2013 Best Practice Selection

Covenant Signatories

Buildings,

equipments,

facilities

CO2 reduction: 27,500 tonnes/a

Energy Savings: 220,000 MWh/a

- 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

Sustainable Järva Refurbishment Project STOCKHOLM (SE)

CO2 reduction: 109 tonnes/a

Energy savings: 224 MWh/a

Cost: 825,000 €

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.

CARLOFORTE (IT)

Efficient & Renewable Street Lighting

CO2 reduction: 16 tonnes/a

Energy savings: 160 MWh/a

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.

GÖTEBORG (SE)

Low energy building renovation

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!

- 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

Energy-efficient Street Lighting VIGNOLA (IT)

Transport

CO2 reduction: 3 tonnes/a

Energy savings: 9 MWh/a

Renewable energy produced: 1 MWh/a

Cost: 22,000 €

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.

ÁGUEDA (PT)

Electric bicycles for free public use

CO2 reduction: 25,000 tonnes/a

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).

BRUSSELS (BE)

Elaboration of a Workplace Mobility Plan

Local energy

production

CO2 reduction: 1,170 tonnes/a

Energy Savings: 6,067 MWh/a

Cost: €900,000

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

Heat recovery from unused low-potential heat flows RIGA (LT)

CO2 reduction: 16 tonnes/a

Renewable energy production: 80

MWh/a

Cost: €67,650

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

Use of solar energy for the municipal swimming pool PILEA-HORTIATIS (GR)

Other

CO2 reduction: 86,500 tonnes/a Renewable energy production: 11,900MWh/a Cost: 500,000 €

- 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

PV campaign & Solar Atlas – catching the sun!

HANNOVER (DE)

Covenant Territorial

Coordinators

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.

Methods and Tools

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.

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.

Methods and Tools

Financing

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.

Innovative financial schemes

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.

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.

Innovative financial schemes

Awareness

raising

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.

Awareness-raising tools

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