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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COMMUNITIES

8 innovative projects for an energy-intelligent Europe

Status: December 2006


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Sustainable Energy Communities: 8 Innovative Projects supported by the IEE Programme

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Editorial Information

Issued by the European Commission's Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA), this report presentsa series of international projects supported by the European Union's Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)programme. The information contained in it may be reproduced.

The responsibility for the content of this publication lies with its authors. It does not necessarily representthe opinion of the European Community. The IEEA is not responsible for any use that may be made ofthe information contained therein. The information contained is given for information purposes only and itdoes not bind legally any of the involved parties.

This and other project compilations can be downloaded for free fromhttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/library/publications_en.htm.

Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) is the European Unions programme for promoting energy efficiencyand renewables. It supports financially international projects, events, and local/regional energy agencies,which promote the smarter use of energy and the growth of renewable energy sources.

The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency implements the IEE programme. With more than 40 staff, theIEEA is at the service of all IEE partners by managing the different projects and events funded under theIEE programme, and by disseminating the know-how and best practices which they produce.

More details on the IEE programme and on the IEEA can be found onhttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html


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Table of contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4

3-fold Initiative for Energy Planning and Sustainable Development at Local Level (3-NITY)..................... 6

Building in Europe Local Intelligent Energy Forums (BELIEF)................................................................... 8

Energy Self Supply In Rural Communities (ENSRC) ............................................................................... 10

NEw Concept of local sustainable development in pilot communities (NEC)...........................................11

Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Insular Areas (RERINA) .................................. 13

Energy service communities in New Member States - Energy Planning and Financing Tools at Local

Level (SEC-Tools) .................................................................................................................................... 14

Sustainable Energy Communities in Urban Areas in Europe (SECURE)................................................. 16WISE PLANS Co-operation between communities for energy action plans............................................. 17

New Projects (start 2007) ......................................................................................................................... 18

Multiplying Sustainable Energy Communities - A Blueprint for Action (MUSEC) ..................................... 19

Energy-Conscious Households in ACTION (ECHO ACTION)..................................................................19

Achieving Energy Sustainability in Peripheral Regions of Europe (ASPIRE)...........................................20

Renewable Energy Sustainable Planning and Use within public Bodies in Liaison with Involved

Community Actors (RES PUBLICA) ......................................................................................................... 20

Actions and Strategies for Sustainable Growth through Community Networking and Innovative Thinking(INNOVATIVE THINKING) ....................................................................................................................... 21

Promoting Reproducible Actions in the Communities to Improve Sustainable Energy (PRACTISE)....... 21

Strategy for Energy Sustainability and Strengthening of the Planning of the Energy Use in Sustainable or

Potentially Sustainable Municipalities (ENERGY 21) ............................................................................... 22


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Introduction

What are Sustainable Energy Communities?

Every community can become sustainable,

Every community look-alikes his citizens,

Every citizen can make a change.

Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) can be defined as:

Local communities in which politicians, planners, project developers market actors and citizens actively co-operateto develop high degrees of intelligent energy supply, favouring renewable energy sources, together with aconscientious application of energy efficiency measures.

SECs in a nutshell

IEE programme is intended to support the emergence of pioneer Sustainable Energy Communities. TheseCommunities should demonstrate the applications aimed at implementation of integrated energy patterns, e.g.improved security of energy supply, better use of renewable energies, reduction of energy intensity, greater use of

biofuels for transport, reduction of CO2 emissions, etc. and can become showcases for the dissemination of thoseconcepts around Europe.

This development is only possible as a result of the strong commitment from the relevant local authorities, andincludes energy end-users as well as technical experts, academics, private companies from across Europe.

SEC actions

The Target Areas of SECs correspond to three main axes; the local policy making, the local energy citizenship andthe local energy market.

POLICY

MAKING

ENERGY

CITIZENSHIP

ENERGY

MARKET

The three axes of Sustainable Energy Communities

These are axes along which a sustainable energy community has to develop in order to achieve its energy policyobjectives. All three are closely interrelated, and they should all contribute to achieving common objectives in abalanced way.

Promoting energy citizenship and mobilising local energy actors

create awareness through dissemination of good practice,

promote on a broad scale the social awareness on the needs for sustainable development,

establish local energy partnerships involving the public sector, consumers and energy providers,

introduce a new governance concept in the field of energy, using a bottom up approach, to strengthen theconsumers role in the energy market, and also to strengthen the role of different actors by promoting a newenergy citizenship.


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Local community planning for the efficient use of energy, renewable energies and associatedmobility

stimulate local energy planning and integration of energy plans in the local development scheme,

actions aimed at strengthening the commitments of key decision makers and market actors for sustainableenergy communities,

reinforce the energy component of sustainable development plans targeted at a local level.

launch concrete implementation measures for the establishment of SEC

Establish favourable conditions for local energy markets and services

facilitate the transfers of intelligent energy technologies by implementing appropriate know how at local level

develop and promote good practices to regulate and develop local energy markets

stimulate an innovative approach to the reduction of RUE and RES costs (grouping for purchases andcollective maintenance contracts),

tackle the short term barriers which stop the main actors (politicians, planners, developers, and citizens) fromworking on SEC projects

Benefits for Sustainable Energy Communities

SECs produce substantial benefits when fighting the climate change and improve the security of energy suppliese.g.:

Communities will benefit from visibility as forerunners in the field of intelligent energy management.

Adoption of SEC strategy documents will lead to smarter and better targeted local development.

Implementation of sustainable energy actions will lead to cleaner more pleasant local environment.

Involvement in the SEC-network will provide opportunities for know-how exchange on intelligent energyinitiatives.


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3-fold Initiative for Energy Planning and Sustainable Development at LocalLevel (3-NITY)

Programme area: SAVE, Sustainable Energy CommunitiesStatus: Ongoing

Coordinator: Hans Jacob MydskeNew Energy Performance AS (NEPAS), NorwayE-mail: [email protected]: +47 92 60 03 07

Partners: Institute for Energy Technology, NorwayProsjektinriktad forskning og utveckling, SwedenCentre for Renewable Energy Sources, GreeceEuropean Foundation for Quality Management, BelgiumNederlandse Organisatie Voor Duurzaamheid en Innovatie, TheNetherlandsEuropean Islands Energy and Environment Network, UKMedia Farm AS, Norway

Municipality of Gotland, SwedenMunicipality of Skedsmo, NorwayPolish Foundation for Energy Efficiency, PolandAgenzija za Prestrukturiranje Energetike, Slovenia)Region of Crete Regional Energy Agency of Crete, GreeceCentro da Biomassa Para a Energia, PortugalMid Wales Energy Agency, UKCity of Palermo, Italy

Website: www.ieeprojects.net

Objective: To demonstrate the feasibility of Sustainable Energy Communities withreasonable costs and human resources

Benefits: Local authorities obtain a set of methods to create Sustainable Energy

Communities

Keywords: Local energy planning, constant improvement

Duration: 01/2006 06/2008Budget: 1,379,800 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE/05/188/SI2.419825

Short descriptionThe 3-fold initiative will develop, test and demonstrate a comprehensive set of tools, quality systems andsustainable best practices for local energy planning and implementation. Local stakeholders will be encouraged toapply this methodology for continuous improvement which covers 3 main areas:

Sustainable Planning

This area will develop a modern planning and investment decision tool for local energy planning at severallevels in the local community, i.e. politicians, planners, energy market actors as well as the citizens.

Sustainable Measures and ActivitiesThis area will stimulate politicians, planners, energy actors and citizens to actively participate in localsustainable energy planning and implementation through a series of events, initiatives and methodologies.

Sustainable ExcellenceThis area will apply the EFQM-excellence model a tool to measure the qualitative achievements of anorganisation to local governments and municipalities. The existing framework of Communities of Practice(CoPs) which is operated by EFQM, will be used to create a new Sustainable Energy Communities group.

Sustainable

Planning

Sustainable

Measures

and

Activities

Sustainable

Excellence

Results

Sustainable

Planning

Sustainable

Measures

and

Activities

Sustainable

Excellence

Results


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Expected and/or achieved results

Quantitative objectivesThe quantitative objective for3-NITY is to improve the level of consistency and security throughout the planningand decision-making processes at local level. Consistency with respect to meeting international and national

regulations and standards regarding energy policy objectives, planning and target setting requirements as wellas reporting procedures is important in this respect. Security for investments and future allocations of publicresources is of critical importance for politicians and planners at local level.

Qualitative objectivesThe qualitative objective of the 3-NITY project is to involve all the relevant stakeholders in local energyplanning processes, and thereby improve their joint ability to make better decisions with respect to localsustainability, and related effects e.g. job creation, social cohesion etc. A key issue of the EFQM excellencemodel is that such qualitative improvements should be possible to measure, and this will be a key issues alsofor the 3-NITY project. If successfully implemented, the Sustainable Excellence will secure a long-termengagement and continuity of the 3-NITY activities within the SECs.

Lessons learntAlthough the project has not been completed it is possible to draw the following preliminary conclusions:

The review of relevant experiences in Sustainable energy planning indicates that local communities that havehad success in achieving their high ambitions with respect to a sustainable, local energy development havestarted off with a comprehensive energy plan. However, the main driving forces behind the planning processcan very well be other than the traditional energy aspects. Typical driving forces seem to be job-creation,general community development, or other related important sectors for the community such as tourism, forestryand agriculture.

The 3-NITY project aims to engage citizens in the energy planning processes, and the first attempts to do soare quite encouraging. There seems to be a great interest among citizens and other stakeholders to contributein such processes, mainly for the following reasons:

/ To learn how they, as citizens and business stakeholders can act more sustainable in their daily lives andbusinesses.

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Citizens seem to create a general enthusiasm by being invited to take a part in the local communityprocesses of this kind.


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Building in Europe Local Intelligent Energy Forums (BELIEF)

Programme area: Horizontal, Sustainable Energy CommunitiesStatus: Ongoing

Coordinator: Energie-Cits

Jean-Pierre VALLARE-mail:[email protected] ([email protected])Tel: +33 (0)3 81 65 36 80 (or +33 (0)3 81 65 36 85)

Partners: Energie Centre Bratislava, SKGemeente Zoetermeer, NLGemeente Delft, NLStadt Frankfurt, DEEnergy Agency Zoetermeer, NLStadt Heidelberg, DEAgncia Municipal de Energia de Gaia, PTCommunaut Urbaine de Dunkerque, FRBistrita City Hall, ROCity of Rennes, FRAgncia Municipal de Energia de Almada, PTMunicipality of Nikea, GROb7ina Beltinci, SIComune di Rimini, ITAyuntamiento de Sevilla, ESLandeshauptstadt Mnchen, DESofia Energy Agency, BGComune di Padova, ITLeicester City Council, UKComune di Modena, ITGrenoble Alpes Mtropole, FRAgenzia Napoletana Energia ed Ambiente, ITLondon Borough of Southwark, UK

Website: www.belief-europe.org

Objective: To set up Local Intelligent Energy Forums and implementSustainable Energy Action Plans in 20 Europeancommunities

Benefits: Investment planning and the involvement of relevant localstakeholders ensure that the Action Plans are reallyimplemented

Keywords: Sustainable Energy Communities; Local Intelligent Energy Forums;Sustainable Energy Action Plans

Duration: 01/2006 06/2008

Budget: 2,539,009 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE/05/095/SI2.420185

Short description

BELIEF will promote Sustainable Energy Communities at European scale by

setting up Local Intelligent Energy Forums in 20 European communities;

formalising methodologies and preparing tools;

improving capacity building of the 20 BELIEF communities involved;

disseminating information, shining examples, results, methodologies and tools towards European localauthorities focussing on New Member States and Candidate Countries.


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Creating a group of local EU pioneers showing new ways for the future

Consolidating (and in some ways inventing), a EU replicable concept in line with the EU priorities on energy,

sustainability, competitiveness and innovation Using more advanced experiences to provide knowledge and know-how to the less advanced communities via

the exchange of good practice

Disseminating information and methodologies widely throughout Europe, demonstrating that new ways can begeneralised everywhere

Significantly improving the existing levels of energy efficiency and use of renewables in BELIEF communitiesthus bringing together local stakeholders and facilitating the way forward for larger scale investments

Lessons learntAt this stage of the project, it is too early to draw conclusions.Nevertheless, the BELIEF launch Conference (March 2006) and the first BELIEF workshop (June 2006) allowedthe partners to come to important agreements and conclusions especially regarding three main questions: How todefine a Forum? How to create and run a Forum? How to evaluate the work and results of a Forum? These arereported on the BELIEF website www.belief-europe.org


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Energy Self Supply In Rural Communities (ENSRC)

Programme area: Horizontal, Sustainable energy communitiesStatus: Ongoing

Coordinator: Waterford County Council,

Civic Offices, Dungarvan, County Waterford, [email protected]: +353 51305531

Partners: BPC & Associates (Ireland)AMESEIXAL Energy Agency Portugal (Portugal)Black Sea Agency for Energy Management (Bulgaria),Carmarthenshire County Council (Wales UK)

Website:

Objective: To form four energy co-operatives & provide technical andadministration support for 1 year

Benefits: Development of alternative energy sources for rural communities

Keywords: Co-operative, communitiesDuration: 01/01/2006 0/03/2008Budget: 185,219Contract number: EIE/05/108/S12.419768

Short descriptionInitially the project begins with the investigation of barriers and incentives to rural self supply and what methods canbe employed to overcome the barriers in each of the four participating countries. Technologies and incentives areidentified to facilitate the self-supply of renewable energy in rural areas.Following a comprehensive consultation with farmers and community groups four energy co-operatives will beformed. Technical and administrative support will be provided to the operation of the four co-operatives for 12months. Energy conservation measures for co-operative members will be examined & it is planed that each co-

operative will have some form of renewable energy technology installed.A number of feasibility studies & development plans will have to be prepared that will assist the co-operatives intheir development. A manual will be produced on the steps necessary to form and develop a self-supply energy co-operative that could be utilised by others.


Self sustaining energy co-operative in each of the participating countries.

Renewable energy installation in rural areas.

Consolations with farmers & community groups in relation to energy potential.

Production of manual to assist the development of energy co-operatives.

Energy efficiency measures for co-operative members.

Lessons learnt

Communities and farmers can be slow to embrace new ideas & however ever communities contain innovativepersons who given the chance can pioneer alternative energy technology development.


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NEw Concept of local sustainable development in pilot communities (NEC)

Programme area: Horizontal, Sustainable Energy CommunitiesStatus: ongoing

Coordinator: AEA Energy and Environmental Agency of Province of Perugia, S.p.A.

ItalyE-mail: [email protected] +39 075 5170824

Partners: ABMEEAssociatia Agentia pentru Managementul Energiei 3iProtectia Mediului Bra3ov (Romania)Municipality of Brasov (Romania)MEAMunicipal Energy Agency (Bulgaria)Municipality of Foligno (Italy)Regione Umbria (Italy)

Website: www.necproject.info

Objective: To create a sustainable energy community (SEC) in every involvedCountry (Foligno, Brasov, Rousse)

Benefits: Involvement of citizens, politicians, and other key actors in theproject; greater awareness of the SEC concept

Keywords: Save, awareness, clean transport

Duration: 01/2006 12/ 2007Budget: 486,163 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE 05 - 099

Short descriptionNEC project wants to create Sustainable Energy Communities in Foligno (IT), Brasov(RO) and Rousse (BG)usingpilot actions to spread a new sensibility towards the culture SEC sinking through:

energy certification of the buildings;

rational and efficient use of the electric energy;

educational lessons in the primary schools;

urban mobility: to stimulate the use of the public transport and the use of bio-combustible or methane gas.

The project foresees the attainment of its mission through the following initiatives:

studies and analysis;

demonstrative actions;

promoting campaigns and workshops;

awareness of citizens;

international conference; informative and training courses.

One of the points of strength of the project NEC consists in his flawibility and adaptability to the specific demandsof the single Countries, allowing so a reply and export of the benefits envoys in light from the Project also in otherCountries currently involved not.


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Develop models and tools for energy certification of buildings

Certification of buildings

Carrying out of boiler inspections


Even if the boiler is a tool that the citizens uses always many of them are unaware of the importance of boilerinspection

Citizens dont know what Energy Certification is and they are very reluctant to open their home to be inspected

Citizens dont know and the National and European Laws on energetic aspect.


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Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Insular Areas(RERINA)

Programme area: Horizontal, sustainable energy communitiesStatus: ongoing

Coordinator: Dr Theocharis TsoutsosTechnical University of Crete (ENV/TUC), GreeceE-mail: [email protected]: +30 28210 37825

Partners: Islenet, UKCyprus Institute of Cnergy, CyprusMunicipal Corporation of the Municipality of Armenous, GreeceComune di Cabras, ItalyRegione Ciciliana, ItalyWWF Greece, Greece

Website: www.rerina.net

Objective: To address issues related to Sustainable Energy Plans forislands and ecologically sensitive areas

Benefits: sustainable development and increased competitiveness

Keywords: Sustainable Energy Communities, Insular & Rural Energy Planning

Duration: 01/2006 12/2007Budget: 586419 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE/05/082/SI2.420015

Short descriptionIntegrated approaches to develop Sustainable Energy Communities in islands and ecologically sensitive areas helpimplement European policies on energy, environment and sustainable development. The RERINA project developsand applies "Sustainable Energy Plans" to achieve this objective, notably by examining suitable renewable energytechnologies, best-practices for the development of Sustainable Energy Communities and of awareness andtraining campaigns, and existing and potential barriers. Inland transport issues will be be included in theenergy/transport interface.


An integrated methodological approach capable to support insular communities stakeholders to develop andimplement efficient Sustainable Energy Plan

A Practical Guide for 'Sustainable Energy Communities' Planers

A typology on renewable energy technologies use; a typology on European islands and ecologically sensitiveareas

Outlines, materials and suggestions as to how to organize and develop awareness and training workshops

Proceedings of a European Conference on 'Sustainable Energy Communities'

Lessons learntIt is too early to draw conclusions at the current stage of the project.


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Energy service communities in New Member States - Energy Planning andFinancing Tools at Local Level (SEC-Tools)

Programme area: SAVE, sustainable energy communitiesStatus: Ongoing

Coordinator: Nils DaugaardEnergy Consulting Network, DenmarkE-mail: [email protected] +45 3871 0143

Partners: Strasa, Latvia

SAPE, Poland

EMD, Denmark

SEVEn, Czech Republic

CEBra, Germany

Energy Agency of Plovdiv EAP, Bulgaria

Municipality of Karlovo, Bulgaria

Municipality of Chepelare, BulgariaFedarene, Belgium

TCC ALAL, Lithuania

Municipality of Trakai, Lithuania

Municipality of Kelme, Lithuania

Municipality of Kaisiadorys, Lithuania

Website: www.sec-tools.net

Objective: To develop and refine tools for sustainable energy practice in newmember states and candidate countries

Benefits: Local communities can realise energy sustainable energy goals: Costsavings, uptake of renewable energy and conscious citizens

Keywords: Tool, pilot actions, dissemination

Duration: 01/2006 12/2008Budget: 1,420,124 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE/05/155/SI2.419594

Short descriptionThe SEC-Tools action is dedicated to meeting the large need for energy efficiency improvement and further use ofrenewable energy in communities of New Member States and Accession Countries. A core part of the actionconcerns elaboration of generic tools with a view to encourage qualified sustainable energy thinking and practice.The key target group is communities of 3,000-30,000 inhabitants; e.g. smaller communities. The tools will betested in nine communities in respectively Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic and Bulgaria and the project will result ina Toolbox on energy planning, activation of the energy market and mobilisation of end-users at local level. Theaction includes a broad set of dissemination activities to help ensure the spread of the developed tools and lessonslearnt at broad scale.


A main result of the action will be the elaboration of a generic Toolbox with proven, well described tools forsustainable energy communities ready to adapt in communities at broad scale

In parallel with this the action entails undertaking of specific actions in the pilot communities within the threeaxes of Sustainable Energy Communities: Local energy planning, activation of the energy market and end-usermobilisation. Part of the pilot actions will concern the practical testing and refining of the Toolbox.

The elaboration and testing of Toolbox will be accompanied by various dissemination activities, i.e. comprising:project website, regular E-Newsletter, European and local events, SEC-Tools package for media and videos ongood SEC practice.

The projects interaction of elaborating generic tools in combination with undertaking pilot actions in 9committed communities is expected to provide a strong push to improving the basis for SEC operations aroundNMS/EU


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Lessons learntThe project team has learnt that there are the following key considerations to take into consideration in thedevelopment and dissemination of SEC practice:

WHY is it important for communities to become engaged in sustainable energy? Communities have many otherresponsibilities and thus a key question is to attract their attention and showing the potential benefits in form ofsaved energy costs, job creation etc.

If attracted, HOW can the community best be guided through the process of creating sustainable energypractice? The targeted communities are small and thus have often limited capacity. The project is to producetools that can be easily integrated in the communities daily reality.


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Sustainable Energy Communities in Urban Areas in Europe (SECURE)

Programme area: Horizontal, sustainable energy communitiesStatus: Ongoing

Coordinator: Roland Zinkernagel

City of Malm, [email protected]+46 40 34 20 79

Partners: City of Dublin Energy Management Agency,IrelandTallinn City Government,EstoniaHillerd El, Vand og Varme (Hillerd Electricity, Water and Heatingsupply company),DenmarkIVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Limited,SwedenCenergia Energy Consultants,DenmarkRespect Europe,Sweden

Website: www.secureproject.org

Objective: To create standards and tools to spread sustainable energy projectsin Europe

Benefits: Pilot projects become mainstream

Keywords: Energy action plans, energy efficiency, renewable energy

Duration: 01/2006 12/2008Budget: 1,261,112 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE-05-125

Short descriptionA number of cities in Europe have implemented holistic projects in order to transform city districts to ecologicalsustainability. Actions have e.g. been carried out to increase the share of renewable energy, make the use ofenergy more efficient and reduce impact from traffic. Actions to increase ecological sustainability have often beenimplemented simultaneously with actions to increase social and economic sustainability in the area.

The evaluation of the ecological transformation projects are often insufficient with the consequence thatdissemination fails. Demonstration projects tend to be isolated cases not putting any stamps on the prevalent waysof working.The SECURE project wants therefore to remove the barriers of mainstreaming results from successfuldemonstration projects and other far reaching concepts for sustainable development in order to make it possible toscale up the methods and concepts.


Develop standards and tools for spreading knowledge of sustainable energy projects to entire Europe.

Develop sustainable energy action plans in participating cities in cooperation with business, organizations anduniversities.

Implement sustainable energy action plans in participating cities.

Lessons learntThis project has just started. It is therefore too early to draw lessons.


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WISE PLANS Co-operation between communities for energy action plans

Programme area: Horizontal, sustainable energy communitiesStatus: Ongoing

Coordinator: Dario Furlanetto

Consorzio Parco Lombardo della Valle del TicinoE-mail: [email protected]: +39 02 97210234

Partners: Comitato Termotecnico Italiano,ItalyFundacin Doana 21, SpainAgencia Andaluza de la Energa, SpainCity and County of Swansea, United KingdomGreen Land Reclamation Limited, United KingdomSkellefte Kraft, Sweden

Website: www.wiseplans.eu

Objective: Development of sustainable energy action plans for a better and moreefficient use of energy

Benefits: All the local communities will take active part to the creation of theplans and finally take advantage from them

Keywords: wise energy plans

Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2007Budget: 1,039,987 (50% EU contribution)Contract number: EIE/05/217/SI2.420182

Short descriptionFour communities from Wales, Italy, Sweden and Spain are working co-operatively towards the objectives of theEuropes Sustainable Development Strategy and its policies for sustainable energy. The aim is to identifyrequirements to mitigate the impacts of the production and supply of energy, to reduce emissions of CO2 from fossil

fuels and reduce dependence on external resources.WISEPLANS objective is to create Sustainable Energy Action Plans in each community, taking advantage ofcross-referral between all partners in order to derive relevant, common methodologies; this will lead to theproduction of high-grade, community-scale plans for a more effective use and management of local energyresources. Guidelines for best practices to plan Sustainable Energy Communities will be defined and disseminatedto a wider community, at both national and European levels, so that further replications may be implemented moreeasily and at lower levels of cost.


Preparation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans for communities in ecologically sensitive regions includingnatural parks, urban and rural areas

Exchange of knowledge on energy solutions already adopted in the communities to improve environmental and

social conditions Engagement of local actors to support the future implementation of the Plans

Promotion of the replication of the Action at both national and European level


Stakeholders engagement is fundamental in order to produce partaken sustainable energy action plans

Studying the energetic potentialities of an area is very important for a more efficient energy use and consume.

The dissemination of information and a co-operation between the partners, deploying information gainedthrough each others knowledge and experience, is essential to grow a sustainability-oriented culture


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New Projects (start 2007)

The projects outlined in this part of the document were submitted under the 2005 call for proposals of the IntelligentEnergy Europe programme and have successfully passed the evaluation. They are therefore very likely to startlater in 2006 or in early 2007.The information provided is of a provisional nature and given for information purposes only. It does not bind legally

any of the involved parties.


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Multiplying Sustainable Energy Communities - A Blueprint for Action(MUSEC)

Many European communities have developed interesting activities to promote energy efficiency and renewablesources. However, although these activities can be considered as best practices, many of them remain isolatedcases and havent been integrated in local energy plans. This project aims to look at these practices and to develop

and implement a Sustainable Energy Community strategy for the partner communities, by transforming bestpractices into "standardized" actions that gather a larger support by several stakeholders. Standardization meanslearning from best practices the necessary boundary conditions, partnerships and methods that lead to asuccessful replication. The combination of all the strategic plans with concrete examples of implementation fromthe partner cities will create the basis for the creation of a Sustainable Energy Communities Blueprint. Emphasiswill be given on integration between adequate energy policies, innovative financing mechanisms andcommunications programs.

Contact Details

Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali ItalianeEriuccio Nora+39 059 [email protected]

Participating Countries

Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark

Energy-Conscious Households in ACTION (ECHO ACTION)

Difficulty in family lifestyle changes is one of the strongest barriers that Local Authorities have to overcome in orderto promote and develop sustainability issues in their territories. ECHO ACTION aims at creating a model of active

and voluntary involvement of families, local economic actors and financial institutes, co-ordinated by the localenergy agency, for the contribution to the carrying out of local energy plans. This goal will be achieved by dividingfamilies into working groups. The project runs on a double track. On one side it addresses families, i.e. final users,in order to direct demand side towards more responsible energy use. On the other it addresses technologyproviders, as well as financial institutes. A first level of actions will regard a critical revision of lifestyles and arevision of consumptions, a second one will focus on the implementation of low cost solutions and a third one willhelp those families who intend to realise more complex and expensive actions.

Contact Details

AGIRE - AGENZIA VENEZIANA PER L'ENERGIAMr. Edoardo [email protected]


Italy, Portugal, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, Bulgaria, Lithuania


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Achieving Energy Sustainability in Peripheral Regions of Europe (ASPIRE)

Achieving economic sustainability in regions peripheral to the metropolitan centres of the EU is a challenge. Theproposal aims to demonstrate the role that energy plays in the economic and social development of communities,and how better integration of sustainable energy measures can directly contribute to overall economicsustainability. Through a combination of education, capacity building and action planning, working with key

stakeholders and citizens, the proposal will define criteria and programmes (articulated in Sustainable EnergyAction Plans) to create Sustainable Energy Communities in such peripheral communities of the EU. These actionswill aim to produce multiple positive effects: creating and safeguarding jobs; new markets for renewable resourcesand energy services; new instruments to finance and support the energy sector at local level. Involvement of amultitude of local actors in 10 Member/Accession states will raise awareness of the opportunities deriving fromsound, bottom-up energy sustainability planning, so as to foster replication of the action.

Contact Details

Cornwall County CouncilBrian Shipman+44 1872 322 [email protected]


United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia

Renewable Energy Sustainable Planning and Use within public Bodies inLiaison with Involved Community Actors (RES PUBLICA)

The RES PUBLICA project starts from the need for a local sustainable development towards a more effective useof RES and RUE. The idea is to create synergies at local level between policy makers, the citizenship and market

actors through the methodology of implementation of LAg21. The partnership is made of strong publicadministrations from 4 different countries with experience in the field and relevant contacts on the territory. Themain activities consist in the creation in each partners area of a local Energy Forum that will involve all relevantstakeholders and lead to the production of a local Sustainable Energy programme focused on RES and RUE andincluding suggestions for the updating of local planning tools. Feasibility plans for the main priorities and tasks ofthe local programmes will be produced. Each Forum will work following Common guidelines and methodologiescreated by the partnership making the results comparable and the activities easily replicable.

Contact Details

Provincia di GenovaMr. Dario Miroglio+39 010 [email protected]


Italy, Germany, Hungary, Spain


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Actions and Strategies for Sustainable Growth through CommunityNetworking and Innovative Thinking (INNOVATIVE THINKING)

This project focuses on the process and on making a joint commitment in the community, in order to establish long-term sustainable development of the community towards a energy efficient and renewable energy (includingtransport) dedicated community striving towards reduced dependence on fossil fuels. Building a sustainable future

needs involvement of both politicians and decision-makers, as well as community market actors, utilities, keyenergy users in the community, consultants etc. Thus involving all these people necessarily needs a focus on thePROCESS and a process like this takes time. The aim of the project is to establish and implement an action plan ineach community as a joint agreed document with key community stakeholders, such as utilities, buildings owners,transport companies, the municipal/district council and NGOs, as well as politically accepted in the community. Thiswill include concrete actions, such as investment plans, as well as plans and actions for information and training. Itwill be based on designed status of RES/RUE (including transport) status and possibilities per community.

Contact Details

Municipality of Dals-Ed (Dals-Eds Kommun)Mr. Christian Nilsson+46 534 [email protected]


Sweden, Netherlands, Latvia, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria

Promoting Reproducible Actions in the Communities to ImproveSustainable Energy (PRACTISE)

The Practise Project will take place in 5 countries that present big differences of energetic context in Europe. Itaims to demonstrate, evaluate and disseminate territorial community strategies able to develop a sustainableenergy action plan well balanced on the territory and regarding energy sources, whatever the geographic or socio-economic context is.At local level, it has been our effort to include in the partnerships all the subjects intended to play a relevant role inthe proposed actions, in order to warrant a participative involvement. PRACTISE supports, under the principle ofsubsidiarity, the implementation of policies addressed by the European Union in local communities involved. Theultimate aim of Practise project is to create a package of best practices for the creation and implementation of aSustainable Energy Community that will be replicable everywhere in Europe. By detecting, networking and trainingthe local actors involved or interested in SE, PRACTISE will permit to the communities to improve their approach toRUE and RES.

Contact Details

Comune di AlessandriaMr. Marco Italo [email protected]


Italy, France, Spain, Romania, United Kingdom


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Strategy for Energy Sustainability and Strengthening of the Planning of theEnergy Use in Sustainable or Potentially Sustainable Municipalities

(ENERGY 21)

The populations increase together with economic development and industrialization in the world give rise to the

increasing of energy worldwide consumption. For this reason the necessity settles down to look at of integral formall the questions relative to the environment and development and thus to reach Sustainable Development in theEarth. As model of sustainable development it establishes the initiative of Agenda 21, settling down changes in theactivities of economic development. From European point of view it establishes the reach of an EuropeanSustainable Development by means of national, regional and local strategies with the obligatory to develop A21 ondifferent scales, concentrating itself in the premises, all and each one of the framed municipalities in EuropeanUnion. For a correct implementation of A21, the approach settles down therefore "bottom-up".The main aim of ENERGY 21 is settling to reach the energy sustainability and the strengthening of thedevelopment of A21. The Elaboration and Definition of a Plan of Performance that will fortify the process of LocalAgenda 21 in the section of Energy and Consumption will be the main result of the project.

Contact Details

Excma. Diputacin Provincial de HuelvaMr. Antonio CCERES MORA+34 959 49 47 [email protected]


Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Lithunia, Greece

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