On September 26, St. Petersburg hosted the regional festival of energy savings, #Togetherisbrigther. The festival was held on the campus site of the Higher School of management, "Mikhailovskaya dacha," in Peterhof.

The UNDP-GEF project, "Building energy efficiency in the North-West of Russia," supported the preparation and execution of the festival. Chief Technical Advisor for the implementation of the Project's educational component, A. Moskalyov, actively participated in the work of the discussion club, "Impact of standards of production, performance of works and providing services for the efficiency of energy savings measures." During the discussion, the main results of the Project were presented to participants in terms of developing training standards for energy efficiency.

The exhibition of the regional project on the boulevard of energy efficient technologies, interactive programs, games, intellectual competition on energy savings and other activities attracted a great interest of the young people. It has been confirmed that it is the correct approach of the Project team for the orientation training mainly for a youth audience.

At the festival, the Saint-Petersburg branch of the Interregional Centre for professional training on energy efficiency (North-West centre for integrated energy efficiency and energy savings at Saint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design) was awarded with the diploma for winner of the regional round of IV national competition of implemented projects in the field of energy savings and energy efficiency (ENES) in the nomination "The Best demonstration centre of energy efficiency."