Вестник Кольского научного центра РАН. 2010, №1.

Possibility and expediency o f forming production clusters in the North are substantiated, and their role in developing hydrocarbon resources o f the Arctic shelf is shown. The situation being formed is first of all connected to the shelf development and gives all preconditions for the Murmansk region and other regions of the North to become one o f the centers o f cluster dynamics in the Russian Federation already in the nearest 10 years. The main direction of this dynamics will be technological processes and engineering, connected to searching, prospecting and extracting works on the Arctic shelf as well as with processing o f natural gas to finished products with high value added. Another important direction will be raising competitiveness of transportation services, especially those oriented to exports and imports. The main link o f formation o f high- tech centers will be special economic zones. Measures on forming high-tech clusters are proposed to authorities of the northern regions. Keywords: innovative industrial policy, model, the North, infrastructure, cluster M inin V.A. RESOURCE OF NONCONVENTIONAL AND RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY OF MURMANSK REGION AND PRIORITIES OF THEM USE Potential o f solar, wind energy, hydraulic power o f small rivers, energy of sea inflows and waves of the region is studied. Stocks o f peat and bioenergetics resources are estimated. Potential and technical resource o f the listed sources of energy is determined, their advantages and disadvantages, premises of recycling are shown. Priorities o f their practical use for various consumers categories are shown. Keywords: Murmansk region, power resources, nonconventional and renewable sources o f energy Pak A.A. CONDITION OF HOUSING RESOURCES IN RUSSIA AND WAYS OF REDUCING HEAT LOSSES THROUGH OUTER WALLS OF BUILDINGS The paper presents the data of the Russian Statistical Department on the current state o f housing resources in the Russian Federation, on the dynamics o f commissioning o f new dwelling space and increasing proportion of slum and dangerous structures, the conventional structural and technological designs for building envelopes, and the results o f experimental research into the production o f a new composite, multi-layered material with improved thermal characteristics. Keywords: construction, housing resources, energy saving, heat loss, technology, building envelopes, heat-insulating materials, aerated concrete, polystyrene, polystyrene gas concrete SCIENCE CONTRIBUTION IN INDUSTRY Efimov B. V., Baksheev V.P., Klyukin A.M. EXPERIENCE OF ENERGY SAVING AND HEAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCREASING IN AKADEMGORODOK OF APATITY The Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences owns ground areas, buildings and constructions in Murmansk, Apatity and Kirovsk and also on different ranges inside and outside of Murmansk region, up to the base in the archipelago Spitsbergen. Each o f these sections has their special features in the organization o f power supply and energy consumption. Major portion o f the buildings and construction is located in Akademgorodok, which occupies the area of more than 40 ha in Apatity of Murmansk region. In the article is examined the important and most expensive part of the energy efficiency increasing problem - optimization o f state budget expenditures for the heating o f Akademgorodok. Keywords: energy saving, energy yefficiency, district heating, heat energy consumption TERRITORY OF SCIENCE Bashmakova E.P. ECONOMY OF THE NORTHERN DIMENSION OF RUSSIA: THE HISTORY OF FORMATION OF THE NEW SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION For Russia it is getting generally accepted that the North as a whole is a vitally important zone o f the country, rich in natural resources, with a pronounced specificity o f socio-economic development, especially unfavorable nature conditions, a typical set o f climatic impacts on people, machinery and constructions. At the same time the North is a zone o f strategic interests o f Russia as economy o f the North has been naturally intertwined with economy of the whole Russia, and for many years the North creates an economic basis for 145