Polkowice is an unusual town where the impossible becomes possible. Is there another way to comment on the fact that this small mining commune has entered the race for the title of Poland’s eco energy centre and won it?

LIM Center is one of the highest buildings in Warsaw. It houses a five-star hotel, Warsaw Marriott, with modern conference facilities and elegant restaurants, as well as A-class office space.

For the second time running Kujawsko-Pomorskie province took part in the Expo Real 2009 International Commercial Property Exhibition in Munich. The region’s most attractive investment openings were presented jointly by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Investor Assistance Centre, an arm of the Province Chairman’s Office, and officials from commercial units in the town councils of Kujawsko-Pomorskie’s four main cities – Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Grudziądz and Włocławek.

With a population of nearly 180,000 residents located in the north-east of Poland, Olsztyn is the capital of Warmia and Masuria Province, a land of a thousand lakes. The city where the famous Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus lived and worked, is half way between Warsaw (220m) and Gdańsk (180 km).

Częstochowa is a city with the highest development potential in Poland. It is located in the pan-European North-South transport corridor, near two international airports, has a rich infrastructure, very well educated personnel, high level of public services and is close to Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska limestone hills, one of the most picturesque areas in Europe.

Poland’s Silesia industrial basin began to experience troubles in the early 1990s. Dominated by raw-material-based heavy industry, the region now had to close down plants which had lost their markets, the effect of which was soaring unemployment. One of the tools with which Silesia hoped to speed up reforms was the Katowice Special Economic Zone (Katowicka Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna, KSSE).

More than 40% of energy in Europe is used in buildings. That use could be markedly reduced. We can currently save more than 20% of energy in a way that is cost effective. What can that mean for us? Lower costs, greater comfort, less pressure on the environment, development of new economic fields and new job places – these are only some of the advantages of introducing sustainable construction.

Mazovia Province is one of the fastest developing regions in the country. Its policies are focused on cohesion between Warsaw and the rest of the Province and on support of balanced development. A series of concessions and tax exemptions draws local and foreign investors to Mazovia. It is evident that Mazovian enterprises are striving to be innovative and competitive.