NisImprovement of Energy

Management in Nis

Setting up an efficient model of organizing energy management system in our city

• Develop web based software for collecting energy data on monthly basis from each of the cities’ institutions and buildings, together with necessary equipment installement

• Developing software for energy data analysis (could be upgraded with first)• Develop local legal framework for setting up the energy management

system• Training for the energy data collectors in each of the cities’ institutions and

buildings• Training for trainers of energy data collectors• Developing mechanisms for collecting energy data from industrial,

commercial and private sector• Training for energy managers on energy analysis and energy planning • Reassessment and upgrade of energy development plans (based on a

complete energy picture)

Project description

Does your effort correspond to any political targets the City of Nis has? Do you have an energy efficiency target in the city that needs better management in order to achieve this target? Is there a national target? Please specify

• We still don’t have adopted CO2 reduction target for our city (our SEAP preperation is in the final phase, and one of the draft versions is proposing target of 20,5% - I hope that final version shows higher target)

• National target is 9% of CO2 reduction until the year 2018. (2010. as a baseline year)

• Energy data not reliable• inadequate energy data collection and system administration • Staff: the system is heavily depending on (persons working in very

institutions and buildings)

Project framework

• Member of city council in charge for energy issues

• Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities in Serbia (National association of local authorities)

Project collaborators

• Department of energy has been working on data collection in the past three years

• Data collected and analyzed with Microsoft based programs – communications through phone and email

• Staff from this department have a deep understanding of energy management and could be used as an important resource

Project resources

1. Insufficient support from the superiors2. Undeveloped awareness about energy among administration3. Laziness of administration staff (“I should only work the work that I’m paid

for”)4. Expecting the Ministry of energy to develop national energy management

system5. Undefined property of public buildings and Public Utility Companies6. Low level of awareness about energy among decision makers7. Low price of electric energy is the reason why people don’t recognize

energy management and energy efficiency as a chance to make significant saves in money

8. Billing of district heating per square meter also doesn’t result in saving money when energy management is carried out

9. Not enough trainings for energy management10.Too complicated calculation for bills for electric energy is the reason why

many data is not reliable

Project challenges

The largest gaps are:

• insufficient software

• untrained energy data collectors

• low level of awareness on importance of energy management among local administration

Project gaps

• Number of energy data collectors trained

• Number of institutions and buildings covered by the system

• Number of completed energy data reports from the institutions and buildings.

Project milestones/ measurable outcomes

Could be:

• Community Energy and Emissions Inventories in British Columbia

• When speaking of planning part of energy management - Vancouver energy plan

Project input