Energy 21 Diagnosis

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Energy 21 Diagnosis

• DEMEKAV

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1. PARTNER DETAILS

• DEMEKAV
• Volos, Greece
• Members of work team (plus any subcontracted
  service)
• Mr Vasilis Sgouris (Director of DEMEKAV)
• Mr George Gangas (Head of Planning Programs
  Dept.)
• Planning and Programs Department Experts
• Mrs Theodora Pagarliota
• Mr Ioannis Papatheocharis
• Mr Vangelis Theos
• I.T. Department
• Mr Filippos Kalogiannis
• Mr Minas Polichronididis

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Principal Objective of this Work

• To fortify the prediagnosis and finally to obtain
  a definitive and approximated energy diagnosis to
  the reality.
• Study zone

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Methodology Process Followed

• Completion of Questionnaires
• Personal Interviews
• Work Tables
• The meetings took place in the offices of
  DEMEKAV and/or the offices of the different
  actors. In the discussions participated staff of
  DEMEKAV, the employees and representatives of
  private and public actors.
• Problems encountered
• There was a slow start in the beginning of the
  project because of lack of guidance and finances.
  As these matters are slowly overcome we are
  slowly catching up with the deadlines of each
  work package.

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Explanation of previous experiences in the area
of sustainability Local Agenda 21 Sustainable
Development Plans Best Practice in Environment,
Participation in other European projects.

• Although there is a great interest from the
  municipality of Volos to promote sustainable
  development by raising the issues of Agenda 21,
  there arent any specific documents focused on
  the Agenda or a list of common performance
  indicators. However, in the previous years there
  have been numerous actions which supported the
  objectives of Agenda 21.
• In particular, the Municipality of Volos has
  participated in various trans-national projects
  through its municipal enterprises. The
  Municipality has signed the Aalborg Charter and
  it is an active member of the European Network of
  Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign. Volos
  past experiences in trans-national cooperation
  are, among others SOCRATES ALERT II - about
  adult education on environmental issues, LIFE
  Local recycling - on recycling of wasted water
  and organic waste from households, Energy
  points and a DG ENV awareness-raising project on
  saving energy.

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• Other projects which DEMEKAV has been the leader
  and coordinator are
• Community Initiative URBAN
• An integrated urban regeneration operational
  program of 11, 5 million Euro co-financed by ERDF
  and ESF and implemented in the area of Volos
  Nea Ionia, where DEMEKAV was responsible for the
  overall co-ordination and implementation of
  restoration and urban renewal works and actions
  promoting new employment opportunities, with a
  budget of 6,3 million Euro.
• Community Initiative YOUTHSTART III Project
  "YOUTHPATH.
• Community Initiative ADAPT Project "DELPHI
  Network - Adaptation of Engineering Skills and
  Training for New Services and Products in the
  Health and Health Related Sector.
• Community Initiative EQUAL Project Open paths
  to the development of Social Economy
• Community Initiative INTERREG III
• INTERREG IIIB - CADSES, Project HERMES Heritage
  and New Media for Sustainable Regional
  Development
• INTERREG IIIC TRANSURBAN Transit Systems
  Development for Urban Regeneration / TranSUrban

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• ARTICLE 10 - ERDF REGULATION Projects
• Digital mapping of the cultural heritage,
  project leader of an exchange of experience /
  transfer of expertise project, in co-operation
  with the municipalities of Lisbon and
  Copenhagen.
• SMEC / Sustainable Mobility in European Cities
  in co-operation with the cities of Copenhagen
  (project leader), Larissa, Palermo, Bologna,
  Sabadell, Granada and Helsinki).
• ECOS OVERTURE Project
• Light rail transit fixed track systems in
  urban transport management for medium sized
  cities in co-operation with the Municipalities
  of Le Mans (France) and Pleven (Bulgaria).
• DG ENVIRONMENT Projects
• LIFE The Dream of Krafsidon. The integration
  of torrent Krafsidon into the urban environment
  of Volos and Nea Ionia
• LIFE - EMAS Pilot implementation of an
  eco-management and auditing scheme (EMAS E.U.
  Regulation 1836/93) in medium - sized cities
  Volos, Larissa and Patra.
• ACCESS "Awareness, Communication and
  Co-operation in Europe towards Sustainable
  Settlements".
• STREAMS "Sustainability through Raising
  Environmental Awareness in Municipal
  Settlements".
• LIFE SB-MED Enhancing transferability of
  innovative techniques, tools, methods and
  mechanisms to implement "sustainable building" in
  the Mediterranean region.

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• DG ENERGY AND TRANSPORT Projects
• ENERGY PLANNING AT A REGIONAL LEVEL (PERU) A
  Regional Energy Plan for Magnesia, which includes
  the collection of regional energy and economic
  data and the evaluation of the potential of
  hydraulic and biomass exploitation.
• LOCAL ENERGY AGENCIES NETWORK Setup of the
  THESSALIA ENERGY CENTRE, a new agency established
  with the support of DGXVII with the
  responsibility for promoting technologies and
  renewable energy applications throughout the
  region of Thessaly
• THERMIE - Buildings "Integrated energy saving
  technologies into the restoration of traditional
  buildings" implemented by a consortium of local
  authorities and developer companies, formulating
  the "Green Cities" partnership.
• THERMIE EN ROUTE project, an innovative joint
  action project of the CAR FREE CITIES Network.
• THERMIE Diffusion of third party Financing for
  Energy Retrofit among the Building Managers
• SAVE II Researching on Natural Gas Integrated
  Resource Planning
• APAS A Geographical Information System for Large
  Scale Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
  into the Energy Market of the Region of Thessaly.
• NETWORK LIFETIME Engineering of Buildings and
  Civil Infrastructures
• NETWORK PRESCO "Modern forms of building and
  protection of the environment functionality and
  energy saving at public buildings".
• NETWORK EGCN European Green Cities Network.
• INTELLIGENT ENERGY-FINANCE Network of European
  Energy Agencies

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• DG RESEARCH Projects
• TELEMATICS Applications for the Environment
  EFFECT project (Environmental Forecasting for the
  Effective Control of Traffic) with demonstration
  located in Goteborg (SE), Leicester (GB),
  Maidstone (GB) and Volos (GR).
• INTERMEDIARIES recording and assessing of all
  intermediate agents that act between water users
  and water supplying wastewater collecting
  services.
• Third Regional Operational Program (ROP) for
  THESALLY 2000-2006
• Axe 3 Quality of Life Integrated interventions
  of urban development in local zones of a small
  scale
• Measure 3.5 European Regional Development Fund
  (ERDF)
• Measure 3.6 - European Social Fund (ESF)
• DEMEKAV is the coordinator agent for the
  Implementation of the ESF Integrated
  interventions of urban development in the urban
  areas Palaia and Neapoli of the Municipality of
  Volos.

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Current state and evolution of main energy
indicators (total consumption, consumption by
sectors, key energy indicators)

• Municipality of study Volos
• Volos climate is located in a transitional area
  featuring both the Mediterranean and the
  Temperate types. It averages about 42 cm of rain
  annually

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Humidity in Volos
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Rainfall Days of Rain
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Establishment of thematic RoundtablesGeneral
comments from the Roundtables
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Specific Comments on the Roundtables heldRound
Table 1

• Participants - Project technicians of European
  projects, engineers, school and private companies
  representatives.
• Results and Conclusions
• The will to change attitude towards the energy
  consumption and production, using installations
  of energy efficiency and sources of renewable
  energy is obvious among all the representatives.
• Natural gas has upgraded the energy efficiency of
  all buildings, where it is installed. Architects
  should consider when designing the buildings the
  possibility to install energy save installations.
  They are all interested to replace oil with
  natural gas for heating and warm water.
• The local energy centre of Thessaly promotes
  alternative types of energy and of energy
  efficiency through research and implementation of
  good practices.

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Drawbacks

• Mainly because of the lack of
• funding
• energy efficient incentives
• environmental education and information.
• The public and the municipal administration is
  trying to keep up with the Europan commitments
  but situation is still far behind and is not yet
  a priority despite all the discussion. There is a
  lot of work to be done and all local and national
  factors must focus on the matter of energy

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Specific Comments on the Roundtables heldRound
Table 2

• Participants - Competent people of decision
  makings at the municipality of Volos. Departments
  representatives who are responsible for the
  environmental and energy strategies of Volos
  municipality.
• Results and Conclusions There is a strong will
  to promote policies or programmes, as
  appropriate, to increase the contribution of
  environmentally sound and cost-effective energy
  systems, particularly new and renewable ones,
  through less polluting and more efficient energy
  production, transmission, distribution and use.
  However the resources at the moment are limited.

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Overall conclusions of participation phaseSWOT
Analysis

• STRENGTHS
• First steps in energy efficiency Public
  Lighting.
• First steps in the bid to renewable energy solar
  plate/ wind energy.
• The high number of hours of sunshine in the study
  area is seen as a potential advantage for the
  introduction of solar energy.
• Appropriate infrastructure and non-existence of
  problems with electricity supply.
• In most cases the size of the town promotes
  alternative transportation (as opposed to private
  vehicle), walking and cycling.
• The connection of all new buildings with natural
  gas and the will to replace oil with natural gas
  and in the old buildings.
• Promotion of good insulation techniques in all
  public and municipal buildings.
• Natural good orientation of most of the buildings

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WEAKNESSES

• Increase of electric consumption.
• Lack of environmental management systems in the
  municipal public entities.
• Need for more training and awareness activities
  relating to energy.
• Low development of alternative energies.
• Prevalence of the use of private vehicles,
  compared with more efficient ways (public
  transport or bicycles).
• Deficiencies in the municipal public transport.
• No specific municipal environmental legislations
  (Building).
• Lack of resources for municipal services energy
  information technology, and economic issues.
• Lack of implantation of solar plates or
  alternative energies in municipal public
  buildings.

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WEAKNESSES

• Lack of environmental education and information
  not only at schools but also in all public and
  private sectors.
• Energy issue in Greece is not yet a priority.
  There is a slow start only in national level and
  not in local level.
• Lack of financial funding and financial
  incentives for the companies that show an
  interest on alternative energy
• Too much bureaucracy that creates dissapointment
  to the people that are interested.
• Big cost of alternative energy installations
• a. Lack of architecture design for energy
  efficient installations.
• b. A large number of air conditioning
  installations per building.

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OPPORTUNITIES

• Launching and strengthening of Local Agenda 21.
• Order of incentives (External Financing)
  National Energy Action
• Supporting the introduction of renewable energy
  from the different administrations (national /
  European).
• Priority for European environmental policy.
• Potential physical and territorial location for
  alternative energy (solar, wind, mini hydraulic,
  biomass).
• Conducting energy audits and/or studies
  Optimizing electrical supplies (OES).
• Conducting inventories of equipment and energy
  installations.
• The increase of environmental sensitivity through
  television spots and the initiative of big
  companies to reduce energy consumption.
• The development of buffer zones around volos that
  could give a relief in the urban center of volos.

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THREATS

• Reduction / decrease of European funds for the
  next period
• Increasing displacement in private vehicles
  (amount and number of times used)
• Generalization of a pattern of energy consumption
  per capita very high, which increases over time.
• Few education campaigns for the environmental
  theme of energy saving and use of alternative
  energy.
• Great demand of electric consumption due to the
  use of air conditioning in the summer.
• World economy recession

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• List of tasks remaining
• Establishment of more thematic tables.
• The diagnosis results will be available in the
  website of DEMEKAV and in articles in local daily
  newspapers. We are going to include the
  conclusions of the questionnaires to inform the
  local public about the energy concern of the
  local authorities and the demands of the private
  sector.
• Difficulties encountered
• At the time being the municipality of Volos is
  undertaking major sorting and mergers of the
  municipality enterprises and departments. This
  made it very difficult to organize work tables
  from the right departments and enterprises as
  many of the pertinences are changing hands. This
  also effects the general public as it is
  difficult to find information about energy and
  environmental initiatives. The local energy
  centre of Thessaly at the moment is one of the
  very few centres that promotes alternative types
  of energy and of energy efficiency through
  research and implementation of good practices
  dissemination.

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Needs and requirements to cover for the
implementation of energy policies.

• The implementation of energy policies requires
  funding. The use of renewable energy requires a
  lot of expenses, as in Greece new technologies of
  renewable energy arent wide diffused, and the
  cost of such investments is sometimes
  prohibitive.
• Another need for the promotion of energy policies
  is the awareness of people. Seminars and
  educational programmes that inform people about
  energy and environmental issues such as energy
  consumption, energy efficiency, sustainable
  development, etc. are needed in order to awake
  people and make them active members of the energy
  policies.

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Items of interest for the implementation of
energy policies in Volos.

• The main interest of energy policy for the city
  of Volos is the protection of the environment and
  the sustainable development. Cities nowadays have
  many environmental problems. The energy that is
  produced of non renewable sources, the irrational
  use of private cars, the lack of environmental
  education and information, lead to a behaviour
  that endorses the quality of the urban
  environment.
• For the city of Volos there are many issues that
  must be solved. The city uses non renewable
  sources for the production of electricity. There
  is only one hydroelectric plant of small capacity
  and the production of biogas, which is used in a
  small scale. Priority is the use of renewable
  sources as the solar energy and the development
  and expanding of the utilization of hydroelectric
  energy and biogas. The city of Volos has already
  started the promotion of projects on the energy
  sector, as the municipal lighting that uses
  photovoltaic panels and saving energy bulbs.

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• Another issue is the traffic problem, especially
  at the commercial centre of the city. The traffic
  congestion causes many problems as the increase
  of gas emissions and noise pollution. Priority
  for the city is the creation of a centre for
  traffic control, in order to improve sustainable
  mobility. Volos policy in this sector includes
  the limitation of the use of private cars and
  simultaneously, the unobstructed circulation of
  public means of transport. However, there are
  more projects for the improvement of mobility in
  the city, as the creation of more pedestrian
  streets and streets of mild circulation.
• Planning and buildings is a very important factor
  of sustainability. The city has already started
  to improve public buildings such as schools,
  through European programmes in collaboration with
  DEMEKAV. These projects include the use of saving
  energy bulbs, windows with double glaze, better
  insulation, planting, etc. The aim of these
  projects is to create sustainable and energy
  efficient buildings.
• Of high interest is the promotion of information
  and education in environmental and energy issues.
  For the implementation of an energy policy is
  very important the awareness of people. It aims
  to the promotion of the citizen cooperation and
  the active participation of the actors implied in
  the generation and production, consumption and
  management of energy. To achieve this, the city
  of Volos is willing to promote projects and
  European programmes that diffuse the use of
  renewable energy and informs people about energy
  consumption and sustainable development.

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• Thank you!