PROJECT: “ADDED VALUE – Information and awareness campaigns to enhance the effectiveness of investments and infrastructure measures for energy-efficient urban transport”

Supported by: Intelligent Energy Europe, Grant agreement no.: EIE/07/127-SI2.466704

DURATION: 36 months (01.11.2007 – 31.10.2010)

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PROJECT SUMMARY: The aim of the ADDED VALUE project (funded with the STEER program of IEE) is to add value to big investments and infrastructures made for alternative, energy saving transport modes, which are either already in place or are being planned and implemented during the project time. This is to be achieved through applying marketing tools, and information and awareness campaigns to promote and make better use of these infrastructures

PROJECT: “ADD HOME – Mobility Management for housing areas – from car-dependency to free choice”

Supported by: Intelligent Energy Europe

PARTNERS:

• Austrian Mobility Research, FGM-AMOR, Austria
• Azienda Mobilità e Infrastrutture S.p.A., Iatly
• ILS NRW, Germany
• Rhomberg Bau GmbH, Austria
• University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovenia
• BSRAEM, Bulgaria

BUDGET: 1 557 468 €

DURATION: 36 months (May 2010  – April 2013)

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PROJECT SUMMARY: ADD HOME aims to reduce transport needs and is fostering a modal shift from car-trips to energy saving modes especially starting from residential areas.

ADD HOME has three main tasks:
1) Demonstration projects on mobility services, infrastructural changes in the planning phase and offers that foster energy saving modes of transport
2) Elaboration of guidelines and a set of materials for followers and future projects
3) Large scale dissemination through various media channels, national training sessions and the exploitation of associations’ possibilities

ADD HOME covers the thematic fields of transportation, mobility management, administration of housing areas, planning and constructing of housing areas as well as legislative and regulative preconditions all together resulting in energy savings. Its interdisciplinary approach is goal-oriented to the needs and demands of the key actors within the project.

ADD HOME has defined 9 target groups including stakeholders and market actors. Among these groups are 3 main target groups.

• • Public authorities / decision makers
  • Housing companies / construction companies
  • Transport providers
  • Tenant associations
  • Mobility / land use experts
  • Mobility service providers
  • Management / energy agencies
  • Local suppliers (local economy)
  • Legislators

ADD HOME will show its impacts and results in several areas, some of them will become visible immediately, others will show under a longer term perspective

Project: “MUSEC-MUltiplying Sustainable Energy Communities- A Blueprint for Action”

Supported by: IEEA, Intelligent Energy Exceutive Agency

Duration: December 2006 – May 2009

Project Summary: The main purpose of the project is to create strategies for 7 European cities to become Sustainable Energy Communities, through integration of three main issues: adequate energy policies, innovative financing tools and citizens and stakeholders involvement.

The cities involved in MUSEC (cities of Asti, Foggia and Ravenna in Italy, Dobrich in Bulgaria, Crailsheim in Germany, Breda in The Netherlands and Valby in Denmark) are working to become Sustainable Energy Communities (S.E.C.) by activating energy savings policies, by using renewable energy sources and starting a strong CO2 emissions reduction.

To this purpose, they will work together with local stakeholders and experts in the field of Energy Efficiency and renewable sources with the main aim of implementing a long term, strategy and a local energy action plan.

Their activities will be supported by national S.E.C. Advisory Groups, one for each country involved, made up of local authorities, organisations and consultants that will bring their own experiences and good practices as an added value to the project.

The results and the experiences from the MUSEC cities will be then collected in a publication, called S.E.C. Blueprint.

The Blueprint, whose target groups are other european cities that are committed to the same aim, will be a very practical and useful tool describing all the different aspects and issues to be taken into account for becoming S.E.C. as well.

For more information on MUSEC: www.musecenergy.eu

Project: “SEC_BENCH Sustainable Energy Communities – Benchmarking of energy and climate performance indicators on the web”

Supported by: Intelligent Energy – Europe programme of the European Commission

Duration: 2007-2010

Project summary: The main objective of the SEC-BENCH project is the development of a web-based tool that will help municipalities to realise their potential in terms of energy savings and conversion to renewable energy sources.

Project Results:

Networks

The SEC-BENCH project will cover the establishment and/or operation of national thematic networks in 7 partner countries. Our aim is to involve a significant number of municipalities or other entities (e.g. islands) in every national network.

Energy Planning

The SEC-BENCH project will cover a review of existing planning models as well as the issue of a practical guide on local energy planning.

Indicators

The SEC-BENCH project will assess existing indicators and any available long term data-series for the partner communities.  Moreover, it will present relevant indicators and prepare a proposal for data collection routines and data processing.

Web-Benchmarking

The SEC-BENCH project will investigate existing solutions, and develop a web-based benchmark tool for municipal energy and climate indicators.

Project: “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Reduction of Greenhouse Gases in Public Sector in the Black Sea Region”

Supported by: Norwegian cooperation programmes with Bulgaria and Romania

Partners:
The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (NO) KS
Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities (BG) UBBSLA
New Energy Performance AS (NO) NEPAS
Dobrich Local Energy Agency (BG) DLAEM

Project Summary:
The main objectives of the project are as follows:
• to strengthen the bilateral collaboration between Norwegian and Bulgarian local authorities and their regional/national associations. Specific emphasis is on sustainable energy and climate policies, capacity building and democratic processes.
• to establish practical project cases in representative municipal buildings and installations for implementation of best practice energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and systems.
• to document the whole process of the project cases from the initial feasibility studies, through tendering procedures, installation, start- and follow-up. The documentation will have the form of e.g. practical guidebooks.
• to create an inventory of municipal buildings, including basic data on area and energy use, with some key-figures from European benchmarks in order to assess the replication potential.
• to build capacity at municipal level by way of knowledge transfer, networking and facilitating practical implementation of sustainable energy and climate policies, measures and activities in public buildings in Bulgarian, Norwegian and other European municipalities.

PROJECT: Creation of new Energy Management agencies in the Loire County (France), the Warmland Region (Sweden), and the Pomurje Region (Slovenia), Dobrich Municipality and Bourgas Region (Bulgaria)

Implementation period: 2005 – 2008

Funding:
IEE Programme, EACI 95 000 EUR (50%)
Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities 95 000 EUR (50%)

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General goal of the project:
To support sustainable development and effectiveness of Energy Management in the municipalities in the Black Sea region.

Specific objectives of the project:
1. To contribute to the development of Regional Action Plan for the “Reduction and Stabilization of the CO, SO, NO and other emissions”.
2. To contribute through energy efficiency improvement to the resolution of national tasks of the energy and environment policy, thus contributing to the sustainable social and economic development of the Bulgarian Black Sea Region.
3. To create conditions for reduction of the burden of energy costs on municipal budgets and for utilization of the money saved for funding of other priority activities on the area of the Black Sea located municipalities.
4. To contribute through energy efficiency improvement to the reduction of the energy costs of individual end users in the municipalities on the Black Sea Region (businesses and households).
5. To contribute to the formation of energy conservation policy at all management levels in the Bulgarian Black Sea Region as means to achieving economic and environmental benefits for the region.
6. To promote RUE and RES and development of RES in the Black Sea region of Bulgaria.
7. To assist the process of institutional development and capacity building in the Black Sea Region as a prerequisite for the initiation, development and implementation of energy efficiency programs.
8. To assist the development of a local market and promote local manufacture of energy-saving materials, products and services.
9. To assist technology transfer and exchange of experience, know-how and information on energy efficiency.

Core activities:

• Development of projects, strategies and programs in the filed of the energy efficiency;
• Awareness raising and capacity building of all sectors (local and regional authorities, business, NGOs, media, students and general public), about the possibilities for implementation of energy efficiency measures in the industry and household lifestyle;
• Dissemination of opportunities and participative activities for energy saving and using of renewable energy sources;
• Development of joint activities with the project partners from France, Sweden and Slovenia.

Expected results:
1. Established new energy agencies in the Bulgarian Black Sea region – Dobrich Local Agency for Energy Management and Bourgas Regional Agency for Energy Management.
2. Sustenance or improvement of the quality of life and of the environment.
3. Development of “Action Plan for Reduction and Stabilization of the CO Emissions”.
4. Permanent control of local operation costs related to energy use.
5. Increase of the economic benefits / profits of the building administration due to the application of energy conservation measures.