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2013 Best Practice Selection
Covenant Signatories
Buildings, equipments, facilities
Sustainable Järva Refurbishment Project
STOCKHOLM (SE)
- Optimisation of heating and ventilation
systems,
- Conversion to district heating heat
pumps and biomass,
- Installation of solar panels,
- Improvement of the insulation (facades
and windows),
- Development of an extensive network of
bicycle paths.
Implementation time frame: 2008-2015
CO2 reduction: 27,500 tonnes/a
Energy Savings: 220,000 MWh/a
Efficient & Renewable Street Lighting
CARLOFORTE (IT)
The Municipality of Carloforte is taking
action to improve energy efficiency and
introduce integrating solar power street
lighting. Existing lights have been
replaced by more efficient ones (LED)
which are directly powered by PV panels
and equipped with light intensity controls.
CO2 reduction: 109 tonnes/a
Energy savings: 224 MWh/a
Cost: 825,000 €
Low energy building renovation
GÖTEBORG (SE)
Katjas Gata 119 is a residential building
with 16 rental apartments which was built
in 1971 as part of the Swedish ‘Million
Programme’.
As a result of the building’s renovation
carried out in 2009, the energy use was
considerably reduced from 178 kWh/m2 to
50-60kWh/m2. The residents also benefit
from an improved indoor environment.
CO2 reduction: 16 tonnes/a
Energy savings: 160 MWh/aEnergy-efficient Street Lighting
VIGNOLA (IT)
- Lamp replacement (80% of the
equipments replaced by new highly
efficient devices),
- New public lighting plan, defining better
lighting standards & relying on energy-
efficient technologies, low maintenance
cost, smart applications and video
surveillance.
Implementation time frame: 2012-2020
CO2 reduction: 417 tonnes/a
Energy Saving: 594 MWh/a
Cost: € 4,000,000 – The money saved on energy bills was used to cover the initial
investment!Transport
Electric bicycles for free public use
ÁGUEDA (PT)
The Municipality of Águeda has invested
in 10 e-bikes and parking areas, a central
station with a micro-generation PV panel
and a monitoring system (WiMAX).
The electric bicycle scheme was put in
place in 2011. To date, some 160 people
are part of it, and over 4,000 trips have
been made over about 20,000 km.
CO2 reduction: 3 tonnes/a
Energy savings: 9 MWh/a
Renewable energy produced: 1 MWh/a
Cost: 22,000 €Elaboration of a Workplace Mobility Plan
BRUSSELS (BE)
The Workplace Mobility Plan (WMP)
promotes sustainability in business
transport processes and employee
commuting.
Over the past three years, the
introduction of the WMP has led to an
estimated 5% reduction in the modal
share of car trips (workplace - home
journeys).
CO2 reduction: 25,000 tonnes/aLocal energy production
Heat recovery from unused low-potential heat flows
RIGA (LT)
Installation of a 2-MWh absorption heat
pump technology with closed-loop system
in the municipal district heating network
(company JSC “RIGAS SILTUMS”) to
improve the energy efficiency of the
Imanta cogeneration plant.
Implementation time frame: 2010-2015
CO2 reduction: 1,170 tonnes/a
Energy Savings: 6,067 MWh/a
Cost: €900,000Use of solar energy for the municipal swimming pool
PILEA-HORTIATIS (GR)
Installation of solar thermal panels on the
roof of the municipal swimming pool for
water heating and overall user needs.
Funding sources: Ministry of
Environment, Energy and Climate change
Implementation time frame: 2012
CO2 reduction: 16 tonnes/a
Renewable energy production: 80
MWh/a
Cost: €67,650Other
PV campaign & Solar Atlas – catching the sun!
HANNOVER (DE)
- Objective: installation of 1 million m2 of
solar modules by 2020,
- Publication of a ‘Solar Atlas’ to inform home
owners about the solar suitability of their
rooftops,
- Free consulting services offered to citizens &
investors.
Implementation timeframe: 2001-2020
CO2 reduction: 86,500 tonnes/a
Renewable energy production: 11,900MWh/a
Cost: 500,000 €Covenant Territorial Coordinators
Methods and tools
Methods and Tools
The Girona Province (ES) has developed a methodology for the
BEI and SEAP preparation, dedicated to the signatory
municipalities of its territory. This includes providing them with a
reference SEAP document and guidelines to conduct an analysis
of the municipal equipment and public lighting.
The Province of Rome (IT) developed a set of guidelines, which serves
as a reference tool for all the municipalities involved in the Covenant
and proposes a common methodological approach for all the phases of
the SEAP process.Methods and Tools
The Province of Torino (IT) has developed a web-based application to
collect and manage energy data of public buildings, public lighting and
facilities. This application, named ENERCLOUD, is based on the data-
mining system. The tool helps them to collect energy bills and outline the
energy status of the analysed facility thanks to a benchmarking feature.
The Barcelona Province (ES) has developed a monitoring system,
based on an Excel spread sheet, that is both suitable for major cities
and small municipalities. It is flexible enough to include estimated or
real data and results are presented in a report format. The Province
also provides specific technical and financial support to signatory
municipalities to implement “low cost” measures.Methods and Tools The Province of Venice (IT) has developed a support document, defining a common methodology for drafting, implementing and monitoring SEAPs, taking into account the specific provincial context. This guidebook includes: the energy potentials in the Province as well as specific guidance for the BEI elaboration. The Province has also adopted a common web tool (R3EcoGIS) to collect and manage energy data at municipal and provincial levels.
Financing schemes
Innovative financial schemes
The Abruzzo Region (IT) has allocated €35million from the 2007-2013
Regional Operational Programme (ERDF) for measures contributing to
competitiveness of the regional productive system. In particular, €28million of
the total (80%) was allocated to the implementation of energy efficiency
measures and GHG emissions reductions.
So far the province of Alicante (ES) has invested €295,700 in the development
of the Baseline Emission Inventories and Sustainable Energy Action Plans for
76 municipalities, home to between 20,000 and 50,000 inhabitants. This has
led to a further investment of €50,000 to finance the first implementation steps
of the said plans.Innovative financial schemes
The Province of Genova (IT), together with the Commerce Chamber and a
local bank, promotes the energy retrofitting of private buildings through an
Energy Service Company (ESCo) mechanism - without investments from
the citizens. The development of information campaigns and free energy
audits for buildings are also foreseen in the framework of the “Condomini
intelligenti” (Intelligent Buildings) project.
The Sardinia Region (IT) created a €70million JESSICA holding fund for
financing projects on the island. In particular, half of this sum was devoted to
urban renewal and regeneration in Sardinia’s main provincial capitals. The
other €35million were allocated to the “Sardinia CO2.0” project designed to
improve energy efficiency by financing integrated municipal projects that
include a renewable energy component.Awareness raising
Awareness-raising tools The Girona Provincial Council (ES) has launched a new website dedicated to the Covenant of Mayors, providing relevant information about the initiative but also promoting its activities as Covenant Territorial Coordinator to support signatories in the region. It includes all technical and methodological resources, as well as best practices.
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