Good practices and tools in Barcelona - Fontbernat

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2. The Covenant of Mayors: Energy planning of the municipality
An EU initiative (2008)
A way to involve LG in the fight against climate change and fulfil EU
commitments :
20/20/20 in 2020
Greenhouse emissions reduction: minimum 20%
Energy efficiency increase: 20 %
Renewable energy sources: 20 %
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3. The Covenant of Mayors: Energy planning of the municipality
LG commitments
Greenhouse emission reduction > 20% in 2020
(DIBA takes 2005 as baseline year)
• Draft a SEAP and carry out actions proposed
• Monitoring report every 2 years
• Organise Energy days and promotion of the Covenant
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•Transport
MUNICIPALITY
•Residential sector
•Tertiary sector
• Waste management
•Water cycle energy uses
• Local energy production
SEAP scope
TOWN COUNCIL
•Industry
•Primary
sector
•Municipal fleet
• Buildings, facilities, infrastructures
• Public lighting and traffic lights
• Water pumping

4. Support given by Diputació de Barcelona
• SEAP drafting (financing 100%; 3,1M€ spent)
210 signatories out of 311 municipalities in the province.
195 SEAP already drafted
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• Implementing actions
• Communication and dissemination
• Monitoring

5. Actions foreseen in SEAPs
ACTIONS
Number of studied SEAPs 175
Number of actions 8.232
Expected energy savings (MWh) 5.517.564
Expected energy production (MWh) 564.593
Expected emissions' reduction (tCO2) 2.686.715
Estimated global costs(M€) 1.172
Town Council costs (M€) 907
% actions in buildings (including RES) and
municipal fleet respect total actions 58%
% Local energy production actions respect 12%
% Local energy production actios by public
authorities respect total local energy
production 79%
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6. By topics:
Most actions focus on municipal buildings and facilities and on public lighting, even
though they aren’t the greatest emitters. Most actions for residential and tertiary
sectors are based on communication, dissemination and raising awareness.
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Cost per l'Ajuntament tCO2 estalviades Nre d'accions
Equipaments municipals i infraestructures 90.664.789 54.873 2.630
Enllumenat públic i semàfors 107.418.220 76.348 611
Flotes de vehicles municipals i transport públic 33.781.963 36.750 495
Compra verda 965.869 48.350 313
Planificació 302.743.475 694.612 600
Transport privat i comercial 18.436.936 243.591 344
Sector domèstic i serveis 10.258.871 639.262 663
Energies renovables i cogeneració 278.069.975 289.579 965
Sensibilització, formació 12.254.092 214.955 835
Aigua i residus 51.854.279 364.496 706
Altres 316.173 23.899 70
906.764.642 2.686.715 8.232

7. Relative costs to implement SEAPs according to the municipality’s size
2.469
3.000
2.500
2.000
1.500
1.000
500
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285
185
278
1.449
612
278 244
342
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< 1.000 hab 1.000 a 5.000
hab
5.000 a 20.000
hab
20.000 a 50.000
hab
> 50.000
Municipis per tram de població
Euros per habitant o per tCO2 reduïda
€/hab
€/tCO2

8. ACTIONS HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT
COMMUNICATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ACTIONS
•Specific publications
Activities along the EUSEW
• Cine forums
• Short films pack (climate change as a central topic)
(collaboration with FICMA- Environmental International Film
Festival)
• Theatre plays for schools
•Conferences and workshops
Cooperation with the Catalan Institute of Energy ICAEN
(Catalan Government)
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9. COMMUNICATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ACTIONS
•Actions foreseen in analyzed SEAPs
• Communication and raising awareness actions: 581
(175 SEAPs)
•DIBA’s support
• Between 2010 and 2013 (4 years) we have reached
156 municipalities, 441 communication actions, that is
75% of signatories.
• Cooperation with ICAEN (124 activities), the Network
of Towns and Villages towards Sustainability and
EUSEW
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10. Our strategy to implement energy actions in municipal buildings
Own funds
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Based on management and
behavioural changes (very low cost
or zero cost)
Aids from other Public
Administrations
Projects that create
enough incomes or
savings to finance
themselves with a
reasonable payback
period
Private public
partnership (PPP)
and public lighting
Own funds
Savings without
investments
Investments
through third
parties

11. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Low cost actions
Based on the knowledge of the final users and managers and
in behavioural changes.
-Euronet 50/50 (IEE, finished): Participation of 13 schools of 13
municipalities in Barcelona. 9 countries involved and 50
schools.
- Euronet 50/50max (IEE, ongoing) 13 countries, 500 schools
and 48 municipal buildings/facilities. In Barcelona 100 schools
and 10 municipal buildings from 50 municipalities.
- Support to municipal energy management:
-Energy accounting in 10 municipalities, it will be
extended to 10 more.
-Study on the energy consumption of 100 buildings of
several municipalities.
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12. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
- Loan of equipments to assess energy performance of
municipal buildings or facilities: smart meters, grid
analyzers, luxometers, thermographic camera...
68 municipalities (>30% signatories) have had different
devices: smart meters and grid analyzers mainly
-Financial support (2011 to 2013) to implement energy
accounting and remote management systems to 33 LG :
95.100€ (Final cost 231.425€)
- Financial support for energy accounting and
management through the aids given every 4 years by
DIBA : 117.116€.
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NEW
This year, 2014, we also give smart meters through
our yearly aids

13. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
- There are some Local Energy Agencies in the province which give support to municipalities in
energy accountability and management.
- Capacity building: Training to municipal staff: specific courses (>400 attendants).
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40
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Nre. assitents/ens locals
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•Public lighting energy management
•New technologies in public lighting
•Solar thermal installations
•Photovoltaic installations in public buildings
•Energy audits in public buildings
•ESCo and public sector
•Basic energy management
https://www.diba.cat/web/mediambient/form
Furthermore seminars, workshops and specific training sessions are organized

14. ACTIONS IN BUILDINGS, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND RES
Actions that require investments
Support given through the REDIBA (ELENA) project:
-Energy savings and efficiency in buildings: 38 studies, total cost of the studies: 418.000€,
which generated a turnover of 5,45M€.
-Public lighting: 75 studies, total cost of the studies: 992.000€,
turnover: 83,5M€
- RES: 63 studies, total cot of the studies: 456.000€; turnover: 5,45M€
- Furthermore: 14 legal studies and other transversal topics: 145.000€
Total 190 studies (for 107 municipalities), studies’ cost 2,01M€,
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turnover 122,5M.

15. ACTIONS IN BUILDINGS, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND RES
Actions that require investments
Financial support through the aids given by DIBA every year
- Energy savings and efficiency in buildings: 46 Local Authorities; support of 143.192€ to carry out
projects with a total investment cost of 723.204€.
-Public lighting: 54 Local Authorities; 201.800€ to carry out projects with a total investment cost of
1,8M€.
- RES: 10 Local Authorities; 42.450€ to carry out projects with a total investment cost of 603.812€
Total aids: 387.442€ to carry out projects with a total investment cost of 3,1M€
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16. ACTIONS IN BUILDINGS, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND RES
Actions that require investments
Financial support through the every 4 years agreement plan:
- Energy savings and efficiency in buildings:
Local Authorities : 23;
Total support: 5,1M€.
- Public lighting:
Local Authorities : 7;
Total support: 1,5M€.
-Energies renovables:
Local Authorities : 13;
Total support: 1,8M€.
In total 43 Local Authorities and financial support up to 8,4M€
There has been technical and financial support too for mobility actions and
communication and raising awareness actions.
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17. ACTIONS IN BUILDINGS, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND RES
BUT............................. Where does the money come?
- Own funds (some cases)
- Subsidies and aids from other administrations, among them DIBA
If a municipality spends its investment capacity, possibility of borrowing and grants and subsidies from
other administrations in projects that do not generate savings, it can only use it "once" and probably
increase its current cost spending.
If instead of that, the municipality prioritizes projects that generate savings, it can capitalize them and use
that money “twice”
- Third parties: private-public partnerships (some examples):
- Maintenance + investments contract (duration: around 6 years)
- Equipment leasing or renting (duration: from 5 to 10 years)
- ESCo contract (EPC, i.e.)(duration : > = 10 years)
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Usually a combination
of both

18. CONCLUSIONS
What are the main barriers?
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19. But there are some other barriers that have to be overcome:
- Small projects have few interest for private investors
- Lack of knowledge of new financing mechanisms and how they fit
in public administration legal procedures by technicians, secretaries
and legal services of LG
-Lack of coordination between different departments
- Lack of knowledge of the real energy consumption of most buildings, facilities
and other infrastructures by the Town Council. Drafting a SEAP helps updating this
information and makes clear how energy is being managed.
- Maintenance: the great forgotten. Right now it is more based on correction than
on prevention.
- Good practices are not widespread enough
-In Spain: energy rules and RES rules change too often.
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20. SOME HOPEFUL CONCLUSIONS..
• Even in nowadays complicated circumstances, it is not only possible but
also an opportunity to implement energy efficiency projects by the
municipalities.
• There is a clear opportunity for the municipalities to implement low cost
or non investment actions: in some cases savings up to 30%
• Projects that need investments can often be paid by themselves with the
savings generated, through public private partnerships schemes of
funding
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21. Àrea de Territori i Sostenibilitat
Diputació de Barcelona
T. 934 022 222
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