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PREFACE
In November 1993, the National Research Council (NRC), the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and the Romanian Academy co-sponsored a workshop on “Energy Planning, Management, and Efficiency in a Local Context. ” This activity sought to build on the findings and recommendations of a November 1992 NRC-Romanian Workshop on “Development and Efficient Use of Energy Resources” by expanding the contacts Central European energy specialists have with U.S. energy experts and practitioners. The specific goals of this workshop were to examine planning, management, and efficiency in the Bulgarian, Romanian, and U.S. energy sectors.
This publication summarizes the meetings and visits held during the workshop, including the final discussions of the three American-Bulgarian-Romanian working groups. Therefore, the views expressed in this publication are those of the individual meeting participants and the working groups and do not represent the views of any official organization or agency, including the National Research Council.
The NRC expresses its appreciation to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Romanian Academy for co-sponsoring this workshop. Special thanks also go to Stephen Deets (National Research Council), Joanne Angle (Pacific Northwest Laboratory), and many colleagues in New York for their efforts in organizing this workshop and to Terri Gilbride (Pacific Northwest Laboratory), without whose extraordinary efforts this report never would have been completed. Financial support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is also gratefully acknowledged.