More carbon reduction by dynamically monitoring energy efficiency

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg Europe

Date of latest update: 2023-12-02

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Description (EN):

The EMPOWER project innovatively addresses two urgent challenges in European cities and regions: the opportunity to reduce CO2 emissions from buildings using new technology and better management, and the need for more investment to meet the EU’s CO2 reduction targets. The potential is considerable: buildings account for 40% of EU energy requirements and 36% of carbon emissions: effective energy monitoring could reduce demand by 10%. And the Commission considers that energy efficiency is market-ready, ie suitable for private investment. But progress is slow. Energy monitoring systems are available for individual houses and large schemes. Little exists for medium-sized schemes. Key decision-makers do not always understand energy management. Private investors are nervous about long term energy management investment, they need good local management and quality performance data. The project’s objective is to reduce carbon emissions from buildings, particularly in medium-sized schemes, while also supporting jobs and growth in the local economy. We will improve regional policies by: * analysing partners’ plans through peer review, * identifying good practices that will improve these plans, studying them through Study Visits, importing them via special workshops and Regional Action Plans. * developing cost-effective energy monitoring systems and using these in existing buildings and to attract private investment * building the capacity of all relevant public authorities including ERDF Managing Authorities The project’s main outputs will benefit the building users, key decision-makers, SMEs working in energy, investors. They are: * New projects that innovate by applying cost-effective energy monitoring to reduce energy demand, using new technology. * Improved governance between different levels of government, using the plan–do-act-check principle and providing quality data to attract and reassure commercial investors.

Achievements (EN):

In terms of activities, the project has organised a total of 136 policy learning events. It has also identified 24 good practices, produced 9 action plans and led to the increased capacity of 168 people. In terms of results, the project has succeeded in improving 6 regional development policies for a total amount of funds influenced of EUR 2,130,156. 41.

Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/interreg-europe-2014-2020

Expected Results (EN):

General Objective: Reduce carbon emissions from buildings in the participating regions (average 10% by 2021) by improving the policy instruments addressed by the project. Sub-objectives: (1) achieve the general objective by implementing investment, organisational and optimisation measures in the participating “test sites”; which are medium-sized public sector buildings (housing, schools etc). (2) develop at least 2 cost effective energy monitoring systems that will (a) deliver immediate carbon-reduction through energy monitoring, and (b) increase the acceptance of energy efficient projects for investment by banks and others and thus increase investment capacity of public sector; (3) increase by 20% by 2021 the effectiveness of key decision makers’ involvement in energy monitoring energy management and related investments order to meet their energy efficiency objectives. (4) Increase by 20% by 2021 the horizontal and vertical cooperation between the different levels of government and relevant actors (including investors) in the development and implementation of the RAPs. Sub objectives 1 and 2 are related to the progress that the partners can make in the field of Energy Management, Energy Monitoring and Energy Innovative financial Instruments. Here ICT systems play a strategic role. They will improve the level and the quality of cost reliable monitoring and effectiveness of other energy efficiency measures that are planned. Sub objectives 3 and 4 are specifically related to the Involvement of stakeholders and Managing Authorities in the decision making. EMPOWER will not only actively empower the Regional Stakeholders to offer concrete improvements to the policy instruments; via the RAPs, but will also empower them through building their capacity – both the key decision-makers and the organisations themselves – for continuing effective action after project-end, applying to energy efficiency programmes the approach “plan – do – act – check”.

Expected Outputs (EN):

OUTPUTS: A GOOD PRACTICE REGISTER will contain c30 relevant practices, drawn from the consortium members and other organisations. It will also respond to the needs identified through: 1 all-partner PEER REVIEW WORKSHOP. 27 STUDY VISITS will be made to study identified good practices. 2 all-partner TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS will integrate the main findings. 9 IMPORT WORKSHOPS (1 per partner) will be held: relevant partner-experts will advise on GPs that the host region proposes to import. 9 REGIONAL ACTION PLANS (1 per partner) will set out the partners’ proposals for improving their target policy instrument. 9 LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS GROUPS (1 per partner) will ensure that relevant organisations are involved in preparing the policy improvement proposals. EMPOWER will also collaborate with the IE Programme’s POLICY LEARNING PLATFORM. A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY (duly monitored and evaluated) with outputs (press releases, e-newsletters, etc) will inform target groups about the project [see sC5]. 1 FINAL CONFERENCE will target European and regional stakeholders. RESULTS: GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Carbon emissions will be reduced by 10% by 2021 through the 9 policy instruments improved by the project (8 ERDF, 1 other). SUB-OBJECTIVES1&2: 1: implementing investment, organisational and optimisation measures in the participating “test sites”; 2: develop at least 2 cost effective energy monitoring systems. Two policy improvements (P6, P7) will focus on Type 2 Improved Governance; three policy improvements (P2, P5 and P9) will focus on Type 1 New Projects; four policy improvements (P1, P3, P4 and P8) will focus on both: NEW PROJECTS will focus on: * CO2 reductions through good energy monitoring systems using ICT tools and processes based on the plan–do-act-check principle (P1,P3,P4,P8,P9). * attracting potential investors for energy refurbishment measures (P1, P8). * upgrade ICT energy monitoring tools with energy-economic indicators for public buildings (P1, P2) and as open-source (P5). * smart buildings and polluting emissions according to EU’s climate policy, even with the use of technological mix (P4). IMPROVED GOVERNANCE: partners will demonstrate that “Good energy management is a part of good governance”; monitored savings will reassure financial institutions about the rewards of long term energy management investment (P1, P3, P4, P6, P7, P8). SUB-OBJECTIVES 3&4: . 3: increase by 20% by 2021 the effectiveness of key decision makers’ involvement in energy monitoring energy management 4: increase by 20% by 2021 the horizontal and vertical cooperation. IMPROVED GOVERNANCE. Through the planned capacity building actions, all project-partners and their stakeholders will deliver a higher-than-trend rate of carbon reduction, using an integrated approach that involves all levels of government, and reflects increased knowledge of the key decision-makers: this will also ensure the durability of the project’s results (see also sC6.4)

Thematic information

Energy efficiency Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: Improve the implementation of regional development policies and programmes, in particular programmes for Investment for Growth and Jobs and, where relevant, ETC programmes, addressing the transition to a low-carbon economy

Thematic Objective: (04) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by:

Investment Priority: (04e) promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Energetska agencija za Podravje – zavod za trajnostno rabo energije

Address: Smetanova ulica 31, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.energap.si

Total budget: EUR 458 989.00

ERDF budget: EUR 390 140.65

Mazowiecka Agencja Energetyczna Sp. z o.o. (MAE)

Name: Mazowiecka Agencja Energetyczna Sp. z o.o. (MAE)

Address: Al.Jerozolimskie 151/25, 02-326 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mae.com.pl

Total budget: EUR 164 022.00

ERDF budget: EUR 139 418.70

Agência Municipal de Energia de Almada, AGENEAL

Name: Agência Municipal de Energia de Almada, AGENEAL

Address: Rua Bernardo Francisco da Costa 44, 2800-209 Almada, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 188 448.00

ERDF budget: EUR 160 180.80

Commune de Lorient

Name: Commune de Lorient

Department: Environment Department

Address: Mairie de Lorient – CS 30010, 56315 Lorient CEDEX, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lorient.fr

Total budget: EUR 196 785.00

ERDF budget: EUR 167 267.25

Agenzia Regionale Recupero Risorse S.p.A. (ARRR) (until 31-Dec-18: Agenzia Fiorentina per l’Energia)

Name: Agenzia Regionale Recupero Risorse S.p.A. (ARRR) (until 31-Dec-18: Agenzia Fiorentina per l’Energia)

Address: Via di Novoli, 26, 50127 Firenze, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.arrr.it

Total budget: EUR 219 296.00

ERDF budget: EUR 186 401.60

Southern Regional Assembly

Name: Southern Regional Assembly

Address: Assembly House, O’Connell Street, X91 K256 Waterford, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.southernassembly.ie

Total budget: EUR 259 646.00

ERDF budget: EUR 220 699.10

Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt, AöR

Name: Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt, AöR

Address: Domplatz 12, D-39104 Magdeburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ib-lsa.de

Total budget: EUR 275 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 234 175.00

Ayuntamiento de Santander

Name: Ayuntamiento de Santander

Department: Innovation Area

Address: PLAZA DEL AYUNTAMIENTO, S/N, 39002 Santander, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 299 636.00

ERDF budget: EUR 254 690.60

Energikontor Sydost AB

Name: Energikontor Sydost AB

Address: Smedjegatan 37, 35246 Växjö, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.energikontorsydost.se

Total budget: EUR 399 980.00

ERDF budget: EUR 339 983.00

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Mazowiecka Agencja Energetyczna Sp. z o.o. (MAE)

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Local Energy Management Agency of Almada, AGENEAL,

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Municipality of Lorient

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Regional Agency for Waste & Resource Management (ARRR SpA) (until 31-Dec-18: Florentine Energy Agency)

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Southern Regional Assembly

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Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt

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Ayuntamiento de Santander

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Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden

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Energetska agencija za Podravje – Zavod za trajnostno rabo energije

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Summary

Project name (EN): More carbon reduction by dynamically monitoring energy efficiency

Project acronym: EMPOWER

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2021-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 462 302.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 092 956.70

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 092 956.70.

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Action plan - City of Lorient, France

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action Plan - The Regional Resource Recovery Agency of Tuscany, Italy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2020-01-16

Languages: en

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Action Plan for the Mazovia Region, Poland

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2020-01-31

Languages: en

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Regional Action Plan - Ageneal, Local Energy Management Agency of Almada, Portugal

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2020-03-09

Languages: en

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Regional Action Plan - Energy management in public buildings in Municipality of Maribor

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2019-08-31

Languages: en

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Regional Action Plan - Kalmar County, Sweden

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2020-02-10

Languages: en

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Regional Action Plan - Santander City Council, Spain

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2019-12-18

Languages: en

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Regional Action Plan - Southern Regional Assembly, Ireland

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2019-12-02

Languages: en

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Regional Action Plan for Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

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Videos / films

Study visit at low energy buildings in Kalmar county

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/empower/

Publication date: 2024-09-03

Document date: 2018-02-02

Languages: en

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