The basis for developing the fully wrought energy efficiency measures included in the SEAPs of USAID Project partner cities were the results of energy audits conducted in major sectors of the municipal infrastructure. The study was conducted by the leading experts of Ukraine who, together with the specialists of the City Executive Committee and communal utilities, have developed several dozen investment proposals collected in the catalogs of investment projects. For each project included in the SEAP, the experts on financial investments and strategic planning identified the best financing sources and strategy. Chernihiv Sustainable Energy Action Plan for 2012-2023 was approved by a City Council decision on 4 June 2015.

The implementation of all SEAP measures before 2023 will allow the municipality to: save 56.8 mln m3 of natural gas, reduce CO2 emissions by 297,000 t/year or 23% of the baseline year 2008 (total reduction of emissions will be 1.49 mlnt), save 1.023 mln MWh of energy. It is expected that the cost of energy resources consumption will fall by UAH 219 mln.