Sofia Energy Agency – SOFENA, with the kind support and in cooperation with the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), organized the last business breakfast for young and start-up SMEs within the project START2ACT, which took place in the hall of BIA in Sofia, on 17 November, 2017.

29 representatives of 20 companies and organizations from the capital have participated in the event – mainly start-ups and young SMEs.

SOFENA team has demonstrated the opportunities that the involvement in project activities offers and has invited the business representatives to join the platform, to register for e-learning and to participate in the autumn energy saving competition.

The followed discussions have been on topics as staff motivation and the follow-up project activities. The participants also shared their experience in saving energy on the workplace.

SOFENA hosted the two-day third meeting of the SMARTEL project consortium on 23 and 24 October 2017, which took place at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) Learning Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources. The aim of the meeting was to finalize the already developed training materials and discuss the development of the online training system – SMARTEL MOOC. The partners got familiar with some of the latest and most modern methods of energy efficient equipment.