Welcome to EurActiv readers

Dear Colleague:

Welcome to Leonardo ENERGY, the premier web site delivering a range of virtual libraries relating to electrical energy. Managed by European Copper Institute and involving over 140 partners, Leonardo ENERGY is dedicated to building information centres to serve designers, engineers, contractors, architects, general managers, regulators, journalists, teachers and students.

This website is also the home of the Sustainable Energy Blog, running since July 2005. Each working day, the blog offers a morning post on sustainable energy. For example:

• Jan 16: the EU's energy package
• Jan 2: the Stern review
• Oct 24: the energy efficiency action plan

As a new user, here are five simple actions to get you started with our initiative:

1. Read the about page
2. Join our community of over 1000 sustainable energy professionals by registering as a user
3. Subscribe to over 20 mailing lists for our eMagazine
4. Download the eLibrary, providing free access to over 200 sustainable energy publications from your desktop
5. Check our upcoming webinars on sustainable energy

Further opportunities to get involved:

1. Join one of our communities of practice, e.g. the Energy Technology Watch, the Energy Policy Platform or the Energy Efficiency Reflection Group (prior registration required)
2. Participate to the peer-to-peer forum
3. Comment on posts

We hope our initiative meets your expectations.

Regards,

Hans De Keulenaer
Manager - Leonardo ENERGY Initiative