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European Energy Award

“The innovative Management Tool for cost efficient Investments in Sustainable Cities"

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Making communal Energy- and Climate policies MRV(Measurable, Reportable, Verifiable)

Robert Horbaty Managing director of the „Association Energy City“

the regional trustee of the European Energy Award® in Switzerland

15.2.2012

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20 years of experiences: Lessons learned

• Implementing sustainable Infrastructure means planning and a process orientated approach

• Securing of a continuous process in implementing measures and the continuous optimisation is crucial

• Not only theoretical concepts and data collection, but implementing actions, main focus on initiating concrete activities and infrastructure projects in all areas of municipal energy- and climate policies.

• Definition of measures with a high cost benefit ratio, with the low costs and high benefits concerning energy saving and emissions reduction.

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Lessons learned:

• Coaching and Awarding of responsible person in the administration for extraordinary results.

• Communication of achieved results to a broad public

• Simple controlling instrument for result orientated administration (Definition of goals and targets, measures and actions, responsibilities and finances)

TQM, ISO 50’001, etc.

Covenant of Mayors / Sustainable Energy Action Plan, SEAP

Implementing tool: eea / Energy City

Follow-up: eea / Energy City

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Management System-Process: “Plan-Do-Check-Act”

Communal Management System for Sustainability:

Plan• Political, mayoral commitment• Current status assessment, Initial review• Goals and strategies, Policy, planning

Do• Activity program• Implementing measures and operation• Awareness and training

Check• Evaluating and controlling • Reporting procedure• Checking and management review

Act• Corrective actions • Continual improvements

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The eea / Energy City Management process

every 4 years

Initial Energy / Climate Review• Appoint Team• Evaluate actual state• Consensus

Targets and Goals• Principles• Targets• Horizon 4 years

Energy / Climate policy program

• Activities projects• Schedules, Budget• Persons

Optimization of Processes

• Project organization• Performance

indicators

Energy City Award• Mayoral decision• Evaluation• 50% realized• Awarding

Implementation• Decided measures• PR, Communication• Implementing Tools

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Reduction of energy consumption

and -costs

Continuity

Networking withStakeholders

Uniqueness of the city Image

City Marketing

Advantage for local Business

Attractive for investors

Capacity buildingTraining

Managementsystem /tool and controlling

mechanism Awarding of the responsible authorities

and best practices

Benefits of eea / Energy City – Management - System

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Key areas of the European Energy AwardStructure according to activities and stakeholders in administration

5. Internal OrganizationCapacity building, policies, strategies, controlling

6. External communicationInformation, promotion, subsidies

3. Supply,waste disposalElectricity, distant heating, Water supply, waste treatment

2. Communal buildings, Facilities Energy management, building efficiency

4. MobilityPublic transport, Zones low speed, parking management, pedestrian zones, bicycle routes

1. Communal development, planningEnergy policy, action plan, regula-tions and increasing enforcement

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1.1.2 Purchase of CO2 Balance tool

1.1.3 Communal energy planning

1.2.1 criterieas for submissions

2.1.1 Energy balance tool for buildings

2.1.4 Training of house keepers

2.2.2 Purchase of green electricity

3.3.1 Potential study of wast heat

3.4.2 Water savings measures

3.7.3 Concept of utilisation of Waste

4.2.1 Managment of parking space

4.3.3 Promotion of slow mobility

4.5.2 Communication on efficient mobility

5.1.2 Formation of energy Team

5.2.4 Training

6.1.1 Campain for public

6.3.3Projects at schools

6.4.1 Energy consulting

very efficient measures

Costly measures

economic measures

Costly but efficient measures

Emphasis of measures according to measure catalog

Cost / benefit ratio of measures

Costly, inefficient measurers

Costly, but efficient measurers

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Emphasis of measures according to measure catalog

Main focus of programme

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European Energy Award

Since 2002: European Energy Award

Programme activities in 5 countries

Pilot activities in 4 countries

848 active municipalities

417 awarded municipalities

Identical catalogue of measures,country specific indicators and values

Municipalities with best practices are awarded with „European Energy Award“ in Gold

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European Energy Award in Romania

• Co-financing up to 10 projects in the field of sustainable energy management in about 4 selected Romanian cities, with 37 Mio CHF, in the context of the Swiss enlargement contri-bution to eastern European countries

• Disseminate and intensify strategies for sustainable energy policies in Romanian cities, like e.g. “Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAP)” within the “Covenant of Mayors” initiatives of the European Commission.

• Introduction of the eea/Energy City-Management System recognized as one of the best implementing tools for SEAP, in selected Romanian cities .

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• Implementation of a resilient energy/climate policy in about 4 Romanian municipalities (with emphasis medium size) based on• a firm commitment of the responsible

authorities to the foreseen activities.• a comprehensive report on the energy/climate

policy of the municipality, • a city profile and relevant data• a sustainable energy action plan (SEAP) /

program for the next 4 to 5 years, with targets and goals, schedule, finances, and responsibilities.

• Capacity building of Romanian municipal administration and their advisors on the vast possibilities of energy and climate issues,

European Energy Award in Romania

Launching conference on the 1st of July 2011

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Low Carbon City China – Program: eea in China

• LCCC: Activity within the Global Program Climate Change of the SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)

• The LCCC-Program supports medium size Chinese municipalities in planning and implementation of their “Low Carbon”- Strategies.

• With planning instruments and implementation support, incl. an innovative indicator system, a comprehensive management approach is developed and employed.

• LCCC-Program is strongly based on the experiences with European Energy award

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• Five principals:• City based approach

• Action orientated

• Share Swiss / International Experiences

• One system approach

• Share knowledge and Information

• Five Outcomes• Low Carbon City Management

(eea / Energy City)

• Green Buildings

• Low Carbon Transport / Mobility

• Green Economy

• Low carbon City Platform

Low Carbon City China – Program: eea in China

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eea: Results of the Process

• Consensus amongst the Stakeholder of the municipality on the actual state of the energy policy, of the strategies to follow and the necessary infrastructure projects.

• Capacity building within the administration on the possibilities of a sustainable energy policy.

• Report on the energy/climate policy of the municipality, with city profile and relevant data

• A resilient energy/climate plan and program for the next 4 years, with targets and goals, schedule, finances, and responsibilities.

• A firm commitment of all the responsibilities to the foreseen activities.

• Interdepartmental cooperation (e.g. working group with , industry, trade, private household)

• Sufficient personnel and budget allocated to implement measures

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The Label Energiestadt / European Energy Award!

Awarding ceremonies: « Inauguration "of the local energy policy