South Dublin Sustainable Energy Action Plan

Anthony McNamara, IPI/SDCC

SPECIAL PPC 2 Graz 21st – 23rd October 2013

Structure of Presentation

• Context

• About LEAP

• Covenant of Mayors

• South Dublin SEAP – An Energy Map

• Milestones & Benefits to date

• Overlap with SPECIAL

• Conclusions

Location

Context

SDCC has a strong track record in environmental efficiency and developing sustainable communities i.e. Adamstown & Clonburris

Significant experience in carrying out energy efficiency, awareness programmes and building upgrading / refurbishment projects, based on a strong policy structure

Recognised need for civic leadership & a consolidated, co-ordinated, evidence based approach to energy policy development - move from projects being undertaken in isolation

Assist in developing more meaningful engagement with wider energy stakeholders and leveraging funding for energy projects

Sustainable Energy Communities conference in February 2010 –better inform staff and elected members – invited to participate in LEAP project

About LEAP

A European Partnership – 10 organisations from 7 EU Countries

75% support funding from Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)

Timescale – May 2011 to November 2013

Partner structure – combination of ‘experienced’ and ‘learner’ partners

SDCC recognised as a ‘learner’ partner

LEAP Project Partners

LEAP & South Dublin County

Bridge the gap between EU energy agenda (targets) andessential local action

Institutionalise sustainable energy practice and policy within Local Authority operations

Key Technical Output: Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP)

Assist in the creation of a more competitive and energy efficient local economy

Empower local businesses and homeowners within SDCC to take up the energy challenge

EU Context - Covenant of Mayors

The Covenant of Mayors is the mainstream European movement committing authorities to increasing energy efficiency and use of renewable energy

Covenant signatories aim to voluntarily meet and exceed the EU 20% CO2 reduction target by 2020

A key requirement of the COM is the preparation of a SEAP within a 12 month period

Mayor Caitriona Jones signing the Covenant of Mayors, June 2012

SEAP Structure

Where are you?

Baseline Emission Inventory

Analyse the current status in terms of energy use and associated CO2

emissions.

Baseline Emission Inventory

Analyse the current status in terms of energy use and associated CO2

emissions.

How do you get there?

Actions

Define a set of comprehensive

actions with estimated impacts.

Actions

Define a set of comprehensive

actions with estimated impacts.

Where do you want to go?

Vision, Objectives,

Target

Agree on a vision, objectives and CO2 emissions

reduction target for 2020.

Vision, Objectives,

Target

Agree on a vision, objectives and CO2 emissions

reduction target for 2020.

Baseline Emissions Inventory

Full 2006 inventory for energy consumption / CO2 emissions in South Dublin County was undertaken

This baseline year was chosen due to the availability of reliable data i.e. Census of Population and NTA household survey etc

Data was collated under the residential, transport and commercial sectors

Energy baseline for all Council buildings, facilities, public lighting & fleet was also calculated based on 2010 data

BEI was completed in line with Covenant of Mayors guidelines, assistance from CODEMA and Southampton City Council

Where are you?

South Dublin SEAP

SEAP prepared in response to EU and national legislation and policy – including targets

2020 energy targets

SDCC recognises need for a more co-ordinated, evidence based, countywide approach building on

areas that SDCC has experience in

Three guiding principles: Record, Reduce & Replace

1 Covenant of Mayors ˃20% CO2

2 Whole economy ˃ 20% energy demand

3 SDCC > 33% energy demand

4 16% of consumption from renewables

Where do you want to go?

SEAP Targets

Final Consumption (TWh) CO2 Emissions (Ktonnes)

Sector 2006 Projected 2020 (20% reduction)

2006 Projected 2020 (20% reduction)

Residential 1.32 1.06 607 486

Commercial 2.48 1.98 1,014 811

Transport 2.99 2.39 757 606

SDCC (2010) 0.05 0.03 (33% reduction)

18 12(33% reduction)

Total 6.83 5.46 2,396 1,915

Where do you want to go?

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5.50

6.00

6.50

7.00

7.50

2006 2008* 2010* 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

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Baseline NEAP/ NREAP Scenario Business as usual SEAP target 2020

Scenarios to 2020…

2020 Scenarios – SEAI National Energy Efficiency Action Plan / National Renewable Energy Action Plan Scenario – predicts a South Dublin shortfall in energy efficiency target by 13% and CO2 reduction target by 11%

Where do you want to go?

‘Record’ Actions - promote an evidence based approach to energy management and focus on streamlining energy data across sectors e.g. performance indicators, heat mapping and BER data collection

‘Reduce’ Actions – showcase SDCC experience in energy efficiency projects across building stock, facilities and operations, developing citizen involvement campaigns and integrating land use and transport planning

‘Replace’ Actions – set out both a strategic and local approach to developing renewable alternatives –LARES, site specific feasibility – aim to offer encouragement to private sector

SEAP Actions

ActionsActions

‘Record’ Actions

REC1 Recording and measuring SDCC large energy users in building stock, public lighting, fleet, drainage and water management

REC2 Identifying Energy Performance Indicators

REC3 Using Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) network to evaluate performance of and share knowledge gained through energy efficiency projects

REC4 Develop a Heat Mapping Tool to geographically represent energy data for buildings across all sectors

REC5 Collection & Analysis of Building Energy Rating (BER)Data

ActionsActions

‘Reduce’ Actions

RED2 Improving efficiencies through South Dublin County Council Energy Awareness campaigns for staff and politicians

RED4 Continue refurbishment of housing stock across South Dublin County through involvement in schemes such as the ‘Warmer Homes Pilot Project’

RED9 SME Energy Initiative

RED11 Schools Energy Initiative

RED13 Personalised Travel Planning projects in South Dublin County

RED5 Continuing energy upgrade of SDCC owned and operated building stock

RED12 Continue the development of sustainable communities policy based on the integration of land use and transport planning

ActionsActions

‘Replace’ Actions

REP1 Prepare a Local Authority Renewable Energy Strategy (LARES)

REP2 Pilot renewable energy measures testing renewable technologies and improved fabric measures as part of major new build capital projects

REP3 Feasibility Projects to assess large scale renewable and low carbon technologies/strategies

REP4 Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies inconjunction with Institute of TechnologyTallaght

ActionsActions

Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) Lead

Partner – significant EU project experience

SDCC attendance at Project Partner Committee meetings

and Seminars

Workshadowing and Mentoring relationship with

Southampton City Council – ‘experienced’ partner

Peer to Peer support group with Sofia Municipality and

Kaunas District Municipality – ‘learner’ partners

SDCC attendance at Hannover Training week in April

2012

Input from City of Dublin Energy Management Agency

(CODEMA)

SDCC Capacity Building

Milestones to date

SEAP approved at May Council meeting and was submitted to Covenant of Mayors in June 2013 for EU verification

‘Connect with Energy’ initiative June 2012 – bringing energysuppliers of goods / services and users together

Continue to leverage funding at national (SEAI, NTA etc) and EU level (IEE, EEEF etc)

Following Tallaght SEC (Sustainable Energy Communities) designation in 2011, the SEAP will continue to progress in tandem with the SEC

Overlap with a new IEE funded project – SPECIAL – Spatial Planning and Energy for Communities in All Landscapes (SPECIAL)

An SDCC Energy Action Team has been set up – cross Departmental and multi

disciplinary

Continuing to develop an evidence based approach to policy development –

Planners & Architects

Staff organised and facilitated a variety of energy related stakeholder

& citizen involvement campaigns, based on LEAP partner experiences

By participating in LEAP staff have been up-skilled

in energy data analysis, project & budget

management, peer to peer working and

plan preparation to EU standards

Developing greater integration between energy

and spatial planning - LARES, renewable feasibility

studies, SPECIAL

Local Authority Up-Skilling

Overlap with

EU Targets

Local projects / initiatives

Political / Institutionalisation

Planning on the ground

SEAP Legacy

Regional / LA Plans

SEAP Development

LA Renewable Energy Strategy

Energy planning in local authorities needs a

co-ordinated, cross-departmental approachwith commitment at senior management level

LEAP has proven that staff need to be up-skilledin energy data collection and analysis

- in response to addressing EU targets

Sustainable Energy Action Plan – useful tool to integrate LA experience to date

and showcase opportunities to encourage private sector investment in energy

Developing links with other local authorities, energy agencies, EU partners –

leading towards a streamlined methodology to energy planning and its integration

with other skills / functions. i.e. planning

Local Authorities are well placed to lead the way and empower a change in

energy use and efficiency at the local level – bottom up approach

Conclusions

Thank you for your attention

Presented by:

Anthony McNamara

LEAP Project Co-ordinator

South Dublin County Council