Municipal Energy Management

The project has been completed. Within this project, the participating European energy and climate agencies intensified the cross-border dialogue and exchange of knowledge and experience on municipal energy management.
According to the European Commission, buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU. Thus, the building sector has a key function for achieving the climate protection goals of the EU. In order to achieve these goals, activities on the municipal level are of significant importance. The Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) focuses on public buildings in order to achieve a multiplier effect through their given exemplary function. The nationwide implementation of a systematic municipal energy management can thus make an important contribution to tapping existing saving potentials in the municipalities and to establishing a sustainable portfolio management.
Photo: Franziska Berentin / KSA
The benefits of municipal energy management were shown by introducing it in 61 municipal demonstration buildings across the target regions (Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania and Slovenia) which resulted in year reduction of 478tCO2 (or 8.5% comparted to the previous level). Making use of the existing know-how and taking into account the different starting situations and needs of the four partners, new and innovative concepts for the implementation and financing of municipal energy management have been developed.
Updated: Juli 2021
Countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Slovenia
Project duration: 10/17 - 02/20
Funding: 438,497 €
Target groups: Cities, towns and municipalities
Implementing organisation:
Klimaschutzagentur Weserbergland gGmbH
Project Partners:
Energy Agency of Podravje – ENERGAP, Kaunas Regional Energy Agency – KREA, Sofia Energy Agency – SOFENA
Website:
euki-mem.eu/
This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI). EUKI is a project financing instrument by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The EUKI call for project ideas is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is the overarching goal of the EUKI to foster climate cooperation within the European Union (EU) in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
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