ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN

BUENOS AIRES CITY

SOME FIGURES

Extension 203 sqm

Population 2,970,950

inhabitants

BUENOS AIRES CITY

Commuters between

2 and 3 million

people

Buenos Aires

City

Buenos Aires City has the same problems most of the main cities

in the world have:

TRANSIT AND

NOICE

ATMOSFERIC

POLLUTION

FLOODS

WASTES

HEAT ISLAND

SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

RECIDENCIAL

35%

TRANSPORTE

29%

COMERCIOS

20%

RESIDUOS

10%

INDUSTRIA

6%

CO2 EMISSION DISTRIBUTION IN BUENOS AIRES

CITY

CLIMATE CHANGO CONTRIBUTION

EDIFICIOS

74%

FLOTILLA DE

VEHÍCULOS

1%

ALUMBRADO

16%RESIDUOS

9%

PUBLIC SECTORCOMMUNITY

IPCC estimated that 30% of CO2 emissions from buildings at the global level could be reduced in an

economic efficient way

LOW PRICES FOR ELECTRICITY

0,02 – 0,03 E/KWh

PRICES NEGOTIATED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

PRICE IS NOT A VARIABLE GCBA CAN MANAGE

REGULATIONS ESTABLISH BARRIERS

DO NOT ALLOW THE INJECTION OF ENERGY TO

THE GRID

ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ACTUAL SITUATION

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION HAS DUPLICATED

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN RESIDENTIAL AND

SERVICES

AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR THERE IS A HUGE WASTE

OF ENERGY: NOBODY PAYS, NOBODY CARES

BUENOS AIRES CITY GOVERNMENT SPENT

> 20 MILLION EUROS / YEAR (2007)

> 1.500 BUILDINGS IN USE BY PUBLIC SECTOR

ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ACTUAL SITUATION

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

THE PROCESS

Public Private dialogue

Participants: Energy companies

Business associations

NGOs

Academia

Local and National Government

Passed on 05 novembre 2009, Unanimously

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

OBJECT: OBLIGATIONS FOR BUENOS AIRES

CITY GOVERNMENT

We are DOING We have TO DO

Public sector as an

EXAMPLE

Energy Efficiency Law with

obligations for the Private

Sector

Energy Efficiency in Public

Buildings

Renewable Energy Law,

promoting microgeneration

Energy Efficiency in Public

Procurement

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

GOALS: SET AT 3, 5 AND 10 YEARS,

REVISED EVERY 2 YEARS

We are DOING We NEED

Climate Change Action

Plan, with 45% CO2

emissions reduction goal

to 2030

Emissions Inventory

Generate better information

on energy consumption by

sector

Develop the Reduction

Goals actualization

procedure

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

MONITORING SYSTEM

We are DOING We NEED

Installing a centralized

software

Buying monitoring

equipment for

5 buildings (2009)

10 buildings (2010)

More equipment

Technical assistance in

analizing information and

defining actions

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

ENERGY ADMINISTRATORS

We are DOING We NEED

Designing one in every

building we work with

Trainning

Awards / Incentives

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS

We are DOING We NEED

Energy audits in 10

buildings (2009) and 10

buildings (2010)

Sistematizing improvement

opportunities for each

typology: Schools,

Hospitals, Offices, Public

Services, Cultural Centres

- Capacity building in our

suppliers (better practices

and knowledge)

- Multiply experiencies for

each typology

- Implement best practices

in buildings and meassure

results

- Incorporate innovations

and technologies in built

buildings

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

PUBLIC LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS

We are DOING We NEED

Changing Traffic Lights to

LED

Incorporating more efficient

lamps in Lighting

Best available technologies

Incorporate a monitoring

system for Lightning

Bring down costs of new

technologies

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

PUBLIC WORKS, NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS

We are DOING We NEED

Defining Energy Efficiency

and Sustainable

Construction criteria

Incorporating EE technical

specifications in new

buildings tendering

processes

Exchange experiences

Capacity building, at public

and private sectors

Promote new technologies

Benefits cuantification in

local cases

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

SOCIAL HOUSING PLANS

We are DOING We NEED

Exchanging experiences in

Argentina (EDENOR)

Involving IVC and

Corporación Buenos Aires

Sur

Systematize experiences

and technologies

Capacity building in Project

Departments of IVC and

Corporación Buenos Aires

Sur

Capacity building at private

sector

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT – GOODS AND

SERVICES

We are DOING We NEED

Incorporated EE criteria in

computers tendering

proceses

Electric goods, just the more

efficient ones

Training people from the

procurement offices in each

public organism

Develop criteria for more

goods and services

Bring market information

available for procurement

offices

Capacity building in

suppliers chain

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

PRIVATE SECTOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

PROMOTION

We are DOING We NEED

- Sustainable Construction

conferences for Architects

and students

- Training SMEs

- Surveys with consumers

- Sustainable Consumption

Campaign in Media

- Subsidies for SMEs who

develop Energy Efficiency

Projects

Have better information on

Energy consumption by

sector, and the tendencies

Exchange of international

expertise and experiences

Develop pilot projects in

different Industrial sectors,

and multiply them

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

FUNDING / BUENOS AIRES CITY BUDGET

We are DOING We NEED

Each public organism has to

have in its annual budget an

item for Energy Efficiency

improvemnts investment

Half of the global savings go

to Energy Efficiency

Programs

Develop Law regulation

Exchange experiences with

other countries / cities, in

this and in incentives

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAW

IN BRIEF

THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES

WE JUST NEED TO EXPLORE THEM

WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

Buenos Aires City Government

Tel. +54 11 4124-7900 int 138 / 177

Ezequiel Gaspes

egaspes@buenosaires.gov.ar