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Seven SEC Strategies from Communities in Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands

Multiplying Sustainable Energy Communities

This brochure is targeted to mayors, politicians and decision makers. It explains SECs making use of the MUSEC partners‘ SEC strategies.

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Foreword

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe

Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) can be defined as local com-munities in which politicians, planners, project developers market actors and citizens actively co-operate to deve-lop high degrees of intelligent energy supply, favouring renewable energy sources, together with a conscien-tious application of energy efficiency measures.

Within its Intelligent Energy Euro-pe programme the EC supports the emergence of pioneer Sustainable Energy Communities. These commu-nities should demonstrate the appli-cations aimed at implementation of integrated energy patterns and can become showcases for the dissemina-tion of those concepts around Europe. The Target areas of SECs correspond to three main axes; the local policy making, the local energy citizenship and the local energy market. These are axes along which a sustainable energy community has to develop in order to achieve its energy policy objectives. All three are closely inter-related, and they should all contribute to achieving common objectives in a balanced way.

A SEC development is only possible as a result of the strong commitment from the relevant local authorities, and includes energy end-users as well as technical experts, academics, private companies from across Europe.

About SECs These days Municipalities and Local Authorities across Europe expe-rience an unprecedented pressure by their citizens, who claim a central role in building policies for sustainable energy supply and use.The conventional policy tools used so far appear today clearly inade-quate. Energy saving investments on buildings and systems are hardly sufficient, energy planning in many cases remains a technical exercise, single projects involving users are often unsatisfactory or not well perceived.

The concept and political tool of Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) shows an impressive potential, promoting public participation and creating the proper conditions for a deeper involvement of all the stakeholders in the definition of our future energy scenario. The connection between knowledge (the energy balance), innovative approaches (the strategies), concrete proposal (the action plan), accom-panied by the participation of citizens (forums or advisory groups), appears as a very promising roadmap.As leaders of an association of more than 400 Italian Local Authorities formally involved in the Local Agenda 21 process, we have learned the enormous potential of networking, bottom-up policies and active participation.

These are days of dramatic changes and new opportunities. As MUSEC project co-ordinators we acted knowing that innovative tools like SEC can represent a resource for citizens, offering them a real opportunity to influence the change, provided that the administrations do their best to actively involve them in the processes.

Emilio D’AlessioPresident of Coordinamento Agende Locale 21 Italiane

Foreword Developing SECs at local levelDobrich (BG)Valby (DK)Crailsheim (DE)ASTI (IT)Foggia (IT)Ravenna (IT)Breda (NL) Imprint


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Seven European Communities coope-rate in developing a high degree of decentralised energy supply based on renewable energies and energy effici-ency measures in all end-use sectors.

Each of the communities develops a participated process as defined in the MUSEC project for developing energy sustainability at local level. This pro-cess foresees a baseline assessment, identification of potentials and target setting. In a further step a strategy and action plan is set-up by the local part-ners. A SEC-Advisory Group is sup-porting the municipalities. The practi-cal experiences are analysed by the research partners of the project and made available as practical guideline, the 'Blueprint for Action' to interested European communities.

Project web site: www.musecenergy.eu

About MUSEC

This publication is a combined effort of the participating partners of the European project 'MUSEC- Multiplying Sustainable Energy Commu-nities - A Blueprint for Actions‘. MUSEC is cofunded by the European Commission through the Intelligent Energy Europe program. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors. It does not represent the opinion of the European Community. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.

Disclaimer

With a share of 20 % for renewable energies and a reduction of 20 % of the end energy consumption the European Commission sets ambi-tious targets for the year 2020. Not only the acute and severe problems caused by climate change are the foremost reasons for this progressive policy, but also a reduction of Europe‘s dependence on energy imports, a need for a sparing use of the remaining fossil resources and the chal-lenge to position Europe‘s economy on the global growth market for sustainable energy technologies.

Global goals require local action. Communities that start with measu-res today will be the first to benefit from the numerous advantages of energy sustainability:

Citizens and enterprises become independent of unpredictable ener- ▪gy prices.Regional value creation leads to new business and jobs at local level. ▪Less traffic and clean air results in an increase of quality of life. ▪Programmes for financial support are effectively used. ▪Local communities promoting energy innovation and contributing to ▪global climate present themselves with a positive image.

The partners of the MUSEC project have chosen a common approach for entering into the process of energy sustainability development. Indeed, a well structured course of action is needed since the SEC process is highly holistic: commitment and real participation is needed from local actors and partners, policy has to be improved, awareness has to be raised, markets have to be created, financing and support have to be organised. The MUSEC approach is based on five steps leading from the assessment of the starting situation to the concrete implemen-tation of SEC measures.

Developing SECs at a local level


SECs Step-by-Step1. Baseline Assessment and PotentialsAn initial analysis of the communities‘ energy situation at the start of a SEC process forms the base for planning energy sustainability, but also for monitoring the progress that will be achieved by implementing the new measures. The initial energy balance for the community helps to identify the fields of action with the highest potentials for energy savings or renewable energies. Just as important is the analysis of the hitherto local energy policy and the local stakeholders as well as exter-nal factors such as national policy and support programmes.

The shortage of resources, increasing energy prices and growing risks due to climate change and pollution require an immediate change towards a susta-inable energy supply for Europe.

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2. Local Partnership and Advisory GroupStrong commitment and participation of local stakeholders and partners is needed for achieving measurable improvements. Partner consortia of SECs cover differing sectors: citizens, industry and trade, energy suppliers and utilities, professionals, banks etc. Often these partner con-sortia discuss and decide about targets and strategies and finally initiate actions. Local authorities have a key role by incorporating the initiative into local policy. Each of the MUSEC partner consortia are further coa-ched by a SEC Advisory Group composed by experienced advisors.

3. Analysis of Best PracticesBefore planning actions it is worth to learn from SEC experiences made in other communities. Comprehensive data bases of ‚Best Practices‘ are available today in which experts describe lessons learned and success factors of their action, whether these are about innovative technologies, policy instruments, market or financing mechanisms or campaigns. Schemes which have worked well in one situation may fit in well in another, or may work with some adaptation. Equally important is the ability to contact a counterpart, who has the experience of implemen-ting a scheme, and can discuss informally the benefits and difficulties.

4. SEC Strategy and TargetsIf everything matters, what matters more? In the SEC strategy commu-nities define their priority fields to be developed. Well balanced fields of actions could be for example: citizen awareness, refurbishment of buil-dings, energy efficiency in industry, renewable energy supply. Also the instruments and approaches might differ. In some cases markets have to be built up from scratch, whereas existing markets might need financing instruments for developing the broad commercial application of sustai-nable energy technologies. Long term targets are important but the SEC roadmap shows also intermediate mile stones for energy sustainability in your community. Last but not less important: Foresee local speciali-ties and occasions to commonly live and celebrate energy sustainability.

5. Action Plan and ImplementationThe local SEC action plan is the instrument to improve local commu-nity development into energy sustainability by planning the concrete implementation of local demonstration projects. The choice of projects needs to reflect the strategy priorities. Responsibilities and financing of projects need to be settled. Additionally, resources need to be foreseen at community level for a continuous effort of monitoring of energy, environmental and economic effects. Public relation activities provide information and maintain awareness and participation of all relevant sectors in the community, in order to keep the positive circle turning.


Local Partnership: Local Authorities, Energy Suppliers, Citizens,Iindustry and Craft, Architects and Planners, Education

Baseline

Analysis,Potentials

SEC Strategy,Targets

SEC Action Plan, Implementation SEC

Public Participation

External Advisory Group

Best Practices

The MUSEC model for developing energy sustainability at local level

The MUSEC partners provide to SEC developers a practical working do-cument „A sustainable Energy Com-munities Blueprint“. Visit the MUSEC website for downloading the Blueprint.

Dobrich - A Model for an Intelligent Energy City in Bulgaria

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Dobrich (BG)

The strategic goal of the Municipal Energy Program:

Increasing comfortability of public houses’ occupations and achievement of environmental standards through implementation of specific measures of energy effectiveness

The Municipalities‘ main targets are:an increase by 30 % of the energy effectiveness in its own building ▪stock, which leads to a reduction of energy consumption by 19,000 MWh and a reduction of CO2-emissions of 4,300 tons per year.an increase by 5 % per year of the energy efficiency of street ligh- ▪ting, corresponding to energy savings of 100 MWh and a reduction of costs by 10,000 bgn and of CO2-emissions by 184 tons per year.to implement measures in private households for: ▪

improving the quality of buildings and installations• reducing energy consumption by 5,900 MWh per year• reducing expenses for energy of households by 710,000 bgn.• reducing CO• 2-emissions by at least 4,100 tons per year

Dobrich city is with 105,000 inhabitants the second industrial center in Northeast Bulgaria and the administrative center of the Dobrich Dis-trict. Located in the central part of the Danube Valley, it is at a 40 km distance from the Romanian border and 51 km from Varna. The im-plementation of the Dobrich strategy-agenda 2008-2013 is conducted through an annual action plan of the Municipality. The agenda gives direct input to the stakeholders planning of energy efficiency measures.

A current analysis in different sectors of the community does not indi-cate significant differences of the energy effectiveness status compared to the average national status. Main factors are a high energy consump-tion of the public buildings and in industry due to old technologies, a lack of resources for implementation of energy measures. Key actions are linked to the implementation of measures for reducing energy con-sumption as well as the improvement of consumers’ energy awareness.

The specific regulatory actions of the Municipality Dobrich are condi-tioned by the Territorial Act for Management and several decrees, re-gulating the construction and maintenance of technical infrastructures, gas pipelines and distribution, the electrical distribution system as well as communication with end users. In year 2002 the municipality signed a contract for delivery and replacement of gas heaters for municipal schools and kindergartens. In 2006 Municipality Dobrich was selected as pilot Municipality a campaign aiming to identify projects' under the project 'Demonstrative renovation of multi-family buildings' managed by the UNDP. Further the Municipality was guaranteed by its entity 'Jilfund Invest' for sanitation of public social houses and hostels.

Targets

Detelina Nikolova Mayor of Municipality Dobrich

Energy consumptions by sectiorial activities

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Dobrich (BG)

After current status and strategic goals’ analysis, stipulating opportu-nities and perspectives for successful municipal policy towards energy effectiveness and existing problems that should be solved during plan-ning period 2008 – 2013, the main stakeholders and decision makers fixed four priorities in the long term strategy for energy effectiveness plan of the Municipality of city Dobrich.

Priority 1: Improvement of the energy efficiency in public buildings through the implementation of an integrated package of measures

Increasing energy effectiveness in the municipal buildings ▪Innovation of the Street Lightning ▪Increasing energy effectiveness of the public transport ▪

Priority 2: Increasing the energy effectiveness of houses on the territo-ry of the Municipality

Pro-active whole refurbishment of buildings, preferably for panel ▪buildings

Priority 3: Increasing the energy effectiveness in local industryEstablishment of energy enterprises and infrastructure on the territo- ▪ry of the MunicipalityInstallation of RES ▪

Priority 4: Implementation of energy management on the territory of the Municipality

Setting up municipal institutions and competent staff in the sector of ▪energy effectivenessRealistic energy effectiveness’ potential assessment in the Municipa- ▪lity and its effective usageCommunity support mobilization for the energy program implemen- ▪tation on the ground of wide partnership with businesses and civil organizationsIncrease citizens awareness regarding instruments for RES and ▪energy effectiveness

Strategy

The Municipality of Dobrich plans the following concrete actions:Rehablititation and modernization of street lighting 2008 ▪Refurbishment of schools 2008-2010 ▪Rehabilitation of cultural institutions 2009-2011 ▪Modernization of sport halls 2008-2009 ▪Reconstruction of hospitals and clinics 2010 ▪Rehabilitation of kindergartens 2008 - 2010 ▪

Actions

ContactOrganisation: Municipality City Dobrich

Main Contact: Detelina Nikolova, MayorE-Mail: [email protected] Site: www.dobrich.bg

Solar thermal collectors for hot water preparation

Energy efficient public building

Partnership for Energy Reduction in Valby (DK)

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Valby (DK)

Strategy

The City of Copenhagen has set up a series of targets to become an En-vironmental Metropolis in 2015. These targets include Valby as a part of Copenhagen. Target settings for energy are that CO2 emission will be reduced by 20 %. Today Copenhagen emits 2.4 million tons (2005) or 4.9 tons per inhabitant.

In addition Valby will be the best city district on CO2 reducing in Copenhagen and has a long term target of becoming CO2 neutral.

Valby is a district of City of Copenhagen, situated in the south-west part of the Municipality. Valby has a long tradition on self determinati-on and local political interaction. In the end of 1900 Valby was one of several districts in Copenhagen where local City Councils were estab-lished as pilot schemes.

In 2000 the local City Council together with energy actors and urban developers formulated a photovoltaic implementation plan for Valby. The goal of the plan is that 10-15 % of the electrical energy consump-tion should come from PV in 2025. This goal led to an action plan for implementing PV in Valby with focus on building integration and development of new solutions in existing and new buildings. Several demonstration projects have since been implemented. Together with the local Agenda 21 project office 'Green Valby' the PV plan has been enhanced supported by the MUSEC the process. The local group of actors has been strengthened with new actors and the focus expanded to Sustainable Energy Community.

A political process has started in Copenhagen on how local energy work can be done and how it can interact with the municipal policy.

Targets

Valby is a district of Copenhagen with 46.000 inhabitants

The vast majority of the total CO2 emissions come from consumption of energy. This part is reduced with 11 % from 2000 to 2005. In the same period the emissions from transport is increa-sed with 8 %. Emission from transport is unknown in 2002 and 2004. Source: Green account for the citizens of Copenhagen 2005, Municipality of Copenhagen.

In achieving the targets the strategy will focus on local participation and political influence. The goal of the strategy is:

simple and clear ▪involving citizens ▪stimulate active participation ▪make visible results ▪

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Valby (DK)

To achieve the goals the focus is on energy saving and CO2 reduction in existing buildings and new buildings in the regeneration areas and to develop possibilities and implement low energy solutions and CO2 neutral heat supply. There will be a widespread use and economical support of renewable energy solutions like solar power and biomass. In addition energy reduction by behavioural measures will be develo-ped and supported. Results will be achieved by binding partnerships on low energy buildings in cooperation with local actors and the City of Copenhagen. The advantages of low energy performance will be exposed for builders, building owners and end-users in new build and renovation situations. For the existing urban areas models and demons-tration projects will be fulfilled and knowledge management will be supported.

The strategy will continually be strengthened locally by setting up partnerships and agreements on actions, and by implementing goals and targets in the municipal planning and praxis. Political ownership will be supported by information and involvement.

Valby City Council and Green Valby will cooperate with local and regi-onal actors and the City of Copenhagen:

Continue PV-installations schemes in Valby. Give possibilities for supporting PV building integration ▪Give possibilities to buy shares in PV-installations ▪Promote roof-top housing as a mean to implement PV-installations ▪

in existing buildings and at the same time meet the need for extra housing areas in the city Focus on education and schools

Develop collaboration with schools on PV and energy matters ▪Make PV and energy reduction visible ▪Use web sites for information ▪

Give access to information and dialog

Energy families – inspire local families to reduce energy ▪ consumption

Give information and make interaction between building owners and ▪ tenants representatives on possible energy reductions

Green Diploma ▪Green Accounts ▪

PV assisted ventilation• Promote the use of high energy efficiency ventilation system

Continue the demonstration projects Reconsider the targets, strategy and actions regularly.

Actions

ContactProject Web Site: www.greensolarcities.com Organisation: Kuben

Main Contact: Jakob KlintE-Mail: [email protected] Site: www.kuben.dk

PV art in Valby

MUSEC partner Jakob Klint discus-sing with Valby's citizens

MUSEC Crailsheim (DE): Partnership for Sustainable Energy!

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Crailsheim (DE)

‚For the Stadtwerke Crailsheim, the contradiction of ecology and economy is long gone.‘

Josef Wagner Director STW Crailsheim

Today, Crailsheim‘s total end energy consumption is at an average level with about 50,000 kWh per capita and year. Energy supply still de-pends to 77 % on fossil fuels. Main consumers are private households (45 %), followed by industry (19 %). The share of renewable energies (6.3 %) and the use of energy efficiency technologies (2.4 %) strongly increased in the last decade, mainly based on private and commercial initiatives. Local sustainable energy policy is at a starting level.The SEC targets set by the MUSEC Crailsheim partners are derived from the ambitious goals of the Comprehensive Energy and Climate Programme approved by the German government. Through this pa-ckage of concrete measures Germany‘s green house emissions shall be reduced by 40 %.

Crailsheim is a medium-sized town in the south German region Baden-Württemberg. It is an industrial site and offers habitat to about 32.000 inhabitants. Josef Wagner, director of the utility Stadtwerke Crailsheim GmbH and initiator of MUSEC Crailsheim says ‚For the Stadtwerke Crailsheim, the contradiction of ecology and economy is long gone. Our actions are therefore also aimed at protecting the environment and for promoting a sparing and sensible use of energy. With MUSEC Crailsheim, the Stadtwerke enter into a so far unique partnership for a sustainable energy supply in Crailsheim‘. Since always the utility provides energy efficiency services to indust-ry. Recently the utility realised two outstanding innovative renewable energy supply plants for local heat and electricity production. Within MUSEC, Stadtwerke Crailsheim and the Municipality of Crailsheim joined with the two important local industries Procter&Gamble and Voith, the regional agency Energiezentrum and Crailsheim‘s Lise-Meit-ner-School in order to broaden these activities and to develop energy sustainability in all sectors of the city.

Targets

Crailsheim‘s SEC targets for the year 2020

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Crailsheim (DE)

The partners of MUSEC Crailsheim set priorities on the following sectors:

Energy efficiency and renewable energy supply in the industrial and 1. the housing sector: This sector will be developed by new cooperation schemes between the utility as energy supplier and enterprises.Renovation and heating modernisation in private residential buil-2. dings: Private investments are stimulated by an information cam-paign, promoting also the available financial incentive programs.Policy and SEC infrastructure at municipal level: Improvement of 3. the SEC policy and installation of structures for continuous manage-ment, monitoring and communication of the SEC process.Energy awareness: Raising public energy awareness and involve-4. ment through a MUSEC Crailsheim campaign.

Crailsheim‘s speciality is the strong local connection between Sadtwer-ke Crailsheim, local stakehoders and citizens together with the will to find together smart and innovative energy supply solutions. Crailheim‘s strategy builds on two main columns:

Amplifying the existing sustainable energy cooperations mainly on 1. the business-to-business and energy services sector.In parallel improving public policy and structures and stimulating 2. private investments.

The priorities are strongly linked to the national policy and financial support programmes.

Strategy

Crailsheim is proud of exemplary SEC measures which reached inter-national publicity. Examples for realised and planned actions are:Solar district heating Hirtenwiesen II (in operation): Stadtwerke Crailsheim are realising Germany´s largest solar thermal plant with a peak capacity of 7 MWth and a collector area of 10,000 m². Already in 2005, this project was awarded as 'lighthouse project' by the 'Innovati-on Partners Initiative' of the German industry. The solar district heating plant generates 3,000 MWh of thermal energy per year in an equal-ze-ro-emission way for supplying heat to a recently developed residential area. By this more than 1,000 tons CO2 are avoided.Stadtwerke Crailsheim in cooperation with 27 municipalities built a plant for thermal mineralisation of sewage sludge in combination with a biomass power plant (in operation). Two important industries, Procter&Gamble and Voith Turbo, perfor-med exemplary industry energy efficiency measures in their Crailsheim plants (in operation). Procter&Gamble was awarded with the KfW-Energy Efficiency Award 2006.

Stadtwerke Crailsheim launches a public energy awareness campaign ‚Who will be Crailsheim‘s energy hamster?‘ in autumn 2008 and a marketing campaign on new CHP contracting offers targeted to indust-ry enterprises for spring 2009.

Actions

Contact

Solar District Heating in Crailsheim

‚Crailsheim seeks for the energy-saving hamster‘ Crailsheim‘s awareness raising campaign

Project Web Site: www.musec-crailsheim.de Organisation: Stadtwerke Crailsheim GmbH

Main Contact: Eva ReuE-Mail: [email protected] Site: www.stw-crailsheim.de

Asti (IT): We have plenty of energy!

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Asti (IT)

The baseline assessment of the Municipality of Asti plays an important role since it set the guidelines for developing and elaborating good practices. The document carefully assesses energetic consumption on different scenarios, foreseeing future trends and identifies specific mea-sures to be implemented at local level in order to develop an efficient energetic policy in the mid and long term.

The targets set by the Asti Energy Plan for 2015 are referring to business-as-usual (BAU) predictions and to the base year 2003.

The target for the residential sector is an increase of 2 % of the heat ▪consumptions with respect to a BAU increase of 10 % as well as an increase of 3.3 % of electric consumptions with respect to a BAU increase of 10.35 %The electricity consumptions of the tertiary sector shall be reduced ▪by 8.4 % with respect to a BAU increase of 1.6 %

Asti is a small town situated in the Piedmont Region, in north- western Italy, in the plain of the Tanaro River. Many events tied to its famous wines and good cuisine take place in the city. Asti, ancient roman town, invites to discover routes studded with history, art, flavours and folklore. The city centre is rich in monuments, roman churches, muse-ums, medieval towers, noble baroque palaces and elegant XIX century squares. The city is surrounded by magnificent castles rich in art and history.

The growing importance of environmental issues over the last few ye-ars has been understood also by local bodies, thanks to a clear interest of administrators and a thorough, though still improvable, diffusion of resources provided by the central government.

With the commitment of previous administrations, Asti has already started to fight the depletion of natural resources, i.e. to reduce air, soil and water pollution, to choose energy-saving technologies, and to com-bine economic development with environmental sustainability.The territory should turn into an actual laboratory of sustainable deve-lopment policies, and improve significantly its quality of life.

Targets

Councillor for the Enviornment and Ecology Diego Zavattaro presenting the water saving campaign of the Municipality of Asti

Energy consumptions by sectorial activities

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Asti (IT)

Strategy

The Municipality of Asti strategy affords the following main priorities:designing and building new facilities and renovating old ones ▪replacing the most outdated heating systems with new high- ▪

efficiencyplants suitable for an optimal consumption control ▪

It is therefore required:to gradually replace fuel oil-powered plants with high-efficiency ▪

boilersto install energy-saving lighting devices in all the municipal ▪

buildingsto install low energy consumption plants and electronic devices in all ▪

municipal buildings by gradually replacing the existing ones

A new service called 'Ecosportello' will be offered in order to improve communication and information exchange among the Municipality itself, consumers and users through data and advice on environmental issues, energy saving and bio-architecture. A new project concerns a district completely heated by a biomass plant, which includes 4 social multifamily buildings, 4 private multifamily buildings, 1 municipal sport facility. The Municipality will produce a new annex to the Muni-cipal Building Regulation, to promote energy-environmental conscious architecture.

In the framework of the transformation of energy regulations, the Municipalities will implement interventions aimed at promoting bio-architecture, new building eco-technologies, integrated energy management in the buildings in compliance with the regional and na-tional laws. In order to reduce water consumption and promote a more conscious use of water resources, the Municipality has promoted cam-paigns aimed at increasing users’ awareness, as well as interventions to re use process waters and recovering rain water.

Actions

ContactOrganisation: Municipality of Asti – Department of Environment

Contacts: Claudio RabbioneE-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.comune.asti.it

Marina ParrinelloE-Mail: [email protected]

The Municipality of Asti set priorities for the following sectors:significant actions on energy consumption with the aim to reduce ▪CO2 emissionspromoting bio-architecture, new building eco-technologies, integ- ▪rated energy management in the buildings in compliance with the regional and national lawspromoting water consumption efficiency ▪promoting non-polluting public transportation means, such as bike- ▪sharing and enlarging the pedestrian areaPromoting public information services in order to improve commu- ▪nication and information exchange among the Municipality itself, consumers and users through data and advice on environmental issues and energy saving

The Municipality of Asti is promoting a bike sharing project. Shown here: the staff of the Department of Environment of the Municipality of Asti.

The Mayor Giorgio Galvagno and the Councillor for the Enviornment and Ecology Diego Zavattaro

MUSEC Foggia (IT): Renewing thanks to the Renewables

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Foggia (IT)

Foggia is rich of sustainable energy production possibilities. At the same time it has the necessity to reduce the cost of own energy con-sumption. In fact in the last 10 years (1995-2005), the energy con-sumption is increased by 7 %, and greenhousegas emissions (CO2) are increased by 15 %. The main responsible of greenhouse gases are: civil sector (34.5 %), industry (34 %), transport sector (25 %), and agricul-ture (6 %). The main energy carriers are electric energy (40 %) and natural gas (31.5 %). 29 % is attributable to oil products combustion.

The targets set by the Energy Plan for 2015, based on 2005 reference year, are:

Residential sector: 0.9 % thermal consumption reduction with res- ▪pect to a business-as-usual increase of 10.9 %; 2.3 % electric con-sumption increase and with respect to a business-as-usual increase of 10.6 %. Tertiary sector: 8.4 % electric consumptions reduction with respect ▪to a business-as-usual increase of 1.6 %. Transport: 2.5 % consumption increase with respect to a business-as- ▪usual increase of 6.6 %.Solar thermal: primary fossil fuels consumption reductions of about ▪10,300 MWh/yearPhotovoltaic energy: electric production of about 10,000 MWh ▪

Foggia is a medium city of the south of Italy (150,000 inhabitants), and it is a place of big potentiality by different points of view. Its economy is established on agriculture, mainly on grain growth and tomatoes.

Foggia could be a significant centre of development of sustainable energy production, because it has two important components: wind and sun. So it is considered the right candidate for the SEC development. The way to realize all the best energy purposes is to introduce an effici-ent energy policy management.

Targets

Cavour Square in Foggia

CO2-emissions by sector

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Foggia (IT)

An improvement of the present energy situation is proposed through the following lines:

More efficiency in energy use; ▪Innovation in the use and transformation of fossil fuels; ▪Effective introduction of the sustainable form of energy. ▪

During the organization and realization of the project, different local partners have been contacted and have participated. The strategy of the Municipality of Foggia is strictly connected with the general lines proposed by PEAR (Regional Environmental Energetic Plan), that is to improve the quality of life thanks to a sustainable use of energetic sources. The main purpose is to introduce and increment the use of renewable energy in the daily life, the private houses, industry and public buildings. Part of the strategy is the spreading through people the awareness of the importance of using renewable energies to protect our environment, also providing financial incentives to industries and citizens that decide to adopt this new forms of energy.

Foggia promotes significant projects with the purpose to show its citi-zens all the applications of renewable energy. Some of these projects are:

Installation of photovoltaic panels in 18 schools of Foggia; ▪Organizations of events like the ’Ecologic Sundays’ for citizens; ▪Realization of projects for introducing photovoltaic panels in a Regi- ▪onal Park close to the city.

Photovoltaic panels in 18 schools of FoggiaSince the first months of 2006, the municipality of Foggia had began to install photovoltaic panels in some schools of the city. Each photovol-taic system has a total power of 308 kWp, and covers about 20 % of the needs of each building, with economic and environmental advantages. The choice to apply this project in the schools, was one of the ways to spread and communicate to children, teenagers and their teachers, the real possibility of applying clean energy in everyday life.

Ecological Sundays In Summer and the first Autumn months, Foggia organizes an impor-tant event, where the first and only rule is. To leave own car at home. These events give the opportunity to speak about the respect of the planet, the importance of reducing energy consumes and to introduce renewable sources. These initiatives are the way to open a direct dia-logue with the population.

Photovoltaic panels in the Regional Park The project about the introduction of photovoltaic panels in the Service Centre of the 'Incoronata Wood' Regional Park, includes another event about sustainable mobility inside the parks, through the 'free mountain-bikes hire service'.

Actions

ContactOrganisation: Comune di Foggia-Servizio Ambiente

Main Contact: Michele Lauriola E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site:www.comune.foggia.it

Incoronata Wood logo

Ecological Sunday event

Strategy

An Energy Sustainable Ravenna (IT)

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Ravenna (IT)

In the period from 1998 to 2004 the energy consumption follows a growing trend in all the main sectors. The growth is mainly due to the manufacturing sector increasing. Ravenna‘s total end energy consump-tion is at an average level of 480,000 toe (more than 37,000 kWh per capita and year) referred to year 2004. Energy supply depends almost 100 % on fossil fuels. Main consumers are in-dustrial activities (48.5 %), followed by residential uses (23 %) and transport (19 %). Tertiary sector is 10 %. Local sustainable energy policy is at a starting level. Very impressive is the B.A.U. scenario (business as usual) foreseen in 10 years from now, with increases of 26 % in transport, 15 % in tertia-ry and 3 % in residential sectors. The SEC targets set by the City of Ravenna are derived from the goals of the Energy and Environmental Plan, approved by the City Council. Through a package of concrete measures Ravenna's transport energy consumption, considered the most critical for its tendency to a sharp increase, shall be reduced by 24 % respect to present values. One half of this saving is expected from already planned measures.

The municipality of Ravenna covers 654,88 km2, with a population of about 151,000 inhabitants. It is located in the North-East plain of Romagna, within the region of Emilia Romagna.

Ravenna is an important agricultural and industrial centre including its chemicals, energy and metal-lurgy complex and the Port of Ravenna, that is nowadays one of the major Italian ports for break-bulk cargo. Ravenna is also famous for the cultural and artistical heritage (tomb of Dante Alighieri, Mauso-leum of Teodorico, Basilic of S. Vitale) and for its natural areas, included in the Po Delta Regional Park.

Targets

Energy consumptions by sector

SEC Targets of Ravenna

Mayor of Ravenna at sustainable mobility event

Strategy

The actions have been defined in the yearly programme, recently ap-proved by the City Administration. The most important ones are:

Implementing a dynamic management and monitoring system ▪ in the public building stock

Undertaking energy audits of all the buildings and introduce ▪ the energy certification labeling

Introduction of specific binding criteria and incentives on building ▪ energy performance, energy saving and RES within the local planning and permitting system

'Un Mare di Qualità 2008' Project: improvement of the quality and ▪ eco-compatibility of the local seaside resorts

GATRE project: The project is aimed to create locally a ▪ purchaising group for energy efficiency and renewables technologies with local ESCOs or other enterprises

Introduction of specific binding criteria and incentives on building ▪ energy performance, energy saving and RES within the local planning and permitting system (RUE, POC).

Actions

ContactOrganisation: Municipality of Ravenna

Main Contact: Angela VistoliE-Mail: [email protected] Site: www.comune.ra.it; www.agenda21.ra.it

The SEC strategy, Ravenna‘s communal energy plan, identifies the most suitable range of actions and tools in order to de-velop an efficient and sustainable local energy system along three main axis:1. Energy efficiency and RES in the public sector

Implementing a dynamic management and monitoring a. system of the public administration building stock.Undertaking energy audits of all the buildings and introduce the b. energy certification labelling Invest in energy efficiency (boiler substitution, window replacement, c. insulation, etc.) and RESSmall scale district heating for public buildings and schoolsd. Green public procurement (ex. purchasing of green electric energy)e. Substitution of the public vehicles fleet with low impact vehiclesf. Improvement of the energy efficiency of street lightingg.

2. Local planning and permitting systemIntroduction in the Regulation Urban Construction of binding criteria a. and other incentive tools for energy efficiency and RESEnergy Green Belt around the city: the Municipality will make large b. portions of green belt available for RES installationsMeasures aimed at reducing energy consumption in transport sector, c. public transport offer, innovative transport means (car pooling, car sharing, col-lective taxi), increase of no-access zone, road to rail.

3.Coordination, promotion and dissemination activitiesEnlargement of the Pedibus project in other two schoolsa. Liberiamo l’aria: Incentive programme to promote clean vehiclesb. Promoting ISO-EMAS certification of the chemical energy complexc. Information/awareness campaignd.

The energy green belt of Ravenna

Mutual Gain for Municipality of Breda (NL) and Forerunners

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Breda (NL)

In 2008 the energy situation was defined for 1990, 2006 and 2015 (un-changed climate policy). The CO2 emission is expressed in the figure below. The CO2 emission has increased since 1990. One should realize that the emission would have been much higher in 2006 if Breda hadn’t taken many climate measures. The climate measures so far have been made at building construction level. Many new residential districts were built with a higher energy ambition than legally prescribed. In its long-term environmental policy report ‘Milieuvisie 2015’ Breda has stated that her ambition is to become energy neutral. In the SEC strategy this is specified as CO2 neutral: in an average year the (net) CO2 emission of Breda will not be more than zero. To achieve this goal Breda has described possible climate measures and their CO2 reduction potential. With these measures Breda could be CO2 neutral in 2044.

Breda has a strong tradition in interactive policy making. The basic rule of all policy documents of the department of Environment has always been to work together with local actors and to give each partner its own responsibility.

The 'Platform Duurzaam Breda' (sustainable Breda) was founded in order to intensify the cooperation with local actors in environmental policy making. This platform has asked the municipality to form a structural cooperation with local actors in climate policy. Since 2006 the 'Bredase Energieraad' (energy council) is operative. All members of the 'Bredase energieraad' are adressed as forerunners of their industry sector. The vision of the 'Bredase energieraad' is that this forerunner of motivates the others to aim at a higher ambition and learn from their colleagues practice. The municipality should not always take this role. The 'Bredase Energieraad' wants to act, not to be in conference. Its aim is to combine collective interests, networks and budgets and put things in motion.

Targets

„Of course the municipality sets a good example!” Breda’s alderman Wilbert Willems

Breda aims at being CO2 neutral in 2044

Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Breda (NL)

StrategyThe priority fields of Breda’s climate policy are:

sustainable local government ▪sustainable energy production ▪sustainable mobility ▪low-energy buildings ▪sustainable (agricultural) business ▪adaptation to climate change ▪

Breda has formulated goals for 2044, 2020 and 2015. To achieve these goals Breda uses the preferential order ‘Trias Energetica’:

energy saving1. renewable energy2. energy efficiency 3.

As a fourth, last option to reduce CO2 emission, Breda identifies com-pensation. This means both afforestation and CO2 credits. Breda builds on cooperation structures like the 'Bredase Energieraad' and structures within the scope of other themes than climate change, such as air quality, housing, health etc. The energy council has played an important role in the baseline assessment and target setting. For the inventory of possible measures, Breda has interviewed many organi-sations and organised two workshops with local actors. By announce-ments and articles in newspapers and magazines and inviting people to participate in making intensified climate policy, Breda has worked on optimal cooperation with local stakeholders. As mentioned before, Breda sees an important role for forerunners. In the energy council forerunners of different branches of industry are united. They can help the municipality by ‘spreading the word’ about climate measures to their colleagues that are less ambitious. This is one of the main principles of the communication strategy of the climate policy: the municipality relies on intermediairs in order to convince others. It is important that the message is sent by a sender that the reciever finds reliable.

Strategy

Breda has made an inventory of possible climate measures. Examples of projects which are already being implemented are:

sustainable district heating: Breda and the company that runs the ▪energy grid are investigating how the district heating in Breda can be made (more) sustainable;vegetation roofs: Breda want to stimulate the use of vegetation roofs ▪in order to capture CO2, increase the isolating power of buildings, improve water storage and add vegetation to the city;other greenhouse gases than CO ▪ 2: Breda is broadening its environ-mental law enforcement so that companies will take measures for greenhouse gases like methane and chlorofluorocarbons; underground land-use plan: as a result of problems with conflicting ▪claims for underground heat storage, Breda is working on a plan for the ditribution of cliams on the undergrond;‘Week of advancement 2008’ about sustainable mobility ▪

Actions

ContactOrganisation: Municipality of Breda Main contact: Paul Paree E-Mail: [email protected] Web site: www.breda.nl/milieu

Breda’s SEC strategy

Grote Markt, central Plaza of Breda

Project Partners Ambiente Italia srl Municipality of Foggia Municipality of Asti Municipality of Ravenna Municipality of Breda Ecofys B.V. Municipality of Dobrich Dobrich Local Agency for Energy Management Solites - Steinbeis Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems Stadtwerke Crailsheim GmbH Kuben Byfornyelse Danmark A/S European Green cities ApS

Project Management Italian Local Agenda 21 Association c/o Province of Modena T. +39 059 209434/350 Viale Martiri della Libertà 34 F. +39 059 209398 41100 Modena, Italy E. [email protected] More details: http://www.musecenergy.eu More details on SECs and the IEE programme and on the IEEA can be found on: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html

MUSEC is official partner of the 'Sustainable Energy Europe' campaign.

MUSEC Project

EditorThomas Pauschinger Solites - Steinbeis Research Institute T. +49 711 673 2000-0 for Solar and Sustainable Thermal E. [email protected] Energy Systems W. www.solites.de Nobelstraße 15, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Text contributions fromDaniela Milkova (Municipality of Dobrich) Jakob Klint, Mette Fabricius Madsen (Kuben) Eva Reu (STW Crailsheim) Marcello Antinucci (Coordinamento Agende 21 locali italiane) Chiara Lazzari, Rodolfo Pasinetti (Ambiente Italia) Claudio Rabbione, Marina Parrinello, Simona Povigna (Municipality of Asti) Michele Lauriola, Nunzia Capolongo (Municipality of Foggia) Angela Vistoli, Silvia Ulazzi (Municipality of Ravenna) Paul Paree, Barbet Hendriks-Punt (Municipality of Breda)

LayoutMarkus Unterberger (Solites)Image sources aboutpixel.de / „Nebelwerk“ © schachspieler aboutpixel.de / „Der richtige Weg: Solarstromerzeugung“ © 2008 stormpic

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