good practices and tools in barcelona - fontbernat

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Programme of the European Union

Good practices and tools in BarcelonaGood practices and tools in Barcelona

1st Training centralized session1st Training centralized session

CarmeCarme Melcion FontbernatMelcion Fontbernat

Technical Office of Climate Change and SustainabilityTechnical Office of Climate Change and Sustainability

DiputaciDiputacióó de Barcelonade Barcelona

March 26th 2014March 26th 2014



The Covenant of Mayors: Energy planning of the municipality

An EU initiative (2008)

A way to involve LG in the fight against climate change and fulfil EU

commitments :

20/20/20 in 2020Greenhouse emissions reduction: minimum 20%

Energy efficiency increase: 20 %

Renewable energy sources: 20 %



The Covenant of Mayors: Energy planning of the municipality

Greenhouse emission reduction > 20% in 2020(DIBA takes 2005 as baseline year)

• Draft a SEAP and carry out actions proposed

• Monitoring report every 2 years

• Organise Energy days and promotion of the Covenant

LG commitments

•Transport

•Residential sector

•Tertiary sector

• Waste management

•Water cycle energy uses

• Local energy production

MUNICIPALITY

SEAP scope

TOWN COUNCIL

•Industry

•Primary

sector

•Municipal fleet

• Buildings, facilities, infrastructures

• Public lighting and traffic lights

• Water pumping



210 signatories out of 311 municipalities in the province.

195 SEAP already drafted

Support given by Diputació de Barcelona

• SEAP drafting (financing 100%; 3,1M€ spent)

• Implementing actions

• Communication and dissemination

• Monitoring



Actions foreseen in SEAPs

ACTIONS

Number of studied SEAPs 175

Number of actions 8.232

Expected energy savings (MWh) 5.517.564

Expected energy production (MWh) 564.593

Expected emissions' reduction (tCO2) 2.686.715

Estimated global costs(M€) 1.172

Town Council costs (M€) 907

% actions in buildings (including RES) and

municipal fleet respect total actions 58%

% Local energy production actions respect 12%

% Local energy production actios by public

authorities respect total local energy

production 79%



By topics:

Most actions focus on municipal buildings and facilities and on public lighting, even

though they aren’t the greatest emitters. Most actions for residential and tertiary

sectors are based on communication, dissemination and raising awareness.

Cost per l'Ajuntament tCO2 estalviades Nre d'accionsEquipaments municipals i infraestructures 90.664.789 54.873 2.630

Enllumenat públic i semàfors 107.418.220 76.348 611

Flotes de vehicles municipals i transport públic 33.781.963 36.750 495

Compra verda 965.869 48.350 313

Planificació 302.743.475 694.612 600

Transport privat i comercial 18.436.936 243.591 344

Sector domèstic i serveis 10.258.871 639.262 663

Energies renovables i cogeneració 278.069.975 289.579 965

Sensibilització, formació 12.254.092 214.955 835

Aigua i residus 51.854.279 364.496 706

Altres 316.173 23.899 70

906.764.642 2.686.715 8.232



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ACTIONS HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT

COMMUNICATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ACTIONS

•Specific publications

Activities along the EUSEW

• Cine forums

• Short films pack (climate change as a central topic)

(collaboration with FICMA- Environmental International Film

Festival)

• Theatre plays for schools

•Conferences and workshops

Cooperation with the Catalan Institute of Energy ICAEN (Catalan Government)



COMMUNICATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ACTIONS

•Actions foreseen in analyzed SEAPs

• Communication and raising awareness actions: 581

(175 SEAPs)

•DIBA’s support

• Between 2010 and 2013 (4 years) we have reached

156 municipalities, 441 communication actions, that is

75% of signatories.

• Cooperation with ICAEN (124 activities), the Network

of Towns and Villages towards Sustainability and

EUSEW



Own funds

Based on management and behavioural changes (very low cost

or zero cost)

Aids from other Public Administrations

Private public partnership (PPP)

Projects that create enough incomes or savings to finance themselves with a

reasonable payback period

Our strategy to implement energy actions in municipal buildings and public lighting

Own funds

Savings without investments

Investments through third

parties



ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Low cost actions

Based on the knowledge of the final users and managers and in behavioural changes.

-Euronet 50/50 (IEE, finished): Participation of 13 schools of 13 municipalities in Barcelona. 9 countries involved and 50

schools.

- Euronet 50/50max (IEE, ongoing) 13 countries, 500 schools

and 48 municipal buildings/facilities. In Barcelona 100 schools and 10 municipal buildings from 50 municipalities.

- Support to municipal energy management:

-Energy accounting in 10 municipalities, it will be

extended to 10 more.

-Study on the energy consumption of 100 buildings of

several municipalities.



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- Loan of equipments to assess energy performance of

municipal buildings or facilities: smart meters, grid

analyzers, luxometers, thermographic camera...

68 municipalities (>30% signatories) have had different

devices: smart meters and grid analyzers mainly

-Financial support (2011 to 2013) to implement energy

accounting and remote management systems to 33 LG :

95.100€ (Final cost 231.425€)

- Financial support for energy accounting and

management through the aids given every 4 years by

DIBA : 117.116€.

This year, 2014, we also give smart meters through our yearly aids



- There are some Local Energy Agencies in the province which give support to municipalities in energy accountability and management.

- Capacity building: Training to municipal staff: specific courses (>400 attendants).

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•Public lighting energy management

•New technologies in public lighting

•Solar thermal installations

•Photovoltaic installations in public buildings

•Energy audits in public buildings

•ESCo and public sector

•Basic energy management

https://www.diba.cat/web/mediambient/form

Furthermore seminars, workshops and specific training sessions are organized



Support given through the REDIBA (ELENA) project:

-Energy savings and efficiency in buildings: 38 studies, total cost of the studies: 418.000€,

which generated a turnover of 5,45M€.

-Public lighting: 75 studies, total cost of the studies: 992.000€,

turnover: 83,5M€

- RES: 63 studies, total cot of the studies: 456.000€; turnover: 5,45M€

- Furthermore: 14 legal studies and other transversal topics: 145.000€

Total 190 studies (for 107 municipalities), studies’ cost 2,01M€,

turnover 122,5M.

ACTIONS IN BUILDINGS, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND RES

Actions that require investments





Financial support through the aids given by DIBA every year

- Energy savings and efficiency in buildings: 46 Local Authorities; support of 143.192€ to carry out

projects with a total investment cost of 723.204€.

-Public lighting: 54 Local Authorities; 201.800€ to carry out projects with a total investment cost of

1,8M€.

- RES: 10 Local Authorities; 42.450€ to carry out projects with a total investment cost of 603.812€

Total aids: 387.442€ to carry out projects with a total investment cost of 3,1M€





Financial support through the every 4 years agreement plan:

- Energy savings and efficiency in buildings:

Local Authorities : 23;

Total support: 5,1M€.

- Public lighting:

Local Authorities : 7;


-Energies renovables: Local Authorities : 13;


In total 43 Local Authorities and financial support up to 8,4M€

There has been technical and financial support too for mobility actions and communication and raising awareness actions.



- Own funds (some cases)

- Subsidies and aids from other administrations, among them DIBA

- Third parties: private-public partnerships (some examples):

- Maintenance + investments contract (duration: around 6 years)

- Equipment leasing or renting (duration: from 5 to 10 years)

- ESCo contract (EPC, i.e.)(duration : > = 10 years)


If a municipality spends its investment capacity, possibility of borrowing and grants and subsidies from

other administrations in projects that do not generate savings, it can only use it "once" and probably

increase its current cost spending.

If instead of that, the municipality prioritizes projects that generate savings, it can capitalize them and use

that money “twice”

BUT............................. Where does the money come?

Usually a combination of both



CONCLUSIONS

What are the main barriers?



But there are some other barriers that have to be overcome:

- Small projects have few interest for private investors

- Lack of knowledge of new financing mechanisms and how they fit

in public administration legal procedures by technicians, secretaries

and legal services of LG

-Lack of coordination between different departments

- Lack of knowledge of the real energy consumption of most buildings, facilities

and other infrastructures by the Town Council. Drafting a SEAP helps updating this

information and makes clear how energy is being managed.

- Maintenance: the great forgotten. Right now it is more based on correction than

on prevention.

- Good practices are not widespread enough

-In Spain: energy rules and RES rules change too often.



SOME HOPEFUL CONCLUSIONS..

• Even in nowadays complicated circumstances, it is not only possible but

also an opportunity to implement energy efficiency projects by the

municipalities.

• There is a clear opportunity for the municipalities to implement low cost

or non investment actions: in some cases savings up to 30%

• Projects that need investments can often be paid by themselves with the

savings generated, through public private partnerships schemes of

funding


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