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Climate Star 2009The European Award for Local Climate Protection Initiatives

AWARD

European Municipalities Compete for the Climate

Renewable energies obtained from sources within the region. Crops for biogas.

© CLIMATE STAR 2009 (4)

CLIMATE STAR 2009The short track to climate protection ...................................... 04

� CLIMATE STAR CATEGORY 1

DORF AN DER PRAM (A)Entirely switch to renewables until 2030 ................................. 05

GLEISDORF (A)Living in the solar age ............................................................... 05

POYSDORF (A)Energy-saving initiative ............................................................. 06

SAND IN TAUFERS / CAMPO TURES (I)Energy location as good example ............................................. 06


LUSTENAU (A)Exceeding the Kyoto target! ..................................................... 07

ST. PÖLTEN (A)District heating new ................................................................. 07

ULRICEHAMN (S)Up to 50 % reduced energy consumption in companies .......... 08


FREIBURG IM BREISGAU (D)25 years energy building standards .......................................... 08

GHENT (B)Local climate plan ..................................................................... 09

OSNABRÜCK (D)Sun-Power-OS ........................................................................... 09

THE HAGUE (NL)Thermal heat from the North Sea ............................................ 10


ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SKARABORG (S)Business-driven environmental development ........................... 10

BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL (ES)Active against climate change .................................................. 11

KIRKLEES COUNCIL (GB)Complimentary wall and roof insulation .................................. 12

� CLIMATE STAR CATEGORY SPECIAL AWARD

VIENNA (A)Comprehensive concept .......................................................... 12

THE COMPETITION

WINNING PROJECTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOREWORD

ClimateStar 2009 | 03

“Climate Star”, the contest organised by the European Cli-

mate Alliance for local climate protection activities, demon-

strates how many municipalities in Europe have already

implemented innovative and exemplary projects. This

year’s record number of participants testifies to the im-

pressive variety of activities taken in the recent past to counteract cli-

mate change. Even though the motto of this year’s contest covered a

broad spectrum, the majority of projects have been focused on the ener-

gy dimension. Lower Austria, too, has opted for boos -

ting renewable sources of energy. The chances of

reaching this objective are highest when efforts are

channelled into concerted action. The activities of

municipalities with their large numbers of commit-

ted citizens play a key role in this “climate-friendly re-

structuring task”. It gives me great pleasure that Stift

Melk, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, has been

chosen as the venue for the international ceremony

where the awards will be presented to the showcase

projects, and where we are gathering for an exchange of ideas and for a

social get-together. Lower Austria is a region committed to its traditions

and roots and boasts a heritage of inventiveness and innovative spirit

that has prepared the ground for future intergenera-

tional equity. Our region joined the Climate Alliance

as early as 1993. By now, more than two thirds of the

Lower Austrian population live in Climate Alliance

municipalities. In 2007, climate protection was an-

chored in our regional constitution, but ever since

2004 we have consistently worked on the basis of

the Lower Austrian climate programme, which has

this year been prolonged until 2012.

We thank all those who have entered projects for this

contest and congratulate the winning municipalities, hoping that they

will continue to invest enthusiasm and effort into future climate-friendly

projects. Our thanks also go to the staff of the Climate Alliance and to the

Alliance partners from Rio Negro, Brazil, for the excellent cooperation.

DR. ERWIN PRÖLL, GOVERNOR DR. STEPHAN PERNKOPF, MINISTEROF LOWER AUSTRIA OF ENVIRONMENT OF LOWER AUSTRIA

THE COURAGE TO TREAD NEW PATHSEvery era has to face up to its own special tasks. Climate protection with aview to sustainable development is thekey theme of our generation.

“THE SHORT TRACK TOCLIMATE PROTECTION”

Governor

Dr. Erwin Pröll

© NÖ LANDESPRESSEDIENST

Minister o. E.

Stephan Pernkopf

© WEINGARTNER

The topic of climate protection has entered the

political arena. Cities and municipalities are set-

ting themselves climate protection goals, pass-

ing a catalogue of measures, encouraging com-

panies and their inhabitants to help

protect the environment and reducing their

energy consumption. Making climate protec-

tion activities visible increases their accept-

ance and encourages imitation. The European

“Climate Star” distinction awarded by Climate

Alliance for the fourth time now aims to help

increase the prominence of local climate pro-

tection activities and to recognise these

efforts.

Nowadays, climate protection is considered in

conjunction with economic aspects. Supporting employ-

ment in the region and creating new jobs through climate

protection measures is the aim of committed cities and

municipalities. Local businesses insulate the building enve-

lope, build in new windows, install highly-efficient heating

systems or specialise in solar technology. Money from the

region should also flow into these projects and not be

spent on fossil fuels. Independence from energy sources

from around the world is a further notion upheld in many

cities and municipalities. Climate protection endeavours in-

clude dramatically reducing energy consumption, using the

necessary energy efficiently and exploiting local sources of

energy.

With the projects submitted for Climate Star, cities, munici-

palities and regions show that they are aware of the future

challenges in climate protection. This is also of great signifi-

cance with regard to the next UN Framework Convention

on Climate Change due to take place in Copenhagen in De-

cember. The parties to the convention will thrash out a fol-

low-up agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, which will expire

in 2012, that must include far-reaching reduction commit-

ments to stabilise the global climate. This will only be pos-

sible with active participation by all local authorities.

Congratulations to all the award winners! I wish you every

success with the future climate protection measures in

your cities and municipalities.

JOACHIM LORENZ PRESIDENT OF CLIMATE ALLIANCE

President of

Climate Alliance

Joachim Lorenz

© CLIMATE STAR 2007


T HE APPLICATIONS. 444 cities and

municipalities from the eleven

countries Austria, Belgium, Germany,

Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,

Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and United

Kingdom have submitted 118 projects in

the following categories:

� Category 1 – Local authorities with up

to 10,000 inhabitants, 52 applications of

47 municipalities from Austria, Germany,

Italy, Luxembourg and Sweden

� Category 2 – Local authorities with be-

tween 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, 28

applications of 26 cities and municipali-

ties from Austria, Germany, Sweden and

Switzerland

� Category 3 – Local authorities with

more than 100,000 inhabitants, 21 projects

of 18 cities from Austria, Belgium, Germany,

Italy, Netherlands and Norway

� Category 4 – Associations of local au-

thorities as districts or boroughs, 17 pro -

jects of altogether 326 cities and munici-

palities from Austria, Germany, Italy, Swe-

den, Spain and United Kingdom

THE JURY. � Dr. Angelika Poth-Mögele, Director of

Policy of the Council of European Munici-

palities and Regions (CEMR) in Brussels

� Marité Moras, Secretariat of the Sus-

tainable Development Committee of the

Council of Europe in Strasbourg

� Dr. Ing. Stephan Wilforth, Scientific Of-

ficer of the chair of system theory and

system technology at the Faculty of Spa-

tial Planning at the TU Dortmund Univer-

sity and President of the Informations -

kreis für Raumplanung (information cir-

cle for urban and regional planning)

THE ASSESSMENT. The selection of the ju-

ry followed the four assessment criteria:

cost-benefit-ratio, innovation, CO2 reduc-

tion and transferability. The members of

the jury could give for each criterion up

to five points from five for excellent until

null for not good. The sum of the points

of all jury members decided about the

awarding with a Climate Star. The submit-

ted projects should already be realised or

should be in implementation. In a prelimi-

nary round the only planned projects

were sorted out.

The awarded projects represent the

strong commitments of cities and munici-

palities in different European countries for

climate protection, renewable energies

and the economical use of energy. The lo-

cal authorities pursue ambitious goals

with the reduction of CO2 emissions and

they promote climate protection to all

stakeholders and their population.

THE COMPETITIONCost-benefit-ratio, innovation, CO2 reduction and transferability –the submitted projects were assessed after these criteria.

The awarded projects represent ...

COMPETITION

... the strong commitments of European cities and municipalities for climate protection.


WINNING PROJECTS


ENERGY TOOLBOX IN DORF AN DER PRAMThe municipality of Dorfan der Pram intends toswitch entirely to renew-able energies within thenext 30 years.

T he project came into being three

years ago. The municipality of Dorf

an der Pram wishes to switch en-

tirely to renewable energies within the

next 30 years with the Energy Toolbox.

Over 30 highly-committed, like-minded in-

dividuals developed a range of concepts

within the scope of workshops and im-

plemented these. The general population

is kept up-to-date via the municipal news-

paper and encouraged to play an active

role. The installation of energy-saving

lamps in all public buildings and conver-

sion of street lighting to low-energy usage

were the first steps taken. Meanwhile, the

newest acquisition is solar street lighting,

which will primarily be used on the ex-

tension of the footpath network. To en-

courage more frequent use of energy-sav-

ing lights, the mayor distributed a small

gift of a light for punctual appearance at

board meetings. The municipality has cho-

sen to focus on photovoltaic systems: five

facilities have already been installed – one

is on the municipal operations building,

one on the mayor’s home and two are

free-standing repositioned facilities. The

next step is provision of an electric fu-

elling station with nine loading stations

from the PV electricity. In school, children

learn how much electricity can be saved

through responsible behaviour. As a re-

ward, the money saved is then reinvested

in other school campaigns, such as visits

to PV facilities in the accompaniment of

experts.

DORF AN DER PRAM(Austria, 1,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Gemeinde Dorf an der Pram,Dorf 11, A-4751 Dorf an der Pram

Erika Dollereder, Tel.: +43-7764-8455-11

[email protected]


“LIVING IN THE SOLAR AGE”By 2015, 25 % of thermalenergy and 100 % of elec-tricity requirements are to be obtained from renewable energies.

T he municipality of Gleisdorf not

only wishes to help protect the en-

vironment and practice sustainable

management, but also to strengthen the

regional economy and reduce depend-

ROLE MODELS POINT THE WAYThe winning projects are examples to be emulated in demonstrating how climate protection initiatives can be implemented at the grass-roots.

Five photovoltaic-facilities have been installed.


Data about the energy condition of all buildings was collected.


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ence on energy from foreign sources.

Hence they have set themselves the tar-

gets of covering 25 % of heat require-

ments with renewable energies, reducing

energy consumption and CO2 emissions

by 20 % and obtaining 100 % of electricity

from renewable sources. In 2007, a thor-

ough evaluation of the situation was un-

dertaken: data was collected about the

energy and structural condition of all

1,500 buildings, then analysed and record-

ed in an electronic land register. The total

number of solar collectors and PV sys-

tems, energy retrofitting, biomass heating

and electric cars that Gleisdorf will need

until 2015 was then calculated on this ba-

sis. Gleisdorf has already achieved a great

deal: 250 PV systems and 2,750 square

metres of solar collectors have already

been installed, biomass heaters and a CHP

generation plant running with vegetable

oil. 50 electric cars are already on the

roads and being fuelled in Gleisdorf. Ener-

gy management in public buildings is al-

most considered a given and the imple-

mentation status of the entire project is

evaluated each year.

GLEISDORF(Austria, 5,400 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stadtgemeinde GleisdorfRathausplatz 1, A-8200 Gleisdorf

The Honourable Mayor Christoph Stark, Tel.:

+43-3112-2601-200

[email protected]


POYSDORF EN-ERGY-SAVINGINITIATIVEThe municipality of Poys-dorf motivates its citizensto behave in an environ-mentally-friendly mannerwith an energy model andcountless campaigns forcycling, retrofitting andheating.

T he ‘Pedalling Poysdorf’ initiative was

launched in May 2008. There has

now been a noticeable increase in

everyday cycle traffic and several compa-

nies also offer company bicycles. Various

activities such as a ‘Cyclist of the Month’

scheme, cyclist homepage, reports in the

city news and local newspapers, spring bi-

cycle repair services, bicycle computer

campaign to measure mileage, bicycle

stands at bus stops and campaigns in

schools as well as new cycle paths off the

city’s streets have all played a part. In Janu-

ary 2009, the Energy-Saving Initiative be-

gan running expert presentations about

energy retrofitting, alternative heating, fi-

nancial support and passive houses,

amongst other topics. An energy group

with regular meetings was founded. Cycle

rides lead to passive houses, PV systems

and energy-optimised old builds. Further-

more, there is an energy consultancy day

and thermography images are prepared for

interested city inhabitants. In March 2009,

the Energiespargemeinde Poysdorf (‘Poys-

dorf Energy-Saving Municipality’) scheme

was established and a municipal energy

mission statement prepared. Energy days

are to take place in all of the cadastral

communities in autumn to motivate the lo-

cal population. Energy accounting in the

fields of lighting, electricity and cars is

planned for the municipality. The purchase

of electric cars has already been budgeted.

POYSDORF(Austria, 5,600 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stadtgemeinde Poysdorf, Energiesparinitiative

Dreifaltigkeitsplatz 2, A-2170 Poysdorf

Werner Kraus, Tel.: +43-664-8181802

[email protected]


ENERGY MUNI CIPALITYOF SAND INTAU FERS /CAMPO TURES A saving of 15 % could already be made in allpublic buildings simplythrough the analysis ofenergy consumption.

S and in Taufers/Campo Tures wishes

to become an energy centre that

sets a good example and has there-

fore developed a comprehensive energy

concept. Since 2006, the heat and energy

consumption of all public buildings has

been recorded and analysed. This measure

alone has allowed for a saving of 15 % to be

made. The municipality acquired an elec-

tric bus in 2007 for the local public trans-

port system and converted the municipal

Energy management is considered a given.

Increase of everyday cycle traffic.



car fleet to gas. The ‘Hiking without car’

and ‘Mobile Sand in Taufers’ programmes

help to encourage the use of environmen-

tally-friendly modes of transport. In 2009,

the Taufers Energy and Innovation Centre

(Zentrum für Energie und Innovation

Taufers, Z.EN.I.T.) was established as an in-

formation, consultancy and education cen-

tre. Renewable energy sources are being

developed: there is a wind power station, a

biogas facility powered by organic waste, a

gas grid, a wood-powered district heating

plant, a new hydroelectric plant, a PV sys-

tem on the sports centre and 33 private PV

facilities, street lighting with PV and, since

the beginning of this year, a carbonation

plant for organic waste. Building and retro-

fitting are of course also important: since

2007, it has been written into the munici-

pal building regulations that all new public

buildings must meet Climate House A stan-

dard (< 30 kWh/m2a) and all private build-

ings and refurbished buildings must meet

the B standard (< 50 kWh/m2a). Consultan-

cy packages for local residents on energy

refurbishment with thermography, climate

house calculations and building supervi-

sion as well as a 2009 ‘20 roof programme’

complete the comprehensive municipal

programme.

SAND IN TAUFERS / CAMPO TURES(Italy, 5,200 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Marktgemeinde Sand in Taufers, Sekretariat, Rathausstraße 8, I-39032 Sand

in Taufers, Dr. Doris Oberegels bacher,

Tel.: +39-0474-677533

[email protected]


EXCEEDING THE KYOTOTARGETS!Lustenau achieved a 70 %reduction in CO2 emis-sions through retrofitting,heat insulation and conversion to renewableenergies!

A great deal has already been

achieved in just under four years –

indeed, the e5 Energy Team only

began its work in 2006. To launch the

“mixed” e5 team (comprising municipal

administration and private individuals), a

discussion took place during which cli-

mate protection targets and a list of meas-

ures were defined. Retrofitting and heat in-

sulation, the switching of heating systems

to renewable energy sources, and the pur-

chase of eco power were established as

the key fields of action. The school build-

ings first underwent energy retrofitting. In

2007, the heating in the local retirement

home and the Hasenfeld school centre

was then up for renewal: the heating sys-

tems were converted to run on wood pel-

lets. During construction of the Schützen-

garten retirement home, Lustenau installed

a geothermal heat pump, a heat recovery

system, and a PV and solar facility. Since

2008, the municipality has also used only

eco power for its properties, energy which

was generated in part by one of the six

municipal PV facilities. Moreover, concrete

targets and measures for climate protec-

tion activities until 2015 have been identi-

fied in six areas including traffic and resi-

dent participation. In March 2009, the de-

cision was reached on construction of a

biomass district heating facility. This is now

being planned and calculated. Construc-

tion of the facility, which is to supply pow-

er to the town hall and several private

homes, is expected to begin in November

with initial operation expected in 2010.

LUSTENAU(Austria, 21,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Marktgemeinde Lustenau, Umweltabteilung

Rathausstraße 1, A-6890 Lustenau

DI Rudolf Alge, Tel.: +43-5577-8181-519

[email protected]


DISTRICT HEATING NEWSt. Pölten is striving forgreater supply securityand independence fromnatural gas and heatingoil with the new project.

A round half of all companies and

households in the Lower Austrian

town of St. Pölten have already

been connected to the district heating net-

Organic waste for biogas facilities.

Targets until 2015 have been identified in six areas including traffic and resident participation. The longest stretch of district heating pipeplines in Austria.


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work. Some 6,000 customers housed in

950 buildings are provided with thermal

energy via the 70 km long network. To date,

both of the district heating plants have

been run on natural gas however this is

soon to change: the city has called the ‘Dis-

trict Heating New’ project into life with

the aim of securing the supply, i.e.: with no

dependence on natural gas or heating oil.

The new source of thermal energy is waste

heat from CHP plants of the Energiever-

sorgung Niederösterreich (EVN, Energy

Supply Lower Austria) in Zwentendorf-

Dürnrohr. Household waste is incinerated

in one of these. The longest stretch of dis-

trict heating pipeline in Austria totalling 31

km in length was built to use the heat in St.

Pölten. Despite this, the projected heat loss

is only marginal, with a fall in the flow tem-

perature from 140°C to 138°C. A total of

35 million euros have been invested in the

project. Operations are to begin at the start

of the 2009/2010 heating period. Approxi-

mately 200 gigawatt hours of thermal ener-

gy shall then be delivered via the pipeline

each year. This means around two thirds of

the district heating will be provided by the

region and savings of around 21 million cu-

bic metres of natural gas and 40,000 tons

of CO2 each year. Moreover, a new district

heating concept with the foci of supply se-

curity and climate protection is currently

being developed and is due to be complet-

ed by the end of 2009.

ST. PÖLTEN(Austria, 51,500 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stadtgemeinde St. Pölten, Abteilung Umweltschutz

Roßmarkt 6, A-3100 St. Pölten

DI Thomas Zeh, Tel.: +43-2742-333-3303

[email protected]


THE SUSTAIN-ABLE CITY OFULRICEHAMNIn a joint project, the energy consumption of individual companiescould be reduced by up to 50 %.

T he development and funding of var-

ious co-operations both within the

city and also beyond the city

boundaries with businesses and the local

population form the core of the process-

oriented “sustainable city” approach. The

city of Ulricehamn launched the process

in 2003 with businesses and Linköping

University. Together they analysed the en-

ergy consumption of individual compa-

nies. Up to 50 % of consumption could be

saved – mainly at marginal investment

costs! The researchers used a simple yet

effective method, which is now also be-

ing used by the energy consultants and al-

lowed all businesses to reduce their ener-

gy consumption or to increase produc-

tion whilst keeping consumption con-

stant. In 2004, the subject of city plan-

ning was revised using new methods in

co-operation with the Luleå University of

Technology. This allowed for strategic de-

cisions between various sustainability sce-

narios to be reached. A more comprehen-

sive plan of action was prepared and im-

plemented: the new kindergarten was

built in a low-energy house design and PV

systems already produce between 13,000

and 15,000 kilowatt hours of electricity

per year. A second plan has just been de-

veloped using a method, which will make

involvement of the local population far

easier.

ULRICEHAMN(Sweden, 22,600 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Ulricehamns kommun, Miljö- och Samhällsbyggnadskontoret

Höjdgatan 3, S-52386 Ulricehamn

Susanne Arneborg, Tel.: +46-321-595259

[email protected]


25 YEARS OFFREIBURG EN-ERGY BUILDINGSTANDARDSA reduction in energy usage and coverage of energy requirements withrenewable energies is theaim of this exemplaryproject.

“F irst reduce energy consumption

then obtain the remaining energy

requirements efficiently and,

where possible, from renewable ener-

gies,” is the approach with which

Freiburg has and continues to set a trend

in energy building standards throughout

Germany. As early as 1992, the city had de-

fined an internal energy standard for the

sale of city property (65 kWh heat energy

consumption per square metre and year),

which also lay 30% below the national Or-

dinance on Thermal Insulation (Wär me -

schutzverordnung, WSVO) implemented

three year later. Two new city districts

comprising 6,200 homes have been built


Ulricehamn: Co-operation both within the city and beyond the city boundaries ...


according to the Freiburg low-energy

standards. In 2002, the Freiburg building

standard was brought in line with the

new energy saving ordinance and, follow-

ing discussions with the administration

and property developers, quality improve-

ments also undertaken. Continued devel-

opment of the energy standard to the

Freiburg Passive House Standards was

agreed within the scope of a one-year dia-

logue with all involved parties, to be im-

plemented in two stages in 2009 and

2011. In Freiburg, the energy standards

don’t only apply for individual pilot pro -

ject, as is normally the case, but instead

for all spaces to which such regulations

are applicable. Thus it is anticipated that

practically all new homes shall be subject

to the new regulations.

FREIBURG IM BREISGAU(Germany, 217,500 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stadt Freiburg im Breisgau, Energiefachstelle

Talstraße 4, D-79102 Freiburg

Klaus Hoppe, Tel.: +49-761-201-6140

[email protected]


LOCAL CLIMATE PLANFOR GHENTThe first climate plancomprises targets to beattained by 2020 and includes action plans,grants and an energyagency. The ultimate aimis CO2 neutrality by 2050.

T he first climate plan outlining cli-

mate protection targets to achieve

by 2020 (20 % reduction in energy

consumption and CO2 emissions for the

entire city, a 60 % reduction in CO2 and

50 % more renewable energies for the city

administration and street lighting) was set

by the city of Ghent in September 2009.

The climate plan comprises targets, ac-

tion plans, grants and an energy agency.

From the beginning of 2007, annual CO2

monitoring was defined within the cli-

mate plan. However, CO2 emissions are al-

so to be calculated for 1990 and a projec-

tion made for a 2050 scenario. The new

climate plan with a timeframe until 2050

will be developed on the basis of the CO2

monitoring with participation from the

local population and adopted in 2011. It

will comprise target measures to over-

come CO2 bottlenecks. CO2 compensa-

tion will no longer be defined as a stan-

dard measure but as a last resort. The cli-

mate protection measures will be updat-

ed each year and revised in full every

three. Within the scope of the CO2 moni-

toring, the city council will report back

on progress made in attaining CO2 neu-

trality. The target of CO2 neutrality by

2050 focuses on the motto “Addressing

the Causes not the Symptoms”.

GHENT(Belgium, 230,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stad Gent, MilieudienstBraemkasteelstraat 41, B-9050 Gentbrugge

Indra van Sande, Tel.: +32-9-268-2334

[email protected]


SUN-POWER-OSA research projectanalysed the roofs of Osnabrück to establishthe solar potential.

W ant to know whether your

house’s roof is suitable for col-

lecting solar energy? Home-

owners in Osnabrück are able to learn of

the solar potential of their home’s roof

extremely easily via a city internet portal

(www.osnabrueck.de/sun-area). Within

the scope of a research project conduct-


6,200 homes according

to low-energy standards.

Ghent: The ultimate aim is CO2-neutrality by 2050.


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ed in co-operation with the Osnabrück

University of Applied Sciences, the solar

potential of the roofs in the entire city

were analysed for the first time. The city

then launched the SUN POWER OS con-

sultancy programme that is financed by

sponsorship to remove the greatest obsta-

cle to investment for homeowners and to

improve the availability of information. In

April 2008, around 200 selected home-

owners whose roofs were suitable for so-

lar technology were offered complimen-

tary detailed expert consultation from an

engineering company. The buildings se-

lected included a good mix of different

types of buildings, roof shapes and sizes.

The key aims of the consultation that a

total of 66 homeowners ultimately took

advantage of were to make use of as

much of the roof space with optimal eco-

nomical solar usage potential as possible,

to identify the potential amount of roof

space and to remove any technical, eco-

nomic or other obstacles to roof space us-

age. Following a second survey in the

summer of 2009, the actual activated so-

lar potential was calculated.

OSNABRÜCK(Germany, 162,900 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stadt Osnabrück, Fachbereich Umwelt, Fachdienst Umweltplanung

Postfach 4460, D-49034 Osnabrück

Ute Fritsch-Riepe, Tel.: +49-541-323-2469

[email protected]


SEAWATERPOWER STATIONFOR DUINDORPAround 800 homes in TheHague have been heatedwith seawater since Janu-ary 2009. The combinedheat and power (CHP)station, which draws heatenergy from the waters ofthe North Sea, is the firstof its kind in Europe.

D uindorp is a sub-district of the dis-

trict of Scheveningen in The Hague

located directly on the dunes be-

side the sea. Intensive refurbishment work

is being undertaken in this area; almost 800

homes are currently being refurbished or

built – and since January 2009, all are being

heated with energy obtained from seawa-

ter. In the seawater thermal power plant in

Scheveningen Harbour, the heat energy is

drawn from the seawater into a heat ex-

changer and then sent through a supply

network with a temperature of 11°C. Dur-

ing the winter, when the average tempera-

ture of the North Sea’s waters falls to just

4°C, a central heat pump is used to in-

crease the temperature. A small heat pump

has been installed in each home, which

brings the water to the desired tempera-

ture (45°C for heating, 55°C to 65°C for

warm water) and delivers it via underfloor

heating. During the summer, cold water is

delivered via the same system, which helps

keep homes pleasantly cool. This system re-

quires half the amount of energy to main-

tain the correct temperature in the homes

than central heating in individual homes.

The seawater thermal power plant draws

its energy from wind power. Thus renew-

able energies are used in Duindorp to gen-

erate even more renewable energy. The sys-

tem reduces CO2 emissions by approxi-

mately 50 % in comparison to average new

buildings.

THE HAGUE(Netherlands, 475,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Gemeente Den Haag, Dienst Stadsbeheer afdeling Milieu

en Vergunningen/Milieucommunicatie

Postbus 12651, NL-2500 DP The Hague

Ceciel Van der Stoep-Rip, Tel.: +31-70-3536493

[email protected]


BUSINESS-DRIVEN ENVI-RONMENTALDEVELOPMENTThe Association of LocalAuthorities in Skaraborgwants up to 90 % of thepublic transport system tobe powered by renewableenergies generated withinthe region by the year2020.

T he Association of Local Authorities in

Skaraborg (Skaraborgs Kommunal -

förband) is responsible for national

economic development and places particu-

lar emphasis on co-operating with compa-

nies active in the fields of agriculture and

environmental technologies. The local au-

thorities consider themselves to be role

Homeowners learn of the solar potential

of their roofs.

Windpower for the seawater thermal power-

plant.



models in the fields of procurement, traffic

and energy efficiency. The Skaraborg associ-

ation has set itself an ambition target,

which also aims to foster new business: by

2020, 90% of the public transport system

should be powered by renewable energies,

with as much as possible obtained from

sources within the region. Biogas buses al-

ready operate in several municipalities and

biogas is already been used as the fuel at

two depots. Furthermore, the municipali-

ties and local companies have announced a

tender for 800 cars to a value of 11 million

euros, which are later to encourage de-

mand amongst the general population for

second-hand biogas cars. The municipalities

and private businesses have invested more

than 23 million euros in a new biogas facili-

ty to produce biogas. Waste from a slaugh-

terhouse and sewage sludge are used to

produce the energy. Within the scope of

the “Skaraborg Gas” project, farmers, in-

vestors and researchers have joined forces

to consider how production of biogas from

arable crops and agricultural waste can be

increased. The long-term aim of the

Skaraborg Association is renewable energy

self-sufficiency for the municipalities.

ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SKARABORG(Sweden, 15 municipalities,

250,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Skaraborgs Kommunalförband, Samordnare affärsdriven miljöutveckling

Kaplansgatan 16 A, S-54122 Skövde

Pascal Tshibanda, Tel.: +46-500-4972-10

[email protected]


ACTIVEAGAINST CLI-MATE CHANGEAT THE PROVIN-CIAL LEVEL With the signing of theDeclaration of Vilafrancain 2005, cities and muni -cipalities of the BarcelonaProvincial Council (Di pu -tació de Barcelona) madea concrete commitmentto reducing CO2 for thefirst time.

I n 2007, renewable energy and ratio-

nal energy usage were promoted to

all parties involved in EU project

“Res Publica”. In addition, an energy forum

and an energy programme were estab-

lished at provincial level. In 2008, climate

protection and sustainability were defined

as the province’s key strategic goals and a

Technical Office set up at the Environmen-

tal Department. The Environmental Depart-

ment of the Barcelona Provincial Council

became a support structure of the

Covenant of Mayors initiative in 2008, de-

veloped a standard method for the devel-

opment of energy action plans in the mu-

nicipality and made 1.5 million euros avail-

able for the project. To date, 88 cities and

municipalities representing more than 80

% of the province’s population have

signed the Covenant. 70 municipalities will

have finished drawing up their energy ac-

tion plans by October 2009 and imple-

mented these. The EU project “Euronet

50/50”, which aims at energy savings in

schools through responsible behaviour,

has just been launched. With the budget of

500 million euros that has already been al-

located, the municipal and provincial

buildings are to be made more energy effi-

cient and PV systems installed, thereby sav-

ing 200,000 tons of CO2 per year.

BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL(Spain, 350 municipalities,

5,416,400 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Diputació de Barcelona, Àrea de Medi-Ambient

C/Urgell 187, 2a planta, E-08036 Barcelona

Domènec Cucurull, Tel.: +34-93-4022485

[email protected]

Climate protection and sustainability are the

province’s key strategic goals.

Biogas buses already operate in several municipalities.


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WINNING PROJECTS



KIRKLEESWARM ZONE Complimentary wall androof insulation for allhomes is the aim of theclimate protection programme.

T he “Kirklees Warm Zone” climate

protection programme launched in

February 2007 is unique: it offers

free cavity wall and loft insulation for all

suitable homes in Kirklees – regardless of

the occupants’ income. Furthermore,

many additional services are also offered,

such as complimentary energy-saving

light bulbs and energy efficiency advice,

fire protection inspections and the free

loan of carbon monoxide detectors by a

network of partner organisations. Kirklees

has made 20 million pounds (around 23.2

million euros) available for the Warm

Zone, which is financed by Kirklees and

the energy supplier Scottish Power. The

aim of the programme is to visit every

one of the 172,000 homes in the 23 dis-

tricts of Kirklees by autumn 2009 – 20

districts had already been visited by the

end of May 2009. Those households

which have not already done so have un-

til the programme’s conclusion in sum-

mer 2010 to take advantage of the various

services. By the end of the programme,

171,000 homes are to have been visited,

135,000 advice sessions held and 53,000

roofs and 20,000 walls insulated. This has

created new jobs for more than 150 fit-

ters and assessors, amongst others. More

than 10 million pounds in heating costs

and around 44,000 tons of CO2 will have

been saved by 2010 in all homes. With its

investment of 11 million pounds Kirklees

city council has achieved an economic

benefit of 45 million pounds with these

measures.

KIRKLEES COUNCIL(Great Britain, 23 districts,

401,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Kirklees Council Environment Unit23 Estate Buildings, Railway Street,

GB-Huddersfield HD1 1JY

Dr. Phil Webber, Tel.: +44-1484-223568

[email protected]

� CLIMATE STAR SPECIAL AWARD FORTHE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPT

CLIMATE PROTECTIONPROGRAMME OF THE CITY OF VIENNAThe aims of the programme are a reduction in greenhousegases, improvements tothe quality of life and the creation of jobs.

T he climate protection programme

of the city of Vienna (Klima -

schutzprogramm, KliP) was

launched in 1999, shall run until 2010

and comprises 36 programmes featuring

over 200 measures. KliP combines a re-

duction in greenhouse gases with im-

provements to the quality of life, creation

of jobs and strengthening of the business

centre of Vienna. Implementation of KliP

is evaluated externally; for the period

from 1999 until 2007, this was conducted

by the Austrian Energy Agency. Following

this, more than 100 measures were re-

alised in the five spheres of activity of dis-

trict heating and energy generation, mo-

bility, city administration, habitation and

business. Thus it was possible to save the

equivalent of 2.9 million tons of CO2 per

year by the end of 2007, meaning that the

target value of 2.6 million tons by 2010

has already been exceeded. The invest-

ments totalling 10 billion euros made by

KliP have resulted in added value of 22

billion euros. Furthermore, KliP has se-

cured around 55,000 jobs – this consti-

tutes almost 7 % of all employees in Vien-

na. Vienna now has the lowest CO2 emis-

sions per head in Austria and is sure to re-

duce this even further with their climate

protection programme.

VIENNA(Austria, 1,680,000 inhabitants)

CONTACT: Stadt Wien, Magistratsdirektion, Klimaschutzkoordination, A-1190 Wien

Mag. DDr. Christine Fohler-Norek,

Tel.: +43-1-4000-75081

[email protected] cavity wall and loft insulation.

Vienna’s climate protection programme com-

prises over 200 measures.


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