Code of Practice on small scale RES applications in buildings will be a common output, unifying the important experience each contributing partner has in diverse RES sectors.

- Information to suppliers; installers, technicians, planners and any RES supply actor (with a particular attention to the SMEs world) will receive information through info-desks, publications, documents on the website, etc…

- Information to general public will be spread in every possible way (info-days for general public, publications, web-site and E-news, conferences, etc.) in order to contribute to the diffusion of a deeper awareness about small scale RES opportunities in buildings.

The website will be the core of all project activities: Partners will share and compare their activities in a dedicated restricted area, while technicians, professional and general public can find information, news and documentation on the project subjects.

Project public deliverables and all collected documents regarding the RES market will be publicly available on the website (clicking on “Deliverables download”). A basic platform with material and experiences from every partner, exportable to further subjects, is in fact available on the web. Available will be also data collected during surveys and studies on the RES market. Moreover, tools as discussion Forum and FAQs will help communication and spreading of information among all actors of the RES market.

The whole BEST RESULT project will permit to reach directly at least 8.000 contacts among suppliers and 10.000 contacts among house owners, consumers and general public. Considering the multiplier effect on participants (many are representing associations and organized groups of stakeholders) and contacted people, the actual number of people receiving information about the RES issues is potentially much higher than the expected results. For example, considering an average multiplier of 3 indirect contacts per direct contact, the total number of contacts would be 64.000.

The project results will be disseminated in a written report as well as an online 30 page summary with visuals and links to further detail on the project website and project partner’s websites.

The most important expected result is an improvement of energy service quality, with better skills and know-how of suppliers, thus better transfer of information and services from suppliers to consumers. This improvement will turn into a wider reduction of costs for energy and decreasing energy supply dependency, as more technically prepared suppliers and more informed consumers will develop a larger RES applications market.

A consequence of these expected results will be a diffuse reduction of CO2 emissions, through energy savings and RES plants.