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| Tyne and Wear Freight Partnership The Tyne and Wear freight partnership seeks to understand the problems and issues relating to freight movement and provides a mechanism through which they can be addressed. It brings together operators, industry representatives, local authorities, the Highways Agency and local key stakeholder groups to facilitate delivery of an action plan targeted at improving the efficiency, safety and sustainability of freight. Since the partnership was formed in 2005, a range of key outcomes have been achieved with an emphasis on improving the relationship between operators and local authorities. Key outputs include a freight routing strategy for Tyne and Wear, including the production of a strategic freight map and many bespoke destination maps, a review of signage in conjunction with the Highways Agency that has led to tangible improvements on the ground, the launch of a successful website and a review of lorry parking facilities and rail freight. |
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A project by Millfield Primary School to promote schools' innovative environmental problem-solving. The project is the final winner from the Environment and Innovation Project, 1st Cycle (2005 - 2007), a project organised by the Eco-Schools International Programme Coordination with the support of Toyota Motor Europe via Toyota Fund for Europe. Creation of a long-term and sustainable incentive for children to walk-to-school, by installing permanent checkpoint machines where children stamp a token on every "green" school journey. Called "Stamp Stanley", the smiley face stamped on tokens is children's proof of the green journey they have made. Tokens are saved up and exchanged in school for a wide range of rewards, used to "buy" items, and also entered into prize draws to win family treats. Establishing strong relationships between businesses, neighbours, parents, staff and children, this project has a real and significant impact, with wide-reaching benefits for the school and community. |
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The EMS-TEXTILE project aims to promote energy management practices mainly to the textile industries of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Bulgaria. The proposed energy management practices are based on previous experience from successful environmental and energy management applications throughout the world. Through collaborative processes between project partners and potential end users, energy audit and benchmarking tools and energy management supportive publications are developed and disseminated. Supportive activities of the project include the creation of a multinational experience exchange network, the institution of Help-Line desks, the elaboration of training seminars and pilot implementations. Dissemination activities include the organisation of informative workshops, the publication of articles, the distribution of leaflets and the presentation of the project results at national and EU events. In general EMS-Textile provides the necessary tools and elaborates combined actions for their implementation. All deliverables, activities, contact details and news of the project are available on the project website. |
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| POLYCITY - Germany, Italy, Spain The POLYCITY project focuses on the sustainable development of three large urban areas in Germany (Ostfildern), Spain (Barcelona/Cerdanyola) and Italy (Turin) in the field of energy optimisation and the use of renewable energies. In real urban developments the rate of fossil fuels is reduced in favour of sustainable energy supply from biomass, solar and geothermal. The research teams work on the optimisation of design and operation of eco-buildings, optimisation of innovative supply systems, integration of supply and demand with the development and implementation of a communal energy management system, socio-economic analyses. Special issues are low temperature heating/cooling systems. The project is coordinated by the Centre of Applied Research Sustainable Energy Technology at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (HfT). POLYCITY is part of the European CONCERTO initiative, co-funded by the European Commission. |
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The Prison Energy Project was delivered in South West England and Wales in partnership with the Prison Service, Energy Saving Trust and Local Energy Agencies, led by Severn Wye Energy Agency. Funding was provided for the project by the Prison Service, Energy Saving Trust and Local Authorities. The project sought to engage the prison service and its communities in a holistic approach, delivering energy surveys to prisons, offender education, staff training and advice and support to offenders' families. The project engaged more than 2000 offender families, trained 200 prison staff and more than 50 prisoners received accredited training in sustainable energy which has now been integrated into mainstream training services. The holistic approach of this project in engaging with the whole prison community at the appropriate level is the best route to success in reducing overall emissions within and around the prison. The findings of this project show there is a very good opportunity for many aspects to be replicated in other locations. |
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| Energy-Saving Project Geislingen The Resource saving project in Geislingen is part of the ENERinTOWN project supported by the IEE Programme of the European Commission. It was developed for 80 facilities in the City of Geislingen and is based on an interdisciplinary approach involving all groups of building occupants. The EMS (Energy Management System) builds on an innovative web-based tool for distant reading of electricity, heat, gas and water meters and provides data analyzing capabilites and automated generation of energy consumption reports. The main benefits for the city are: additional financial resources / implementation of a professional energy management / practical lessons on the responsible use of energy and resources for users/pupils. No cost and low cost measures reduced the energy bill of public buildings in Geislingen during the first two years of the project by 340.000 €. These are re-invested mainly in energy efficiency measures and in consulting and training. In this way the project is self-financed by the savings. ZREU - Zentrum für rationelle Energieawendung und Umwelt GmbH, Germany |
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The objective for the programme "the Energy Farm" is to facilitate the transition of the energy system in Region Västra Götaland to increased use of renewables. It is to be a gathering and pushing force, with a local producer and user perspective, in the development of renewable energy production for the west Swedish agriculture. The aim for the Energy Farm is that in the year 2020, the Region Västra Götaland has taken care of 25 percent of the potential for renewable energy production at 20 TWh. Main funder is Region Västra Götaland and the project has a broad range of partners, including stakeholders in all the chain from the producer (farmer) to the end user of energy. The programme is supporting the agricultural enterprises by information, guidance, education, technical development as well as business development. Common for all these activities are that the Energy Farm is building networks, initiating projects, communicating, doing feasibility studies and transfer experiences. |
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Newcastle City Council opened its Corporate Travel Office on 4th September 2006. Its purpose is to ensure that as many day-to-day journeys made on business are as cost effective and energy efficient as possible and discourage, wherever possible, travel by private car. The activities of the travel office are hence concentrated around raising awareness of alternative sustainable modes and energy saving, and present the target audience (primarily council employees) with a wide range of alternatives to using private cars for business purposes. The Travel Office is funded by parts of the Newcastle City Council £ 2.3 mill travel budget, which is being spent on introducing and marketing sustainable modes of transport. The results generated from this initiative have so far been positive, and 13069 booking have been made through the Travel Office in its first operational year. |
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| The Energy Gain - a local training programme The aim of the Energy Gain is to increase awareness of energy issues in SME in Lidköping, Sweden, by combining education with a voluntary agreement on action taken by the companies. The objective is to have 100 participating companies (manufacturing companies, industrial workshops, agricultural enterprises, real estate companies, groceries, supermarkets and automotive retailers etc) that are making efforts to make their energy use more efficient as well as investing their possibilities to change from fossil fuels to renewable energy, decreasing CO2 -emissions as well as emissions of other polluting substances. 86 companies have been given the education and the objective is very likely to be reached and exceeded during the programme. The first evaluation shows very content participants and increased activity, including concrete measures, at many companies. Crucial for success has been the contact with the local organisations for SME. |
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Freight cooperation in Lundby was carried out in the rapidly expanding Lundby district, Gothenburg, Sweden 2001-2006, by the Lundby Mobility Centre. It aimed to create more sustainable freight patterns by better transport planning, targeting the end consumers, the SME in the area, by increasing their awareness. The objective was to decrease the transports to the participating companies by 30 percent. The 17 participating companies decreased their transports with 41 percent, exceeding the objective, a decrease of over 500 transports a year. The funding was from Norra Älvstranden Utveckling AB and the EU project TELLUS. Communication methods and channels were crucial for success. Much effort was put into dissemination of the result and experiences from the project. |
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| RESINBUIL - Introduction of Renewable Energies Sources (RES) in Building Sector RESINBUIL is a project financed by the IEE programme (Intelligent Energy - Europe). It was approved in December 2005 and its total duration is 26 months from January 2006. The consortium is formed by eight partners from four European regions (Burgos - Spain, Pomurje - Slovenia, Trapani - Italy and Harghita - Romania). The project is focused on the encouragement of the use of Renewable Energy (RE) in the building sector by means of a three-pronged strategy centred on new and concrete market, promotion and training actions. The expected result in the short term is a significant boost in the instalment of small scale RES in the residential sector in a close cooperation with the installers and the local authorities. RESINBUIL project is aimed mainly at Local/Regional Public Authorities, Business Associations, Constructors, Promoters, Professional Associations and General Public. Presence and active participation of these groups are benefiting the project, with results being effectively disseminated in the local, regional, national and international context. |
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Energy Study on Oeiras' Municipal Fleet The "Energy Study on Oeiras' Municipal Fleet" started in 2005, with the intent of gathering the data needed for a diagnosis over the fleet's energetic and environmental behaviour. The work was performed in Oeiras, coordinated by OEINERGE in partnership with the Municipality of Oeiras (CMO) and the Technical University of Lisbon (IST). The objective of the project was to perform an overview on the current performance of the fleet, and advance with proposals to implement alternative fuels, alternative propulsion and measures to reduce fuel consumption and enhance environmental behaviour. OEINERGE - Agência Municipal de Energia e Ambiente de Oeiras, Portugal |
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| "In town, without my car!" campaign On the 22nd of September 2006, for the first time in Brasov, ABMEE (Agency for the Management of Energy and Environmental Protection Brasov) together with the Brasov Municipality and the Environmental Protection Agency of Brasov organised the "In town, without my car!" campaign. This event is organised annually on the same date (22 September) and consists in promoting and raising awareness on mobility and efficient transport by restricting access on one or more traffic ways that are otherwise used. This European campaign is initiated by the European Commission - DG Environment, and in 2000 became an international event, with participation of municipalities from South America and Asia. ABMEE - Agency of Brasov for the Management of Energy and Environment, Romania |
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Kristianstad municipality, Sweden, is working on becoming fossil fuel free. The different projects within this work are funded by municipal means and state grants. In 1999 the executive committee of Kristianstad municipality unanimous decided to declare its will to become a Fossil Fuel Free Municipality. The reduction of fossil fuels is to be achieved primarily by the use of bio-fuels, both biomass as fuel for heating and production of electricity and biogas as fuel for local buses and other vehicles. Other activities are efforts in the field of energy efficiency and changes in behaviour patterns. Community planning is an important instrument to promote a Fossil Fuel Free municipality. The target audience is all sectors of the society, for example companies, households, children etc. The yearly CO2-emissons have been reduced by 123 000 tonnes. One conclusion that can be drawn is that it is easier to reduce the emissions from the heating sector than from transports. We recommend other municipalities to work with both energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. |
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An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland operates the Green-Schools programme in Ireland on behalf of FEE. Green-Schools, (internationally known as Eco-Schools), is an international environmental education programme, environmental management system and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole school action for the environment. In Ireland, Green-Schools is operated as a three-way partnership between An Taisce, Local Authorities and the schools. This partnership has proved very successful, with Local Authorities working closely with schools on the ground and the Green-Schools Office of An Taisce running the administration, coordination, and development of the programme. Local Authorities, Greenstar (Ireland's leading integrated waste management company), Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland and The Wrigley Company Ltd. provide financial support for the Green-Schools programme in Ireland. The programme is also financially supported the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government. Currently, (June 2006), there are 2,330 schools (Montessori, pre-school, primary, secondary & special) in Ireland registered for the programme. This represents over 55% of all schools in Ireland. 895 schools in Ireland have received the Green-Flag. Irish schools participating in the programme are introduced to the themes on a phased basis. Schools are encouraged to focus on one theme at a time, rather than trying to address a wide range of environmental topics in one go. Schools in Ireland initially address the theme of Litter & Waste, working through the seven steps and are awarded their first Green Flag on this basis. Awarded schools have to renew their award every two years and in this time they have to add a new theme to their programme. So, after Litter and Waste, they introduce Energy to their programmes, then Water and then Travel. Therefore, a school working on the Travel theme will be participating in the Green-Schools programme a minimum of 6-7 years. At present 895 Irish schools are at various stages of working on the energy theme. An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland, Environmental Education Unit, Ireland |
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| Green Light Graz - Modernization and saving energy at street lighting in the City of Graz In 2005, the Pilot Project "Green Light Graz I" (modernizing street lighting along the main traffic route Wienerstraße - Gürtel and other main streets) was started. 718 lamps in main streets were renewed and provided with state-of-the art technologies and control engineering. The Graz Energy Agency has taken over the whole project handling for contract management as an overall package by order of the City of Graz. As for technical implementation and financing, the Graz Energy Agency co-operates with Energy Graz. Together these two organizations guarantee the calculated energy savings! The costs are amortized by the savings. No additional investment costs accrue to the City of Graz. On April 26, 2006, the City of Graz was presented with the Green Light Award 2006 in Frankfurt for its programme! |
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School project "Grasping of Climate in Theory and Practice" The main goal of the project was to develop an understanding how use of energy impacts our environment and climate, and how our individual choices in everyday life are of importance for the future. This was done by inspiring and development of methods for educators to work with their pupils in thematic projects. Teknikens Hus is one of Sweden's largest and most renowned science centres. The complementary knowledge and experience in the partnership between Norrbottens Energikontor (NENET) and Teknikens Hus in Sweden, NEF in the UK and RAEE in France made it possible to carry out the task in a successful way. The combination of exhibitions, training of teachers and pupils with new pedagogic methods has been really successful in the three participating regions in three countries. All together there has been successful and established pedagogic methods of combining interactive exhibition and dramas together with theory and practical experiments will be used as a model. The National Energy Foundation in UK is more specialised in teaching children about energy issues and complement therefore Teknikens Hus in a good way. Interactive exhibitions and dramas will be set up. After the project period it will be possible for others to rent the exhibitions. A teacher inspirational guide, in English and Swedish, summarising experiences and ideas collected during the project will be produced. Norrbottens Energikontor AB (Norrbotten energy network, NENET), Sweden |
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The European Energy Trophy is an EU-wide competition for companies and public administrations for saving energy in office buildings. The Energy Trophy was organised and implemented by a consortium of 6 partners and started officially on 01.01.2004. The aim was to award the Energy Trophy to participants who saved the most energy in one office building in one year using cost-free measures only (i.e. behavioural changes such as turning off lights, turning down the heating etc. – no investments in new equipment or energy saving light bulbs etc.). With 38 participating companies and public administrations, the project was a complete success: 22 of the 38 participants were able to reduce their energy consumption and achieved energy savings of up to 30 %. The main funders of the project were the European Commission in the framework of the SAVE II programme and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. B.&S.U. Beratungs- und Service-Gesellschaft Umwelt mbH, Germany |
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The involvement of schools in sustainable energy management was obtained operating jointly on the improvement of the building energy performance, on user behaviour and on the development of didactic projects. The approach was based on performance contracting to an external company the energy rehabilitation and management of all buildings of the local administration, mainly schools. The user behaviour was afforded by a Voluntary Agreement between schools and Administration, where the money saved through energy saving is allocated 50% to the schools. The Energy Agency supports didactic projects promoted by the teachers, with financial help from the local administrations. Environmental benefits are estimated as 2,200 tons of avoided CO2 and the achieved behavioural changes are demonstrated by the pupils’ and students’ attitude towards energy savings. All energy agencies can manage similar experiences, if the local administrations show interest in school energy efficient management. AESS - Agenzia per l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Sostenibile di Modena, Italy |
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The Energy and Water Conservation Fund The Energy and Water Conservation Fund was set up to enable Council services to make capital investments in energy efficiency in buildings and to help attract external funding for energy projects. 77% of applications to the fund so far have been from schools. The 192 schools in Kirklees are responsible for 57% of the CO2 emissions from Council buildings - and the 65,000 pupils are the energy managers of the future. Energy and water consumption reports are sent each year by the Council’s Energy Unit to the managers of 600 Council buildings, saying how much has been used in the previous year, and comparing this with a three-year average and with national benchmarks. All Council buildings receive an energy survey every three years, containing costed recommendations on actions and investments, which would help save energy and water and reduce bills. Building managers apply to the Fund for the money to carry out the work. |
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ARPEGE - Coordination of the Network of New Jobs for Rational Energy Management in Rhône-Alpes The reduction of energy and water consumption in public establishments (local authority properties, social housing, hospitals and universities) can only be effectively carried out if one person is specifically allocated to this purpose. The project aims to help towards the creation of jobs in this field, to coordinate the network of new jobs and to propose adapted training. This action is led in the Rhône-Alpes region (France) and is supported by the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council and ADEME (Environment and Energy Management Agency). The project was carried out between 1999 and 2003. Energy savings in a municipality with 10000 inhabitants are believed to cover the expenses linked to the recruitment of one person. The project created 50 jobs in local authorities, associations, public housing organisations, hospitals and universities. It also created awareness for energy saving among elected representatives, employees, users and children. |
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Effective Sub-regional Partnership The Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership is an innovative cohesive sub-regional approach to addressing the social, environmental and economic issues of energy supply and demand. Since 2001 the partnership has brought together over 50 key organisations to develop policies and active sustainable energy programmes. It has particularly concentrated on promoting the social benefits within an integrated energy policy. Member organisations include all the Local Authorities, Health Trusts and Housing Associations, plus business organisations, community, renewable energy and energy efficiency organisations. Its work covers Cornwall in the South West Region of the UK. The Partnership has four task groups and a strategic steering group and demonstrates its success through programmes such as the West of Cornwall Home Health Pilot that delivers energy and heating measures to homes in deprived areas. Its main funding source is an allocation of government funding via the Energy Saving Trust. |
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DemoEast programme in Estonia: Supply, delivery & installation of wood pellet burning equipment DemoEast programme is a part of the so-called Baltic Billion Fund 2 funded by SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency with the overall aim to stimulate the development of industry and trade in the Baltic Sea. The objective in Estonia was to promote pellet firing technology, equipment and to inform future clients about the project’s economic and technological outcomes. The specific aim of the project was the conversion of three light, oil fired boilers to wood pellets burning at three demonstration sites, to show the possibilities and economic conditions in the conversion from light oil boilers to small scale combustion of bio fuels. The selected sites were Kunderi str. boiler house in AS Rakvere Soojus, Leie Basic School in Kolga - Jaani Municipality, and Kiltsi Basic School in Väike - Maarja Municipality. These wood pellet projects in Estonia were initiated and implemented by Environmental Technology of Öresund (MTÖ) in Sweden and Regional Energy Centres (REC) in Estonia. |
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Dyfi Valley Community Renewable Energy Project This case study explains how several organisations in mid Wales have come together to enable local people to carry out small-scale schemes using various renewable energy technologies. The project aimed to: encourage local people to engage with energy issues; establish some “community-based” renewable energy installations; and improve understanding and support for renewable energy by maximising local benefit and by taking a consensus approach. Technologies employed were hydro, wind, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wood heat and ground source heat pump. Promotion was achieved through visits to various local groups, including councils. Public meetings were held and leaflets were delivered door-to-door on two occasions. Local media were also important. The total installed capacity of completed renewable energy schemes was 205 kW electrical capacity and 150 kW heat capacity. Many people in the community are now more aware of the economic and environmental implications of energy use and this influences their behaviour in subtle ways. |
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Energy Benchmark Pool Frankfurt (Commercial Buildings): Information and exchange of experience as a success factor for efficient planning and running of commercial buildings in small groups of up to ten participants. On average, 25%of the total demand of the buildings was identified as a saving potential with a pay-back time less than 5 years. The implementation of the defined saving potential is still in progress. |
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Utilization of biomass from municipal green areas for heating purposes The first pilot Joint Implementation (JI) project in Poland was implemented at the City Greenery Unit in Jelenia Góra where two low-efficient coal-fired boilers were replaced with a high efficiency boiler burning wood chips obtained as waste from the management of the city green areas. It has brought many environmental benefits such as reduction of GHG emissions as a result of fuel conversion (coal to biomass), avoidance of methane emissions from organic decay in landfills, and reduction in emissions that would have been caused by transport of coal and waste wood. The project started in 1998 and was commissioned in 2000. Since then monitoring for JI purposes has been continued. In general, the project has been successful and can be replicated both from a technical and a financing point of view in other countries, as well as inside Poland itself. |
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Warm and Well was launched in October 2001, with the aim of reducing the health impacts of cold, inefficient homes in the counties of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire. The project targets energy efficiency, heating and ventilation measures at homes vulnerable to the condition of “fuel poverty”. These measures are coupled with a comprehensive package of energy advice. The scheme is a partnership between the seven Local Authorities of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, the area’s Primary Care Trusts, and the Severn Wye Energy Agency. The main technologies supported by the scheme are household insulation, condensing boilers, heat recovery ventilation and low energy lighting. In its first eighteen months of operation, Warm and Well led to investment of over 1.4 million in energy efficiency measures, and lifetime carbon dioxide savings of over 89,000 tonnes. The success of the scheme can be attributed to a focused and committed steering group, an enthusiastic scheme installer and high quality scheme management. |
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Innovative systems for energy efficiency in the Liguria hospital sector The project “Innovative systems for energy efficiency in the Liguria hospital sector” aims at studying and implementing new forms of management and innovative technologies (cogeneration, monitoring & control system, new boiler, solar roof) that could allow a reduction and a rationalization of the energy consumption in the hospital system of the Liguria Region in Italy. The study is organised into three main phases. These include the drawing up of guidelines for energy efficiency in the hospital sector, a pilot action in a Ligurian ASL (local health enterprise) aimed at carrying out an energy audit of the structure, and the operative plan for the creation of a pilot ESCo and Consortia for electrical energy purchase in the liberalised market. The project, which lasts from June 2001 to February 2003, is financed by the Liguria Region Administration. |
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Internet-Based Logistics Centre for Coordinated Transport in Stockholm The City of Stockholm set up a logistical centre for coordinated transport in the new city district Hammarby Sjöstad at the beginning of 2003. The aim is to reduce energy use and CO2-emissions through coordinated distribution to district residents, schools and other municipal service units, and private companies and restaurants operating in the area. The centre is operated by the company Home Department AB and includes delivery of on-line purchased daily goods, dry cleaning services, and distribution of food and beverages. Furthermore it has the potential of becoming Sweden’s first integrated direct distribution system for locally produced food from approximately 300 local farmers. Feasibility studies, based on surveys of attitudes, showed there was great interest in using the logistics centre. Besides the reduced environmental impact of integrated distribution, other external positive effects include enhanced traffic security, an increased level of service for residents and improved availability for locally produced food. |
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The project has been implemented in Latvia, in Tukums municipality. The project was started in December 2001 and will last to 2012. The project concerns the renovation of street lighting systems using efficient technology. The objectives of this project were: improve energy efficiency in municipalities through efficient lighting; initiate the use of ESCO in Latvia; and improve aesthetic and social life of Latvian municipalities. The main aspect is the use, for the first time in Latvia, of an ESCO - Energy Service Company. The project has achieved energy savings of 630 MWh/year and CO2 emission reduction of 365 t/year. Another important result has been the change in behaviour of Latvian municipalities towards energy efficiency projects and the increase of awareness for third party financing projects. The main sources of funding have been NIB - the Nordic Investment Fund - and LEIF - Latvian Environmental Investment Fund. |
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Green Heat - Support Package for Renewable Energy GreenHeat is a support package for renewable energy in rural Wales and specifically for small and community scaled/owned schemes. Its overall technical and funding advice and information service and feasibility fund covers rural Wales. The capital fund is available to projects in Powys. It is co-ordinated by Powys Energy Agency through two full time employees, support of the Executive Director; and working with Ecodyfi and the Centre for Alternative Technology. The package is available to anyone interested in developing a RE project and in regard to any RE technology. Innovative wood based systems are particularly encouraged. On going promotion of GreenHeat has been essential, it took 6 - 9 months for the concept of the support available to become widely known and appreciated. Since then there has been an increasing number of enquiries, request for consultancy and for capital support. To date the advice line has received 380 recorded enquiries, of which 280 were from householders, 52 from not-for-profit organisations (including schools and local authorities) and 46 from small-to-medium enterprises, including farms. The main areas of enquiry related to wood, particularly wood pellets, as well as solar water heating, photovoltaics, hydro and wind energy. |
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CAKES - Calderdale & Kirklees Energy Savers The Calderdale and Kirklees Energy Savers (CAKES) scheme, launched in September 2000, was co-ordinated by Kirklees Energy Services (KES) which is a SAVE agency, in conjunction with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) and Kirklees Metropolitan Council (MC). By providing advice, registered installers, fixed discount prices, preferential credit facilities and cash backs (funded by HECAction, TXU, Scottish Power and the European Commission) this scheme offered householders (ineligible for other government funded Home Energy Efficiency schemes) in Calderdale and Kirklees financially viable, easily accessible and energy efficient heating and insulation measures. Despite initial setbacks with unprofessional installers, 'CAKES' enabled the installation of many energy efficient measures in these districts, thereby reducing escaping energy, utility bills and most importantly CO2 emissions. This scheme is highly replicable, especially where councils/ municipalities are willing to offer a lump sum of money for cash backs and if the scheme is reproduced in a small region, then expanded. |
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RESTART - Renewable Energy Strategies and Technology Applications for Regenerating Towns RESTART (Renewable Energy Strategies and Technology Applications for Regenerating Towns) is a targeted demonstration project, promoted by the European Commission and coordinated by RESET (Renewable Energy Strategies for European Towns) in conjunction with A.M. Barcelona, Glasgow, Grand Lyon, Turin, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Porto and South Dublin. The demonstration project involved the different players of such complex urban projects: city officers, promoters, professionals, local associations, technology manufactures, experts, realising through this cooperation 8 large scale building programmes in the 8 participating cities. The equivalent of more than 2,500 dwellings and two important research and cultural centres were built or rehabilitated with use of various renewable energy technologies and sustainable design concepts. RESET (Renewable Energy Strategies for European Towns), Italy |
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Integration of Car-Sharing / moses project (Mobility Services for Urban Sustainability) Car-Sharing is a tool for sustainable and energy efficient urban development. It gives an alternative to car-ownership - and supplements the environmentally friendly modes of transport. It is a kind of 'mobility insurance' for cases when other modes are not sufficient. The integration into intermodal chains and into urban development is key factors of the further development. Within the moses project, the factors of growth are explored in real life. This case study describes the experience of car sharing in Bremen from an environmentally orientated club of about 30 people in 1990 to a market-based company with more than 3100 clients in 2003. This Bremen experience was successfully transferred to Belgium, which demonstrates the repeatability of car sharing. |
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Workshops on Energy Savings at Home The Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Huelva has organised workshops in eighteen municipalities in the province of Huelva. The main objectives of the project were to disseminate information on end-use energy efficiency and on social related aspects including lower energy bills. The target sectors were neighbourhood resident associations, association of women and housewives. The technologies used in the workshops included energy efficient lights, a demonstrative system of energy consumption and a solar lamp. Informative leaflet and customized questionnaires for the domestic sector were also developed. The main source of funding has been the Diputación of Huelva and the Energy Agency. 426 persons in the 18 municipalities where the workshops took place attended the workshops. The evaluation found out that the participants have changed their attitudes as regards efficient use of energy. Due to the recognised success of this experience, this project will be repeated in other segments of population and in other places. These workshops can be repeated in other countries, with the necessary adaptations to the specific situations. The house-husband/ housewife is the main target sector due to their role in choosing and using energy consuming products. |
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Contest of projects on Renewable Energy and Efficient Use of Energy The project was very successful in promoting and increasing awareness in renewable energy and energy savings. Moreover, this project has a low economic cost, depending of the type of prizes and the number of sponsors. Because of the great results and satisfaction of the first contest, the AER has already summoned the second contest for the school year 2003-04. |
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The FEE-project: The persuasive power of children towards energy consumption in the local community The FEE-project is an educational project conducted by 9 regional energy advice centres, supported by the ALTENER programme in 8 European countries. In order to motivate and communicate with other children, their parents and the local community, school pupils of 10 to 14 years old set up an interactive exhibition around RUE and RES. The role of the Agencies was to support the schools to obtain the project targets, help with the content and provide some ideas for interesting exercises. Community involvement was enhanced by a regular newsletter, and by liaison with the regional press. The project involved 5000 children, 100 schools, 6000 parents and many local partners. The technical knowledge of the agencies was important for the development of the right content, the right educational tools and the right guidance of the educational process. However, the project also identified the value of specialized educators who are able to translate the content to the educational tools. The experience of the FEE-project provides a foundation for a permanent regional educational project supported by regional/national government. |
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"Warm and comfortable living" is a campaign taking place in selected districts of the city of Amersfoort. The campaign is targeted at owner-occupants of houses built before 1985, the year in which they started to pay attention to insulation and energy-saving technology. The Amersfoort municipality, EnergieBureau Amersfoort, the energy supplier to the province REMU and Planbuilding are working closely together. The aim is to encourage as many owner-occupants as possible to request an EnergyPerformanceAssessment (EPA), and then to ensure that the recommended energy-saving measures are actually implemented. In the process the end-user is alerted to the availability of attractive subsidies (REP). The campaign was entirely financed by Amersfoort municipality. Intensive communication with the target group was one of the most important success factors of the campaign. The campaign’s success can be put down to this intensive approach. |
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The Rõuge Energy Park for renewable energy sources This project aims for the establishment of an energy park and energy track in the Rõuge rural municipality, in the middle of an attractive tourism area. Rõuge Municipality is located in Võru County in South Estonia. The project is lead by the Municipality of Rõuge and mainly financed by Phare CBC SPF funding. The main aim of the project is to establish the energy park to open-up for new technologies, and serve as a development and training site. The energy park will demonstrate innovative energy-saving solutions, support economic development, gather information in the field of renewable energy and constitute a tourist attraction in this agricultural region. The project idea involves a wide range of target groups including house owners, farmers, planners, students and pupils, local government members, power energy specialists, alternative energy NGO members, local tourism firms, etc. |
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Integrated Energy Plan of the Frýdlant Microregion The main goal of the Integrated Energy Plan was to give positive affects to the development of Frýdlant microregion, the northernmost part of the Czech Republic and a typical example of a rural region influenced by unemployment and recession of local economy. The analysis carried out by two Czech, one German and one Austrian partner should support the municipalities as decision makers - helping them to make informed choices about what action to take, and what measures to implement. Focusing on use of biomass for heating and wind power for electricity, 100% energy self-sufficiency can be reached in four municipalities forming SeCeSe microregion. The total level of self-sufficiency would increase to 48% by 2020. |
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Feasibility Studies on JI Project under Kyoto Protocol This project is developed as a Joint Implementation (JI) project by Municipal Energy Agency - Rousse in cooperation with local district heating company "Toploficatsia-Rousse SPJsC" (TPP Rousse), Heating Supply Company - Shoumen, Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect, Sofia and Regional Environment Centre for CEE. The project aims to optimize production processes and extend the existing district heating network supplied by TPP Rousse in the city of Rousse (see figure bellow). At present the residents in the target area (6 432 flats) are using individual heating equipment/systems for space heating and domestic hot water (DHW) fuelled by electricity, briquettes, wood and diesel. After the implementation of the project, the individual heating equipment/systems will be replaced by district heating system, resulting in the change of energy sources and sources of emissions arising from space heating and DHW in the target area and providing higher comfort of living for the citizens. |
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A five-party consortium designed and developed a mobile, flexible and "on-the-spot" information centre - the Polish Energy Bus - to provide energy-related information, display energy technologies, hold workshops and train key personnel throughout Poland. The Energy Bus was officially opened to the public on September 10th, 2003 and is touring across Poland according to a previously defined route until August 2005. The Energy Bus visits cities, towns and small municipalities where it can be visited by the public during its opening hours. In addition to disseminating information and displaying technologies, the experts accompanying the Energy Bus are conducting workshops and seminars on specific topics for targeted audiences (e.g. local business, school children, municipal employees) and training personnel. The main funder of the project is the European Commission in the framework of the SAVE II programme. |
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The climate protection unit of the Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung has created a Solar Roof Initiative to force the construction of solar power plants (by private investors) onto municipal buildings. The goal of this initiative is to decrease CO2, emitted by the city of Berlin, establish a solar power friendly community, and to educate students. At this time, about 80 municipal buildings (schools, administrative buildings, sport complexes) are included in the Solardachbörse (Solar Roof Initiative). All buildings are published on a web site, with photos and a short expose including necessary data (type of roof, area, contact person, and location) to give private investors an outlook about these buildings. |
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| MOBASTO - Mobility Agency in Small Towns In the framework of the European call for tender "SAVE" (2000-2001) two French towns (Romans and Bourg de Péage, 55 000 inhabitants) decided to initiate a Voluntary Urban Transport Plan. First a state of the arts of car transport, public transport, bicycles and transport of goods flows has been made and their major impacts have been identified. Beyond the safety of people and goods and the fight against the increase of particular cars use, the principle aim of the project was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For this purpose two main objectives have been proposed:
These measures should have allowed to reduce half of the greenhouse gas emissions. A Charter has been published by Romans (France), Bourg de Péage (France), Luleå (Sweden) and Quedlinburg (Germany). A web site has been created so as to give information about less pollutant means of transport. Now a method exists allowing other middle sized towns to realise their own Urban Transport Plan. Finally, MOBASTO replaced the question of transports in a very larger debate which is the one of mobility management. |
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| Sustainable Energy Solutions in Barcelona The goals of Barcelona City Council's Plan for Energy Improvement in Barcelona (2002-2010) are to increase the use of renewable energy (especially solar energy), reduce the use of non-renewable energy sources and lower the emissions produced by energy consumption in order to meet Barcelona City Council's international protection commitments. This integrated plan includes a quantification of the energy used and emissions produced in the city and provide scope for municipal action to promote an environmentally sustainable city, reducing air pollution and the consumption of fossil fuels in the process. As part of its plan a Solar Thermal Ordinance has been introduced. The aim of the ordinance is to regulate, through local legislation, the implementation of low-temperature systems for collecting and using active solar energy for the production of hot water for buildings. New buildings and buildings undergoing major refurbishment are required to use solar energy to supply 60% of their running hot water requirements. Since its enforcement licenses for the installation of a total of 14,028 square meters of solar panels have been requested with annual savings of 11,222 Megawatt hours and a corresponding reduction in eCO2 emissions of 1,973 tonnes per year. |
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| Secondary Schools Energy Awareness Programme Wexford Energy Management Agency Ltd (WEMAL), as part of its role in energy education, designed and conducted a Secondary Schools Energy Awareness Programme to increase student awareness of energy issues and environmental effects. The programme covers both Junior Certificate (13 to 15 years of age) and Leaving Certificate (16 to 18 years of age) levels, and was initially trialled in two secondary schools to assess its performance. The culmination of the programme was a display and presentation of student work at a Secondary Schools Energy Exhibition. Student involvement was of paramount importance and all students showed a keen interest and understanding of energy issues at the end of the programme. Further implementation of the programme will take place following this successful trial. |
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European Green Cities is a targeted EU-Thermie project within the building sector, which in project period 1996-2001 received funding of a total of 2.9 million EUR. Cenergia Energy Consultants coordinated the project in cooperation with Green City Denmark. The project focused on large-scale urban renewal plan and new building in 11 European cities and it involved close to 30.000 residences. An important part of the project was to realise local solar energy/low-energy demonstration project with a total of 1000 solar energy/low-energy dwellings in Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, England, Belgium and Austria and also public buildings in Finland and Greece. The EGC project demonstrated high savings of energy for heating, water and electricity compared with normal practise. New build and renovation projects with different level of energy savings technologies were included in the Target project with different performance and savings. Cenergia Energy Consultants, Denmark and Green City Denmark A/S |
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Nearby heating in the county of Kronoberg One of the most successful projects of the Energikontor Sydost energy agency is called "Nearby Heating Kronoberg". It's a purposeful venture aiming to replacing oil and electricity for heat production. The project contains 26 plants which have been built or are under construction during the period of 1999-2002. The total heating effect is 100 MW and out of the produced 220 GWh/y, is 180 GWh/y or nearly 80 % coming from biomass instead of oil and electricity. In addition to that, most of the plants are also prepared for the production of electricity, but it's not yet profitable. The decrease of CO2-emissions is significant, and as most of the biomass comes from local or regional suppliers, they have also managed to increase the employment in remote areas. |
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Pilot Project for First 'Walking Bus' in County Meath MEMA is encouraging primary schools in County Meath to organise a 'Walking Bus' to school. The Walking Bus is an environmentally conscious, safe, fun and healthy way to travel to and from school. The initiative is being promoted by MEMA as a measure to reduce the amount of vehicular traffic congestion, thereby reducing carbon emissions around the school gates in County Meath. |
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Energy Awareness Programme 2004 For MEMA's initial Energy Awareness Campaign (Energy Awareness Week 2003), the area covered was mainly confined to Navan town and the surrounding area. Following on from the success of the previous year's campaign the target audience was broadened to the whole of County Meath. The campaign aimed to make people aware of the activities that were taking place locally during Energy Awareness Week. This was the first year Navan would participate in 'Car Free Day' and MEMA aimed to encourage the general public to opt for more sustainable choices of travel on this day. This was done through the various media, competitions and through the schools. Valuable lessons were learned with regard to time scales and staffing needs and the 2004 campaign provides MEMA with further learning tools for continual success in future campaigns. |
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Energy saving activities in school Our dependence on energy for all our daily tasks makes it a very interesting topic for developing environmental education projects to promote energy saving strategies at school and at homes. This activity was addressed to secondary school students and their families at the IES Xelmírez I. Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), Spain. The aims were to make students, teachers and some other members of the school community aware of the importance of its energy consumption patterns; to propose measures for energy saving in the school and homes; and to organise an international conference on renewable energies and sustainable development, including teachers and students from different subjects: biology, environment, geology, physics, chemistry, geography, technology, etc. |
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Action Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow: The Energy Strategy for Cornwall Cornwall is a rural peninsula in the south-west region of the UK, which is leading the way on partnership-delivery of energy initiatives. In 2004, Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership (CSEP) published the UK's first sub-regional sustainable energy strategy and action plan. The document, entitled, 'Action Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow - The Energy Strategy for Cornwall', was developed through an open consultation process by an active multi-sector partnership. It was launched on 21st July 2004 by the UK Energy Minister at a capacity event attended by 160 strategic-level delegates. The government-funded strategy has received plaudits from energy experts, European Commissioners and MPs as being a holistic, realistic and effective approach that places energy at the heart of achieving local sustainability. |
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Switching onto Sunlight in Wales - UK In March 2005, following assistance from Mid Wales Energy Agency (MWEA) and Dulas Ltd, Bronllys Hospital in Powys, Wales (owned by Powys Local Health Board) became the first UK national health hospital to generate electricity from sunlight. The 60.62 kW Photovoltaic (PV) installation developed by Dulas Ltd employed 14 people during the construction period. The array will generate around 45,500 kWh / year, displacing an average of 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide/year. The project received funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the UK 's Major Solar Demonstration Programme. The UK Carbon Trust has also helped to raise awareness of energy efficiency. Income from electricity generated will be invested into further energy efficiency measures. MWEA - Mid Wales Energy Agency, United Kingdom (ceased trading) |
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Cultivation of energy crops - A chance for development in the rural areas of Podlaskie Voivodship The main idea of the project was to popularize energy crops cultivation and highlight its value as parallel to food production source of income in agricultural areas of Podlaskie region. The project was implemented in small towns of north-eastern Poland (region Podlaskie Voivodship), it was financed by Podlaska Agency for Energy and municipalities (contribution in kind). During the project 9 seminars were organised in small towns of Podlaskie Voivodship (a region in north-eastern Poland) for farmers and entrepreneurs interested in cultivation of energy crops. Podlaska Agency comprises a training team for Energy' workers consisting of owners of farms with experience in growing energy crops and agriculture experts. The topics of the seminars were as follows: cultivation of energy crops, legal and logistic framework of energy sector in Poland and Podlaskie Voivodship, sources of financing, energy saving. Implementation of the project created solid bases for development of energy crops plantations and helped to establish links between parties interested in future development of biomass market: owners of farms, logistics companies, owners of power plants. The project will be continued in autumn 2005 and will serve as a platform for popularization not only energy crops cultivation but also other issues related to energy saving and renewable sources of energy. The knowledge of these matters among farmers is still insufficient. PAZE - Podlaska Agencja Zarzidzania Energii Podlaska Agency for Energy, Poland |
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La Ribera Route of Energy - Spain The Agència Energètica de la Ribera (AER) is an autonomous organism of the Consorci Mediambiental de la Ribera, which is formed by the county councils of the Ribera Alta and Ribera Baixa. It is a SAVE Agency that has been working since July 2001. One of the main aims of the AER is to promote an energy saving culture and renewable energies in our educational centres. In this frame the AER created " La Ribera Route of Energy" addressed to all the Educational Centres with technological areas and Workshop-Schools of La Ribera. La Ribera Route of the energy consists of guided visits to different renewable energy plants. |
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"Educational Project: Energy and its Relation with the Environment" (Peerma) The Community of Madrid has an energy consumption of 9 millions of tep (2000). It only produces 2,5 % and has the aim to reduce the consumption by 10% by the year 2010. Fields of work include education on saving energy and respect to the environment, working in the education of young men. The Educational Project "Energy and its Relation with the Environment", made by Alida Ingeniería del Medio S.L. and supported by the Consejería of Education and Environment of the Community of Madrid, has been developed over a three year period (2000 - 2003), for 88 Institutes of Secondary Education, 350 teachers and 18 000 pupils of the ESO (from 12 to 16 years). Training experience incorporating I+D teaching showed excellent results and continues to be given with this didactic material. |
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| Promoting Energy Education in County Meath, Ireland Over the period of the EU SAVE II contract (2002 - 2005) MEMA has made significant progress in broadcasting and promoting energy awareness among the Primary (8 to 12 yr old children) and Secondary (transition year - 14 to 16 yr old adolescents) schools in County Meath. In total 100 Primary schools and 20 Secondary schools have been offered the opportunity to have a MEMA representative present an energy workshop in their school. Science has only recently been introduced to the Primary school curriculum in Ireland (introduced September 2003) - up to this point 'Nature Studies' was the only area in the curriculum that covered science related topics. This new Science curriculum proved a perfect channel to integrate energy and environment for the students. MEMA's energy education programme was received with much enthusiasm from both the teachers and students as a new and exciting element to studying how all our actions in our daily living affects the global environment. To-date interactive energy education workshops have been presented to Primary schools students and PowerPoint lecture presentations have been delivered to Secondary school students through MEMA's Energy Education programme. The workshops take approx 1.5hrs and have been delivered to 39 schools in County Meath since September 2003 and are booked up to February 2005. The average number of students who receive the workshop and presentations is 90 per day. Approximately 3,550 students have participated in the sessions. |
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European Green City (EGC), Denmark European Green Cities is a targeted EU-Thermie project within the building sector, which in project period 1996-2001 received funding of a total of 2.9 million EUR. Cenergia Energy Consultants coordinates the project in cooperation with Green City Denmark. The project focus on large-scale urban renewal plan and new building in 11 European cities and it involves close to 30.000 residences. An important part of the project was to realise local solar energy/low-energy demonstration project with a total of 1000 solar energy/low-energy dwellings in Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, England, Belgium and Austria and also public buildings in Finland and Greece. The EGC project demonstrates high savings of energy for heating, water and electricity compared with normal practise. New build and renovation projects with different level of energy savings technologies are included in the Target project with different performance and savings. |
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| ELAR - Energy Labelling of Household Appliances Energy labelling is considered as one of the most successful and cost effective energy efficiency measures. But its implementation requires a lot of time due to the large number of stakeholders involved. The ELAR project focused on promoting energy labels to appliance producers and retailers as a marketing tool for their sales policy, as well as an information policy for the customers. Project activities took place in the Czech Republic (but also in Slovenia, Slovakia and Poland) with the main partners being the appliance producers, retailers, energy utilities, and consumer non-profit organisations. With the EU - SAVE funding it was possible to increase stakeholders awareness of the labels importance and involve them in their own energy efficiency/labelling activities. Promoting energy labels as a positive marketing tool (not only a strict legal requirement) proved to make this project a success story in the Czech Republic. |
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| Successfully establishing a regional market for Third Party Finance (TPF) in Upper Austria Third Party Financing (TPF) is a very useful instrument for financing sustainable energy projects but requires careful market preparation. In July 1998, Upper Austria started a programme to build up a third party financing market. The programme combines a comprehensive information & advice strategy with financial support. The promotion measures include for example information events, publications, advice sessions, R&D projects, "market places" and an internet platform. Using a well-targeted approach, O.Ö. Energiesparverband managed to establish a well functioning TPF market in Upper Austria with more than 100 successful TPF projects already carried out. |
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The Lydney Local Power project is a community based sustainable energy project located in the town of Lydney on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire. The project is co-ordinated by the Severn Wye Energy Agency (SWEA) in partnership with the Forest of Dean District Council, Gloucestershire County Council and Lydney Town Council. The project set out to establish a 'Community Energy Club' that would enable local people to become actively involved in sustainable energy projects in and around the town. Club members have identified and begun to develop both a small scale hydro power site and a community wind turbine. A full funding package is in place for the hydro scheme and applications are being prepared for Environment Agency licenses. The wind turbine site has been out to consultation and the group are currently working with BT to establish the clearance needed from a fixed microwave link that runs close to the site. The club has also been actively promoting domestic energy efficiency measures in the town and working with schools and community groups to change energy behaviour. Almost 500 energy efficiency measures have been installed as a result of this work and are calculated to be worth 66,000 Euros with lifetime CO2 savings of 3,865 tonnes. Lydney Local Power has been funded over two years by the Energy Saving Trust Innovations Programme. |
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PV Campaign within the Programme "Photovoltaic Roofs 2003" On occasion of the presentation of the subprogram of the Abruzzo Region "Photovoltaic Roofs 2003" (07-02-2003), the Agency devised a Campaign for the promotion and the diffusion of PV in the Province of Chieti (104 Municipalities). The Campaign, 1 year long, was addressed to public administrators, technicians, citizens and students. ALESA, self-financing (writing of the request of contribution to the call of proposal), developed a detailed action plan, through the competences of its technicians and with the partnership of the Provincial Administration of Chieti, which provided the technical means, has held some formative and informative meetings. The Agency became an energy window, with results as the PV plants installation and the spreading of an energetic-environmental awareness, creating a "path" of sensitization that already has continuity in line with the objectives of the Save Agency. |
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Saving Energy in Residential Housing, Spain Energy is essential in our homes for the daily operation of domestic appliances, heating and lighting systems, etc. In the last few years, the energy consumption in the domestic and tertiary sectors (in Spain in general and particularly in Burgos) has increased at the annual rate of 2.5%. Considering all these issues, the Provincial Energy Agency of Burgos has developed an information campaign denominated "El ahorro energético en el hogar" (Saving energy in residential housing), the purpose of which is to promote, province-wide, the rational use of energy in residential housing, mainly targeting housewives and consumers. This objective has been achieved through the edition and distribution of 22 000 dissemination leaflets containing simple yet effective advice on residential energy efficiency, supported through the realisation of dissemination conferences in several provincial municipalities. From the standpoint of the Provincial Energy Agency of Burgos, the campaign has been successful and very positive in general, with the following results:
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About 45 % of total final energy consumption is used in housing sector. Whereas more than 60 % of the Lithuanian population resides in multi-apartment buildings constructed during 1961-1990, which are not complied with the effective requirements, this sector has great energy saving potential. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the energy saving potential in residential buildings in Kaunas city. The results of this study are included in "The Plan of Rational Energy Use in Kaunas City", which is prepared for Kaunas City Municipality and SC "Kaunas Energy" - the main central heat supplier in Kaunas City. The biggest heat consuming group of SC "Kaunas energy" is residential customers (about 70 %). The results of potential assessment can be very useful in planning and optimizing municipal energy plans and renovation programmes, identification of available energy efficiency means and can be used for heat demand prognosis for DH companies. |
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| RESIS - Renewable Energetic Sources in Schools The project started out at the beginning of 2004 and stopped at the end of May 2004 with an Energy Fair where the best pilot project, realized by 7 high schools based in the province of Salerno, was awarded. The training seminars (including the possibility to have knowledge of renewable energetic sources both through the sensitization of the rational use of energy and through the development of 1 type of renewable energetic source) were promoted by AGEAS Salerno and teaching material was collected and put together in a CD Rom diffused in 2005. The CD was distributed to each secondary and high school class so to prepare students from a theoretical point of view and disseminate the results of the training session of 2004. The good Italian habit of the "bottega" (little artisan laboratory), ideal place to put theory into practice, understanding the electronic and technical part, permitted the realization of prototypes of renewables with poor materials, was the conclusion for professional institutes. On May, 29th 2004 a videoconference was organized and the winner was proclaimed. In the brochure of the net INFEA (Centres of Environmental Education) an article was published with the results of the experience. AGEAS Salerno Agenzia per la Gestione Energia Ambiente e Sviluppo Sostenibile, Italy |
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| Efficient lighting in Latvian Academy of Sport Education The renovation of an indoor lighting system in the Latvian Academy of Sport Education in Riga, Latvia has sensibly improved the quality of light and led to significant reductions in energy usage. Efficient lighting technology has been installed in a sport hall of the Academy, making it safer and more comfortable for students to go about their training. The project can already point to energy savings amounting to 83 500 kWh per year, along with a reduction in CO2 emissions of 30.4 tonnes per year. The project was implemented by an Energy Service Company and the Academy administration is now on the way to announce a new tender for the renovation of the heating and water supply system. |
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The Agència Energètica de la Ribera (AER) is an autonomous organisation of the Consorci Mediambiental de la Ribera, which is formed by the county councils of the Ribera Alta and Ribera Baixa. It is a SAVE Agency that is working from July 2001. The funds of the Agency correspond to the SAVE program of the Energy and Transport DG of the European Commission and the county councils of the la Ribera Alta and Ribera Baixa. Thus, the work scope of the Agency includes to 47 villages with a population of 270.000 inhabitants of the Valencian counties Ribera Alta and Ribera Baixa. One of the main aims of the AER is to promote renewable energies in our region, reducing our petrol dependency. In this frame the AER created "La Ribera in biodiesel" a project that consists of recycling domestic waste vegetable oil into biodiesel. |
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