July 17th, 2008

Hungary’s first “green” conference center opens in Szentendre

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Hungary’s first conference center with zero carbon-dioxide emissions was recently opened in Szentendre, reports Napi.hu.

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is a brownfield investment of nearly €2 million, financed by the Italian government and the EEA fund. It is based 100% on renewable energy sources such as geothermal and solar energy. It also functions as a miniature power plant, forwarding the excess energy is produces to electricity company Elmű.

In the two-story center there is an 80-seat and a 120-seat conference room, a library and a small meeting room.

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