Alpine winter tourism territories demonstrating an integrated framework for a low-carbon, high-impact and resilient future

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-08-11

Description

Description (EN):

SMART ALTITUDE aims at enabling and accelerating the implementation of low-carbon policies in winter tourism regions. Technical solutions for the reduction of energy consumption and GHG emissions in mountain areas relying on winter tourism today exist, with up to 40% reduction potential. However, key trade-offs are at the heart of their slow uptake: they require stronger and innovative involvement to overpass strategic (goals, priorities, risks), economic (costs, financing) and organizational (partnership, stakeholder involvement) challenges. SMART ALTITUDE will demonstrate the efficiency of a decision support tool integrating all challenges into a step-by-step approach to energy transition.The project clearly innovates by deploying a comprehensive approach of low-carbon policy implementation based on impact maximization accounting for technical, economic and governance factors. It is based on common performance indicators, monitoring systems (snow processes, municipal infrastructure, renewables, buildings etc.) and Energy Management Systems (EMS) in mountain territories, so as to build a shared situational awareness and take impactful decisions. The approach is implemented in 3 real-field demonstrations and prepares for replication in 20 other Alpine Space territories. The project targets policymakers, infrastructure operators, investors, tourism and entrepreneurship organisations. Its outputs are a Territorial diagnosis method, an online Smart Altitude Toolkit, Living Labs, a Planning model for adaptation strategy implementation, a Replication roadmap and a Network of low-carbon winter tourism regions. The partnership and activities ensure the approach suitability across the Alpine Space, promote new innovations and skills, and enable policymakers to plan and prioritize measures increasing the resilience of mountain areas.

Achievements (EN):

Winter tourism in the Alps generate an annual turnover of € 40 billion. However, it has increasingly high energy and environmental costs. On the other hand, this economic activity is strongly affected by the consequences of climate change on the weather and natural conditions. The implementation of low-carbon policy in Alpine regions therefore requires adaptation but also mitigation strategies to reduce carbon emissions. Smart Altitude implemented new tools to improve the use of energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Alpine ski areas. The project developed new decision-making tools for ski operators and policy makers and innovative technical solutions tested in four living labs. It helped to overcome differences in territorial governance and infrastructure management among winter tourism destinations.

Website: http://www.alpine-space.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Level of Implementation of low carbon policy instruments

Expected Outputs (EN):

The proposed integrated approach will equip policymakers with a validated methodology to implement comprehensive low-carbon policies, clarifying key arbitrations, constraints and enablers. This will allow the development of longer term adaptation strategies, integrating all territorial stakeholders. It will also allow regional and transregional policymakers to assess the low-carbon potential in winter tourism territories against implementation hurdles and required measures to accelerate investments. Lastly, the project will provide stakeholders with the necessary tools to replicate the Smart Altitude approach, adopt operational excellence and innovation strategies, catalyse best practice and foster the emergence of a quality label.

Thematic information

Tourism Energy efficiency

Specific Objective: Establish trans-nationally integrated low carbon policy instruments

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 (11)

Lead Partner: Commune Les Orres

Department: Municipality

Address: Le Chef Lieu /, 05200 Les Orres, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mairie-lesorres.fr/

Total budget: EUR 444 282.00

ERDF budget: EUR 377 639.70

Centre de Recherches Energétiques et Municipales

Name: Centre de Recherches Energétiques et Municipales

Department: Research and Development Unit

Address: Avenue du Grand Saint Bernard 4, 1920 Martigny, Switzerland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.crem.ch

Total budget: EUR 173 495.70

Università degli Studi di Milano

Name: Università degli Studi di Milano

Department: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Production, Landscape, Agroenergy / Mountain University (Unimont)

Address: Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122 Milan, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.unimi.it

Total budget: EUR 136 679.65

ERDF budget: EUR 116 177.70

BSC, Poslovno podporni center d.o.o., Kranj

Name: BSC, Poslovno podporni center d.o.o., Kranj

Department: /

Address: Cesta Staneta Žagarja 37, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bsc-kranj.si/

Total budget: EUR 96 454.00

ERDF budget: EUR 81 985.90

Trentino Sviluppo S.p.A.

Name: Trentino Sviluppo S.p.A.

Department: /

Address: via Fortunato Zeni 8, 38068 Rovereto, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.trentinosviluppo.it

Total budget: EUR 170 748.70

ERDF budget: EUR 145 136.40

Electricité de France

Name: Electricité de France

Department: Sales, Marketing and Development Department

Address: Rue André Allar 7, 13315 Marseille, France

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.edf.fr

Total budget: EUR 378 351.70

ERDF budget: EUR 321 598.94

Rekreacijsko turistični center Krvavec, d.d.

Name: Rekreacijsko turistični center Krvavec, d.d.

Department: /

Address: Grad 76, 4207 Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.rtc-krvavec.si/

Total budget: EUR 246 448.00

ERDF budget: EUR 209 480.80

Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Name: Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Department: ARES - Applied Research on Energy Systems Smart Community Laboratory

Address: Via S. Croce 77, 38122 Trento, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.fbk.eu

Total budget: EUR 322 016.00

ERDF budget: EUR 273 713.60

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Department: Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research

Address: Technikerstrasse 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mountainresearch.at/

Total budget: EUR 307 530.30

ERDF budget: EUR 261 400.76

Association Européenne des élus de Montagne

Name: Association Européenne des élus de Montagne

Department: /

Address: Maison des parcs et de la Montagne, rue de la République 256, 73000 Chambéry, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.promonte-aem.net/

Total budget: EUR 978.00

ERDF budget: EUR 831.30

Steinbeis 2i GmbH

Name: Steinbeis 2i GmbH

Department: Steinbeis 2i GmbH Karlsruhe

Address: Kienestraße 35, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.steinbeis-europa.de

Total budget: EUR 98 898.70

ERDF budget: EUR 84 063.90

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Summary

Project name (EN): Alpine winter tourism territories demonstrating an integrated framework for a low-carbon, high-impact and resilient future

Project acronym: SMART ALTITUDE

Project start date: 2018-04-17

Project end date: 2021-05-16

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 375 882.75

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 872 028.99

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 872 028.99.

Documents

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Reports

Key Performance Indicators for the optimization of low carbon measures.

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

WP T3 Smart Altitude Toolkit A.T3.2 Territorial implementation plan D.T3.2.1 Territorial Maximization report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2021-05-16

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

WP T3 Smart Altitude Toolkit

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2023-08-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

SMART ALTITUDE Wi-EMT Evaluation Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2021-05-16

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

D.T2.1.1 Report on Integrated Energy Management System

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2021-05-16

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

D.T2.3.1 Report on winter tourism smart grid impact and potential

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2021-03-15

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

National recommendations consolidated report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/smart-altitude/

Publication date: 2023-08-01

Document date: 2021-05-16

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

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2023-08-11

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64 / 64 (100%)

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752 / 752 (100%)

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Alpine winter tourism territories demonstrating an integrated framework for a low-carbon, high-impact and resilient future

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