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Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Kemerovo Region Governor Sergei Tsivilev chaired a videoconference meeting of the working group on preparing a State Council meeting on energy saving and enhancing energy efficiency in Russia.

Reports at the meeting were delivered by State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Svetlana Ivanova, Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anatoly Yanovsky, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Aizatullin, and representatives of St Petersburg, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and Sakhalin Region.

The participants discussed issues of energy saving and enhancing energy efficiency in the housing sector during construction and capital repairs, and analysed relevant, highly necessary trends and measures. Special attention was given to the regions’ best practices.

Following the meeting, proposals will be prepared on measures in the housing sector during construction and capital repairs that will be included in the state programme, as well as proposals on these issues to be considered at the State Council meeting.