Information Day Intelligent Energy Europe Thekla Heinel

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Information Day Intelligent Energy
EuropeThekla Heinel
Warsaw, 21 January 2005
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Our history

• 1991 Founded by the Senate of Berlin
• 1998 2002 Member of the Berlinwasser Holding
  AG
• since Dec. 2002 Private company (GmbH)
• Managing Director Dr. Armand Dütz
• Main Office Berlin
• Branch Office Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Employees 33

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Business Areas

• Environment ecology
• Urban regional development
• Energy climate change

• International co-operation
• EU Enlargement activities
• Social management

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Main areas of activity

• Secondment of experts in Twinning projects
• External evaluation ofprogrammes and projects
• Development of information campaigns
• Organisation of events

• Conception and managementof environmental
  fundingprogrammes
• Development and implementation of nationaland
  international co-operationprojects
• Technical and financial management of Twinning
  projects (EU Enlargement)

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Projects of the B.S.U. mbH

• EIE 2003 Energy - check for handicraft
  enterprises (Co-ordinator 9 partners
  903.000 Feb. 2005 Apr. 2007)
• EIE 2003 RES Market-Places(Subcontractor 8
  partners 746.000 Jan. 2005 Dec. 2006)
• SAVE 2002 Energy Trophy(Co-ordinator 7
  partners 399.000 Jan. 2004 Dec. 2005)
• SAVE 2002 EuReNa(Co-ordinator 7 partners
  814.000 Feb. 2003 Jan. 2005)
• SAVE 2001 Energy Labels(Partner 8 partners
  550.000 Nov. 2002 Oct. 2004
• SAVE 2001 Polish Energy-Bus (Co-ordinator 5
  partners 881.000 Dec. 2002 - Aug 2005)

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Energy Trophy - Project basics

• Duration 24 months, 1. Jan 2004 - 31. Dec 2005
• Partners 7 partners from six countries
• Budget 399,000
• Financing 50 from EU Commission, other 50
  through national co-financing

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Energy Trophy - What's it about?

• Competition among 44 companies and public
  administrations from six European countries
• Aim save as much energy as possible in one
  office building in one year using cost-free
  measures only
• Attractive prizes
• Highest of energy saved EU-wide - 1 x 10,000
• Highest of energy saved nationally - 6 x
  5,000
• Best in-house publicity campaign - 1 x 5,000

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Energy Trophy - Participants
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Energy Trophy - Implementation

• European co-ordinator
• 6 national co-ordinators 1 each for France,
  Germany,Great Britain, Hungary, Italy and Poland
• Participants submit baseline consumption dataof
  past 3 years
• Participants read their metres on 01.10.2004 and
  01.10.2005, calculate the consumption themselves
• Major changes in building are reported
• Underlying principle fair play

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Energy Labels making a greener choice
project basics




 

• Duration 24 months, Nov. 2002 Oct. 2004
• Partners Eight partners from seven countries
• O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria (Co-ordinator)
• B.S.U. Beratungs- und Service-Gesellschaft
  Umwelt mbH, Germany
• Berliner Energieagentur GmbH, Germany
• MOTIVA, Finland
• Ente per le Nouve Tecnologie l'Energia e
  l'Ambiente, ENEA, Italy
• Technological Building and Civil Engeneering
  Institute, ZRMK, Slovenia
• Building Research Establishment BRE, Great
  Britain
• Ente Público Regional de la Energia de Castilia y
  Léon EREN, Spain
• Budget 550,000

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Implementation

• The aim was to increase the awareness and the
  knowledge of energy labels in the field of
  appliances, buildings and electricity
• Allow to make a well informed choice when
  purchasing appliances, electricity or even a
  building
• Target groups were energy consumers including
  private households, companies and public bodies

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Implementation

• The projects consists of 4 different phases
• 1. Market overview
• Elaboration of an overview of existing labels
• Implementation of a survey concerning how
  well-known energy labels are in general and to
  which extent they are used in practice for
  decision making
• 2. Development of an information package for end
  consumers
• Consumers' guide on energy labels
• Development of slides for presentations
• Development of Exhibition panels
• Development of internet sites
• 3. Dissemination of the information packages
• 4. Best practice on energy labelling, "labellers
  workshop" and impact assessment

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Results

• 110,000 copies of consumers' guides on labels
  were developed and disseminated.
• 24 exhibition panels informing about energy
  labels were shown at 33 exhibitions or fairs
• 219 different power point slides were used in 92
  presentations in schools, universities, on
  consumer information events etc.
• 366,000 post-cards and stickers promoting the
  project internet sites and the "A label were
  disseminated
• More than 140 articles were published in the
  technical and daily press triggered by the press
  activities of the project partners
• An international workshop on energy labels was
  held in Brussels
• A best- practice paper on energy labelling was
  developed and an impact assessment was carried
  out

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Practical tips for the development of projects

• Development of a precise project concept
• practice orientated
• clear relation to the call for proposals
• clear EU dimension and measurable results
• no investment or research projects
• Build-up of a competent and balanced project
  consortium
• Relevant key actors should be involved in the
  project implementation (project partner, steering
  committee)

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Practical tips for the development of projects

• Addressing current market needs
• Consideration of existing knowledge and the
  results of previous projects
• Consideration of EU legislation and activities
• Co-operation with national contact points and
  contact persons of the EU, if necessary
  pre-proposal check

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Practical tips for the development of projects

• Elaboration of a precise work plan
• content and targets of the project must be
  included consistently into the work packages
• coherent division of activities between the
  partners
• cross country exchange
• not too much emphasis on the first project phases

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Practical tips for the development of projects

• Planning of realistic financial resources
• good ratio between costs and expected results
• basis for calculation should be documented
• identification of appropriate co-financers
• Appropriate time frame potential delays should
  be taken into account
• Well targeted dissemination activities
• Development of clear success indicators
• Consideration of formal requirements

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Thank you very much for your attention!

• B.S.U. Beratungs- und Service-Gesellschaft
  Umwelt mbH
• Saarbrücker Str. 38 A10405 Berlin
• Phone [phone] - 66
• Fax [phone] - 31
• E-mail theinel_at_bsu-berlin.de
• Internet www.bsu-berlin.de