Website: www.thermoprofit.at

Case Study (46 KB PDF)

Summary

Thermoprofit is an impulse program to stimulate the market for energy services involving different market actors. It was developed within the Municipal Energy Concept of the City of Graz, called KEK Graz (1996), as a public-private partnership, involving local authorities as well as companies and other agencies. The medium-term goal of the impulse program is to disseminate innovative energy services like energy performance contracting and related approaches to support the market development of energy services.

Results

The Thermoprofit Network consists of suppliers of total service packages - the so-called Thermoprofit partners. Primarily, Thermoprofit partners are prime contractors. They co-operate with regional enterprises in the execution of projects and thus contribute to stimulating the economy of the respective region. They commit themselves to the Thermoprofit quality standards and are certified by the Thermoprofit-Commission as qualified and professional contractors. The Graz Energy Agency co-ordinates the network and acts as a turntable for Thermoprofit issues. It is responsible for the project management and in charge of implementing and supporting the required networking and marketing activities.

Results so far are:

• 6 companies certified as Thermoprofit partners
• 3 Thermoprofit partner agencies
• 25 Thermoprofit projects realised or underway, several projects in preparation
• 110 buildings optimized with Thermoprofit
• Contracting award "Energieprofi 2000", "Energieprofi 2001", "Energieprofi 2003" and Contracting Award "Energeiprofi 2004" for Thermoprofit projects from the federal ministry for environment
• High publicity of "Thermoprofit" in the Styrian region and beyond