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At a glance2012


• Introduction

• About energypedia• History• Vision

• How energypedia works• Web 2.0• energypedia – Features• energypedia – Portals & Databases

• Energypedia consult

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• Approximately 2,7 billion people are deprived of clean and energy efficient cooking technologies. Around 1,3 billion have no access to electricity.

• Access to energy is a prerequisite of human development (individual survival, education and health) and a critical input into all economic sectors (household production, farming or industry).

• The wealth and development status is closely correlated to the level of energy access.

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• Wiki* platform on the Internet

• Offering free access to expert information

• On renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries

• Everyone can read, write, edit, and disseminate articles on energypedia

* Wiki = Software for web sites allowing users not only to read but also to directly edit its content online.


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• Internal project wiki: Developed within the Dutch-German energy partnership Energising Development (EnDev) , implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ ) GmbH as internal tool for knowledge and project management.

• energypedia was born: EnDev wiki was relaunched as a separate workspace under the now known name "energypedia" . From there on energypedia can be read and edited by registered users.

• Public launch of energypedia: Energypedia becomes public. Energypedia can be read by unregistered users and its contents can be found via Internet research.

• energypedia becomes independent: Founded as not-for-profit organization, independent from GIZ. Starts working in own office in April 2012.

Today, energypedia counts more than 740 articles* and 1,900 users worldwide

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About energypedia

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• Being a living platform of knowledge on renewable energies and energy efficiency with regard to development cooperation.

• By providing the opportunity to share knowledge, experience and lessons learnt with everyone, energypedia helps to improve energy access all around the world.

Vision:

A world, in which all people have access to clean, modern, renewable energy and make use of it in an efficient way.

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About energypedia


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• Users ≠ passive consumers

• Users create, edit and disseminate content

• Direct user interaction

• Famous applications:

• Social networking sites (e.g. Facebook)

• File sharing sites (e.g. YouTube, Flickr)

• Wikis (e.g. Wikipedia)

• Successful because all users can contribute

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How energypedia works


Based on the Wikipedia-software, which allows users not only to read but also to directly edit its content online:

• Registered users of energypedia generate and maintain its content

• Newsblog

• Event calendar

• Discussion groups

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• Portals allow you a quick introduction into a topic and link to many other related sites

• Currently there are eight portals available on energypedia

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• Productive Use• Mobility

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How energypedia works• Databases allow sorting and searching according to different criteria.

• Data entry according to a predetermined form.

• While a selection of criteria is shown on the overview page, more details can be accessed by clicking on the single product name.


We welcome any contributions in form of articles, d onations or grants!

Thank You!

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65760 EschbornGermany


T: +(49) 6196 / 2029722F: +(49) 6196 / 2029724E: [email protected]

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Energypedia consult is the commercial subsidiary company of the nonprofit energypedia.

Energypedia consult offers different consulting services, i.e. internet-based knowledge management, monitoring & evaluation, PR and advisory services related to renewable energies.

Closed wiki workspaces for project and knowledge management, including:• Monitoring Tools• Calendars• Databases

Energypedia consult

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ePedia consult UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 30-34

65760 EschbornGermany

T: +(49) 6196 / 2029723F: +(49) 6196 / 2029724

E: [email protected]

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