COVENANT OF MAYORSExperience of Diputació de Barcelona drafting SEAP:

methodology, results and management

Diputació de Barcelona

JANUARY 2013

• November 2008: Diputació de Barcelona becames the first supporting structure (now territorial coordinator) of the Covenant of Mayors to promote municipalities adhesion.

Nowadays: 193 municipalities (62%) signed the Covenant, representing more than 90% of total Province’s population

Background:

2) Tools and mechanisms to help municipalities to find financial resources to invest on SEAP actions. http://www.diba.cat/en/web/mediambient/elena

Technical and financial support to municipalities so they can face obligations coming from their adhesion to the Covenant:

1) Development of a methodology and financing (100%) Sustainable Energy Action PLans (PAES/SEAP). http://www.diba.cat/en/web/mediambient/Pactealc

3) Specific communication materials and organization of dissemination activities, mainly along the Energy Sustainable Week http://www.diba.cat/en/web/mediambient/Pactealc#recursoscomunicacio

4) Training to municipal staffhttp://www.diba.cat/en/web/mediambient/form

The plans (SEAP)

From 2008 Barcelona Provincial Council has spentto draft SEAP

SEAP have been done without cost for the municipalities, and that improved commitment to the Convention.

2,9 milions €

Some problems we found In the beginning (2008-2009) there wasn’t a specific methodology

Development of a methodology and subsequent adjustment to the one developed by the JRC

The plans (SEAP): Methodology

• 1) Baseline emission inventory

• 2) Potential renewable energy in municipal facilities and buildings

• 3) Diagnosis and strategy• 4) Actions• 5) Monitoring

Participation and communication

The plans (SEAP): Baseline Emission Inventory Data collection:

Energy consumption by sources and sectors Town Council energy consumption by source and type of

facility/building/service Water consumption Waste generation and treatment Energy assessment visits to at least 10 municipal buildings/facilitiesData sources:

• Energy consumption by sector and municipality sources: ICAEN (Catalan Institute of Energy). Barcelona Provincial Council centralizes data demand for the municipalities of the province

• Town Council energy consumptions: Town Council• Water consumptions: ACA (Catalan Water Agency). • Waste generation and treatment: Catalan Waste Agency and Town Council • Energy assessment visits: Consultancy in charge of drafting the SEAP

Frequent problems : Data at municipal scale:

Right now At the moment the latest data that ICAEN can give are from 2008 (electricity)-2009 (piped gas).

For liquid fuels and LPG provincial level data: it is required to make estimates to get to the municipal level of analysis.

Town Council consumptions data: Baseline year: 2005. “old” data; more than 6 years. There are

problems to find files and documents. Some services/facilities are under concession: some problems to

get consumption data via concessionary company, There are very few municipalities which have energy

accountability systems, not just from 2005 but from more recent years.

Dispersion in municipal energy management in large or medium-sized towns: there are different areas / departments involved

In small towns there aren't enough resources: engineers/technicians are part-time or per hours and their priority is to resolve everyday problems.

Scope:

MUNICIPALITY

SEAP

• Transport (public and private)

• Residential sector • Services (tertiary

sector)• Waste management• Water purification and

treatment • Local energy

production

TOWN COUNCIL• Municipal fleet• Buildings and facilities• Infrastructures• Public lighting and street

lights

• Industry (secondary sector)

• Primary sector

The plans (SEAP): Energy Assessment Visits

They are very important because: they allow specificity in each SEAP, they give us real knowledge of municipal facilities, so further really specific actions can be proposed, and as for the consultancy responsible of drafting the SEAP those EAV avoid writing “SEAP twins".

Purpose: To know the reality of the state of municipal facilitiesIT IS NOT AN ENERGY AUDIT

• In each SEAP it is required to carry out 10 visits to facilities or buildings considered most appropriate.

• The proposal is made in agreement between the company and the city.

• It requires the presence of the maintainer.

• There must be a report of each visit which concludes the improvements to be made, prioritized according to cost and emissions savings.

SEAP: Some results(http://www.diba.cat/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=60ff9afa-4430-4a54-89aa-7f25b3812abe&groupId=471041)- 164 finished SEAPs. The analysis of 158 shows:

2,7Percentage of emissions coming from Town Council** (%)0,17Town Council Emissions per inhabitant (tCO2-eq/inhab)4,72SEAP Emissions per inhabitant (tCO2-eq/inhab.)7,60Emissions per inhabitant (tCO2-eq/inhab.)

58Actions with direct responsability of the Town Council (%)Number of foreseen actionsTown Council emissions (tCO2-eq)Expected emissions savings (tCO2-eq)Emissions SEAP approach(tCO2-eq)*Emissions (tCO2-eq) 19.835.890

12.834.855

2.628.913351.448

7.320

* Primary and Industry sectors not included ** on SEAP emissions

SEAP EmissionsMUNICIPALITY

SEAP

TOWN COUNCIL

Tertiary sector

21%

Town Council

3%

Residential sector

28%

Water cycle1%

Private and commercial

transport38%

Waste management

9%

Schools8%

Sports facilities8%

Offices and other buildings

26%

Municipal fleet10%

Public transport6%

Buildings and facilities

42%

Public lighting42%

SEAP: Actions

Estimated cost for Local Governments (€) 886M€

Actions involving municipal buildings, public lighting and municipal fleet 49%

Renewable energy actions respect total actions 12%

Renewable energy actions to be done by Local Governments respect total renewable energy actions 80%

Costs distribution of the actions involving: municipal buildings and facilities, public lighting

and municipal fleet

Municipal fleet5%

Public lighting and street lights

21%

Energy efficiency and saving

measures in buildings and

facilities12%

Energy audits1%

Municipal energy management

5%

Renewable energy in municipal

buildings and facilities

56%

Renewable energy in municipal

buildings and facilities

18%

Municipal energy management

12% Energy audits1%

Energy efficiency and saving

measures in buildings and

facilities45%

Public lighting and street lights

15%Municipal fleet9%

Distribution (number) of the actions involving: municipal buildings and facilities, public lighting

and municipal fleet

SEAP actions

Relative cost of execution depneding on the municipality size

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1.699

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Tools Methodology to draft SEAP and to calculate the emissions inventory(http://www.diba.cat/documents/471041/524b7206-4f83-4619-a096-02b3ceb7b09b)

Software to calculate emissions: DESGEL (Xarxa de Ciutats i Pobles cap a la Sostenibilitat)

Actions guidelines and checklist for small municipalities (inclou check list) (http://www.diba.cat/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=1428e547-8edc-4ec0-8d4c-9880493104bd&groupId=471041)

Municipal buildings and facilities consumptions comparator: Based on data coming from EAV: P50 of energy consumption depending on the climatic area and the type of building

Quin municipi ets? Mediona

Zona climàtica CENTRAL

Tipus d'equipament Escola Nom equipament

Fonts energia usades per a usos tèrmics Gas natural Consum Diferència mediana (%)

Consum elèctric (kWh/any) 97.087 kWh/m290,4 288%

Gas naturalConsum altres fonts (kWh/any) 500.000 kWh/m2

465,5 527% 494%

Consum global (kWh/any) 597.087 kWh/m2555,9 452%

Superfície útil de l'equipament (m2) 1.074 % tèrmic/total 84%

nombre equipaments considerats

Consum elèctric (kWh/m2) 23,3 62

Consum altres fonts (kWh/any) Mediana global usos tèrmics 74,2 63

Gas naturalMediana específica per tipus combustible

Consum global (kWh/any) 100,7 63

Estalvis potencials orientatius Energètic kWh/any Econòmic €/any Inversió potencial amb un retorn < 4 anysde 69.552 15.997a 74.559 17.148de 412.306 26.223a 428.251 27.237

En cas que el consum estigui per sota la mediana s'ha considerat un estalvi potencial del 5% sobre el consum actual

BIOMASSA?

Tria caldera< 100 kW d'uns 100.000€ Cost combustible biomassa Cost comb. Actual Estalvi Retorn (anys)Sense mesures estalvi i eficiència 15.000 31.800 16.800 6Amb mesures EE, estalvi mínim 2.631 5.577 2.947 34Amb mesures EE, estalvi màxim 2.152 4.563 2.411 41

Biblioteca Can Mulà

Aquests consells són merament orientatius i en CAP cas substitueixen estudis de viabilitat i auditories energètiques que es puguin fer. Han de servir per tenir una primera impressió de l'equipament.

A sota apareix una taula amb una primera aproximació de l'estalvi eocnòmic anual si canvieu a una caldera d'estella. Cal indicar que els preus de les instal·lacions poden ser molt variables en funció de la potència, l'obra civil, si hi ha o no xarxa de calor (compartició amb d'altres equipaments).

€/any

El teu consum està força per sobre de la mediana, téns un potencial d'estalvi molt important. Analitza bé els consums i valora les solucions. Pots estalviar energia, emissions i diners.

Electricitat

Gas natural

63.98868.594

104.891108.947

Dades del vostre equipament

78,4 43

Mediana de consums per aquests equipaments en la vostra zona

MonitoringWe have established a methodology based on Excel, to perform biennial follow-ups (do not require emissions inventory) 3 seminars have been conducted to test the model with 60 municipalities.

ONCE SEAP IS APPROVED?

ACTIONS HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT

What problems do we found?

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• There are some other barriers to that have to be overpassed:

- Small projects are hardly interesting for potential investors

- Lack of knowledge of new financing mechanisms and its legal fitting in the public administration by technicians, legal services

- Lack of coordination between different departments

- Ignorance of actual consumption of the facilities: SEAPs help to update this and make it clear

- No money to invest, but what about maintenance?

- Best practices are not widespread enough

Most actions are run directly to the City Council (58%) on buildings, facilities and public lighting, but there is an important lack of resources.

Barcelona Provincial Council is a beneficiary from the investment facilitation tool ELENA:

1) Identify actions that generate a sufficient return on a reasonable time to make them attractive for potential investors.

2) There are 2M € for studies necessary for the implementation of actions: But as a result of them, € 50M investment should be generated. It is very important the commitment of local authorities to carry out those actions.

2) How? Development of specific financing mechanisms, contracts and technical studies so that the Municipality does get indebted.

COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION?

• Specific brochures and publications

Specific activities offered to the municipalities along the European Union Sustainable Eneregy Week (EUSEW)• Cine fòrums• Short films selection • Theatre plays for schools• Conferences• Workshops

Training for Local Governments staff

Energy management of public lightingTIC and other new technologies in public lightingSolar thermal installationsPhotovoltaic plants in municipal buildingsEnergy audits in municipal buildingsEnergy services companies contractsBasic energy managementhttps://www.diba.cat/web/mediambient/form

A regularly workshops, conferences and seminars are organized

Summary on the support given by DIBA to the municipalities

• Technical advice and coaching along all the process• Financial advice to develop SEAP• Supprot in the monitoring phase• Specific tools and methodologies• Search of specific financial mechanisms• Legal support to implement actions through new financial

mechanisms• Feasibility studies and specific projects• Dissemination of the CoM• Communication materials• Specific activities during the EUSEW• Continuous specific training for municipal staff

What benefits have I got because of the adhesion to the Covenant?

1. I know how I am: how much I consume and where

2. I know what I can do

3. I can plan where to begin to take action based on the estimated costs and expected savings.

4. For citizens: lower energy consumption means lower ecological footprint and, of course, less economic expenses.

5. I know how to reduce my energy dependance: renewable local sources.

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